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On the letter head of the "Sumner Company," Ingalls wrote of the activities of the town company, including its "large distribution of lots," the "drafting" of a city charter, and efforts to make Sumner the starting point for "the Salt Lake Mails and Govt. Trains."
Creator: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
Date: December 10, 1858
Item Number: 2925
Call Number: John James Ingalls Coll. #177 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2925
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Business and Industry - Trucking and freighting
Collections - Manuscript - Ingalls, John James
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Community services - Post Office
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
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)
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/2925
