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Joseph N. Bourassa, a Pottawatomie Indian who signed this letter with his Indian name of Ke Kahn, wrote to Thomas N. Stinson, a Tecumseh resident and Indian trader. Bourassa, writing from Council Grove, Kansas Territory, described his efforts to recruit musicians and dancers for a New Year's Eve ball.
Creator: Bourassa, Joseph Napolean, 1810-1878
Date: December 29, 1856
Item Number: 2394
Call Number: Thomas Nesbit Stinson Coll. #511 Box 1 Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2394
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Fur traders
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Musicians
Collections - Manuscript - Stinson, Thomas Nesbit
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Dance - Dances
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians
Community Life - Events and Celebrations
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure
Home and Family - Family parties and reunions - Holidays - New Year's
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Cities and towns - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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