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Hiram Hill wrote to Edmund Jones in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, where Jones was completing construction on Hill's new house. Hill was surprised by the amount of Jones' expenses, and he insisted that Jones negotiate payment of Mr. Johnson, the plasterer. Hill planned to visit Lawrence, but was delayed by his oldest brother's illness. Hill relayed the health of Hill family members and others. He had advised Mrs. Hill to go to Kansas to improve her health. The letter ends abruptly, without a signature, and it possibly lacks pages.
Creator: Jones, Edmund
Date: October 1, 1855
Item Number: 3034
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3034
Built Environment - Function - Domestic
Business and Industry - Construction
Business and Industry - Construction - Residential
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Construction
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Hill, Hiram
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Residences
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Hill, Hiram
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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