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After nearly two weeks in the territory, Ingalls was somewhat more optimistic about his prospects, and in this letter to his father, Elias Ingalls, John Ingalls wrote of the gold rush and his legal business, which "opens very well." but he was still weary of "social conditions," as there were no churches in Sumner and "a total disregard of the Sabbath." Atchison, where he had gone in a futile search for an Episcopal Church, was little better in this regard.
Creator: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
Date: October 24, 1858
Item Number: 2921
Call Number: John James Ingalls Coll. #177 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2921
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Collections - Manuscript - Ingalls, John James
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Episcopal
Community Life - Religion - Places of Worship
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Environment - Natural resources - Gold
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics
Home and Family - Activities - Religious - Church attendance
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Sumner (Atchison)
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Other States - Colorado
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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