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Mary Holliday wrote from Meadville, Pennsylvania to her husband, Cyrus K. Holliday in Topeka, Kansas Territory. Expecting their first child March 7 or 8, Mary delicately discussed her pregnancy. She assured C. K. Holliday of her willingness to live in rough housing with him. She hesitated to send money for his trip to Meadville, as mail delivery was slow and unreliable, and encouraged him to stay until she was able to travel if best for business and their future good. She also mentioned local mad-dog attacks.
Creator: Holliday, Mary Dillon Jones, 1833-1908
Date: February 26, [1855]
Item Number: 2756
Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Coll. #386 Box 1 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2756
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Collections - Manuscript - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
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 - Pets - Dogs
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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