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The act of the Massachusetts legislature authorizing the creation of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, the successor to the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company.
Creator: Massachusetts. General Court
Date: February 21, 1855
Item Number: 2234
Call Number: New England Emig. Aid Co. Coll. #624 Box 7 Fldr 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2234
Agriculture - Family farming
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
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 - Charter
People - Notable People - Lawrence, Amos A., 1814-1886
People - Notable People - Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Charter
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/2234