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Cyrus K. Holliday wrote to Mary from Chicago, Illinois, one stop along his journey to Washington, D. C. where he would lobby Congress for assistance with the Atchison and Topeka Railroad. He gave details of his journey and mentioned several people he had or planned to visit en route to Washington. Kansas Territory was suffering an especially severe winter.
Creator: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: January 27, 1861
Item Number: 2879
Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Coll. #386 Box 1 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2879
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Collections - Manuscript - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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