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Ellen Goodnow wrote from Shannon, Kansas Territory, to her husband, Isaac, who was traveling in Boston. Ellen asked that he purchase winter supplies for the family and neighbors while he was on the East Coast, and listed their necessities. The letter includes a short note from Joseph Denison, informing Isaac that more money was needed than expected to support the college through the winter.
Creator: Goodnow, Ellen Douglass Denison, 1812-1890
Date: October 3, 1857
Item Number: 3736
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357, Box 2 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3736
Business and Industry - Labor - Domestic servants
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Educators
Business and Industry - Retail
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Bluemont Central College
Environment - Weather
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Riley
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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