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Albert Morton wrote from Quindaro, Kansas Territory, to Hiram Hill in Massachusetts. Morton reported on the status of Samuel N. Simpson, who had left his properties to Charles Robinson, free state leader and fellow founder of the Quindaro Town Company, and left town under suspicion of engaging in deceptive business practices. Another fellow founder of the Town Company, Abelard Guthrie, along with other investors, considered Simpson a "rascil [sic]". Morton also mentioned the progress of the railroad in the area, and the yet to be received package of money.
Creator: Morton, Albert C.
Date: July 8, 1857
Item Number: 3176
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3176
Business and Industry - Railroad
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Hill, Hiram
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
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 - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
People - Notable Kansans - Simpson, Samuel Newell
Places - Cities and towns - Quindaro
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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