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On the first leg of his move to Sumner, Kansas Territory, John J. Ingalls, a 24-year-old Massachusetts lawyer, wrote this brief letter from Boston, Mass., to his father, Elias T. Ingalls. Here Ingalls wrote regarding the fare and "the best method of getting West."
Creator: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
Date: September 23, 1858
Item Number: 2895
Call Number: John James Ingalls Coll. #177 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2895
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Collections - Manuscript - Ingalls, John James
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
Places - Cities and towns - Sumner (Atchison)
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Other States - Massachusetts - Boston
Places - Other States - Missouri
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Water - Steamboats
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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