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Rev. Ephraim Nute, minister of the Lawrence Unitarian Church, wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory to Edward Everett Hale, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company's Executive Committee. Nute inquired about the possibility of Hale arranging a loan of $2000 at reasonable interest for the completion of the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. He reported on the high rates of interest being charged for loans in Kansas Territory and on the general effects of the panic of 1857 on the territorial economy. Nute also expressed his dissatisfaction with the Buchanan administration's handling of the Lecompton Constitution and his hope that a change in presidential administration in 1860 would result in Kansas' admission as a free state.
Creator: Nute, Ephraim
Date: May 10, 1858
Item Number: 2170
Call Number: New England Emig. Aid Co. Coll. #624 Box 2 Fldr 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2170
Business and Industry - Construction - Commercial
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Unitarian
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Activities - Religious - Church attendance
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Blood, James
People - Notable Kansans - Nute, Ephriam, 1819-1897
People - Notable People - Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
People - Notable People - Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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