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This letter was written to Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee, by S. C. Pomeroy regarding their relief efforts during the drought of 1860. Pomeroy mentioned in this letter a convention that was called to meet in Lawrence on November 14, 1860. He pasted the advertisement for this convention to the first page of the letter, it had been published in the (Leavenworth?) Daily Times on October 31, 1860.
Creator: Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
Date: November 2, 1860
Item Number: 2612
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 1 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2612
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper - Leavenworth Herald
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Kansas National Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Environment - Weather - Droughts
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 - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Illinois
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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