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James M. Winchell wrote from Burlington to Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee, regarding an emigrant train of 500 settlers heading south from Iowa City. The author intended to travel to speak with Governor Geary before he met up with the emigrants. Winchell also included in this letter a private insert pertaining to the unscrupulous dealings of a Kansas politician named Dr. Root.
Creator: Winchell, James M
Date: September 20, 1856
Item Number: 2448
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 1 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2448
Agriculture - Livestock - Horses
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Kansas National Committee
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - National Kansas Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Geary, John White
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons - Ammunition
Military - Weapons - Firearms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Arny, William Frederick Milton, 1813-1881
People - Notable Kansans - Eldridge, Shalor W.
People - Notable Kansans - Root, Joseph Pomeroy, (1826-1885)
People - Notable Kansans - Winchell, James M., 1823-1877
People - Notable People - Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Iowa
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Louis
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Places - Rivers - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Transportation - Water - Steamboats
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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