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Materials belonging to Benjamin (Pap) Singleton consisting of business and family correspondence. Included are letters from two daughters living in Tennessee. There is also a letter of recognition from Kansas Governor John St. John written in 1879. This folder also includes the deed for the Dunlap property, incorporation papers for the Edgefield Real Estate Association, the Singleton Colony, and other business records relating to the Dunlap Colony. Minutes of the meeting of the Singleton/Dunlap Colony beginning on pages 46 and 52 include listings of the colonists. The document beginning on page 52 also includes the number of people in the family and the number of acres of land they had. A first person account of why Singleton became involved in colonization begins on page 55.
Date: 1874-1883
Item Number: 225712
Call Number: Misc. Benjamin Singleton
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225712
Collections - Manuscript - Miscellaneous
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Charter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Exodusters
People - Notable Kansans - Singleton, Benjamin, 1809-1900
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Cities and towns - Dunlap
Places - Counties - Lyon
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Other States - Tennessee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Charter
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