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Ellen Goodnow, recently arrived at her homestead near Manhattan, Kansas Territory, wrote to her sister-in-law Harriet Goodnow in New England, regarding her trip West and her impressions of Kansas Territory. Ellen described her journey in a detailed but concise manner, and, in her first impressions, likened Kansas to "another garden of Eden. . .too good for bondage, or for the oppressor's rod [references to slavery]." A devout Christian woman, she also expressed her opinion that Satan held influence over the Missourians. Despite this ominous presence, Ellen still tried to convince Harriet to join them in the Territory.
Creator: Goodnow, Ellen Denison (Mrs. Isaac T.)
Date: July 21, 1855
Item Number: 3625
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357 Box 1 Folder 40
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3625
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Environment - Landscape
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Shannon
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Non-motorized - Stagecoaches
Transportation - Railroads
Transportation - Water
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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