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The act of the Massachusetts legislature authorizing the creation of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, the predecessor to the New England Emigrant Aid Company.
Creator: Massachusetts. General Court
Date: April 26, 1854
Item Number: 2226
Call Number: New England Emig. Aid Co. Coll. #624 Box 7 Fldr 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2226
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
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 - Act
Places - Other States - Massachusetts - Boston
Places - Regions - Eastern Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Legislative - Legislative acts (bills, resolutions, memorials)
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/2226