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This letter, written by the ladies of Orange, N.J., informed Thaddeus Hyatt of their donations for the free state inhabitants of Kansas, including foodstuffs, a variety of clothing and sewing material. This is an excellent example of how women in New England supported the free state cause.
Creator: Ladies of Orange, New Jersey
Date: October 20, 1856
Item Number: 2473
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 1 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2473
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Clothing
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
People - Women
Places - Other States - New Jersey
Places - Other States - New York
Places - Regions - Eastern Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/2473