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A typical expense report submitted by Charles H. Branscomb, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory, detailing his expenditures for 1855 and part of 1856. Among the expenses Branscomb listed were travel, postage, paper, and telegraph costs.
Creator: Branscomb, Charles H.
Date: January 1, 1855 - May 1, 1856
Item Number: 2242
Call Number: New England Emig. Aid Co. Coll. #624 Box 13 Fldr 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2242
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Post Offices
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
People - Notable Kansans - Branscomb, Charles Henry
People - Notable People - Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Maine
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
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