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Mary Holliday wrote from Meadville, Pennsylvania to her husband, Cyrus K. Holliday in Kansas Territory. Lonely and worried, she expressed her eagerness at joining him after the birth of their first child. She mentioned receiving a package of papers from her husband which spoke well of him. She also mentioned his mother's desire to go to Kansas Territory with them and described the well-being of friends and relatives.
Creator: Holliday, Mary Dillon, 1833-1908
Date: February 15, 1855
Item Number: 2752
Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Coll. #386 Box 1 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2752
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Collections - Manuscript - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Families - Extended family
Home and Family - Family parties and reunions - Birthdays
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Children
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Meadville
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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