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Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, wrote from Boston, Massachusetts to Martin F. Conway, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory. Webb informed Conway that the Company's Executive Committee had approved Isaac Goodnow's request for a donation for Bluemont College in Manhattan, Kansas Territory. Bluemont College later became Kansas State University.
Creator: Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
Date: May 31, 1859
Item Number: 2212
Call Number: New England Emig. Aid Co. Coll. #624 Box 2 Fldr 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2212
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Educators
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Bluemont Central College
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
People - Notable People - Webb, Thomas Hopkins, 1801-1866
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Other States - Massachusetts - Boston
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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