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Cyrus K. Holliday wrote from La Porte, Indiana to his wife, Mary Holliday, in Topeka, Kansas Territory. On his way to Washington, D. C. he planned to collect a debt. A friend had given him railway passes to Pittsburgh. The contrast between the quality of life in the northern states and Kansas Territory saddened Cyrus, who quoted a verse. He gave instructions to Mary concerning the livestock and farmland. In a postscript, he emphasized that she save the eyes of potatoes.
Creator: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: January 28, 1861
Item Number: 2882
Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Coll. #386 Box 1 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2882
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Potatoes
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Livestock
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Literature - Poetry
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Environment - Natural resources - Soil
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
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 - Indiana
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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