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These monthly financial statements, submitted by Martin F. Conway, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory, detailed company income and expenditures for a six month period between July and December 1858. Conway provided particularly full accounts of his traveling expenses during frequent trips around the territory.
Creator: Conway, M. F. (Martin Franklin), 1827-1882
Date: August 1, 1858 - January 1, 1859
Item Number: 2245
Call Number: New England Emig. Aid Co. Coll. #624 Box 13 Fldr 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2245
Business and Industry - Lodging - Hotels
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Community services - Travel and tourism
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
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
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
People - Notable Kansans - Branscomb, Charles Henry
People - Notable Kansans - Butterfield, John Warren, 1801-1869
People - Notable Kansans - Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Texas - Houston
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Non-motorized - Stagecoaches
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
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