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Albert Morton wrote from Quindaro, Kansas Territory, to Hiram Hill in Massachusetts. Morton reported that the arrival of two new Eastern businessmen had brought business growth to the town, including a sash and blind factory and new three-story brick building. Despite these new constructions, Morton described the atmosphere as "dull". Though it was a bad time to sell land, since money was scarce, with the recent opening of Indian lands to settlement it was an optimum time to buy land at a low price.
Creator: Morton, Albert C.
Date: April 30, 1858
Item Number: 3241
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3241
Business and Industry - Construction - Commercial
Business and Industry - Manufacturing
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Hill, Hiram
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - Notable Kansans - Hill, Hiram
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
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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