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S. N. Simpson wrote from Kansas City, Missouri to Hiram Hill in Williamsburgh, Massachusetts, where Edmund Jones had recently returned (see Hill's letter to Jones of October 11, 1855). Simpson described development and rising property values in Lawrence. He detailed his attempts to collect rent from Mrs. Hall, who had cleaned in exchange for a month's rent. In language reminiscent of documents from the American Revolution, the last paragraph declared that Kansas could but would not break ties with the United States, partly because Kansas needed financial assistance. As evidence, Simpson asked Hill for church-building funds.
Creator: Simpson, Samuel Newell
Date: November 20, 1855
Item Number: 3038
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3038
Business and Industry - Construction
Business and Industry - Labor - Domestic servants
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Religion - Places of Worship
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Home and Family - Activities - Religious - Church attendance
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Hill, Hiram
People - Notable Kansans - Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
People - Notable Kansans - Simpson, Samuel Newell
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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