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Isaac Goodnow wrote from New York City to his wife in Shannon, Kansas Territory. This letter is one of many written from Goodnow to Ellen which update her on the status of his travels and fundraising. This particular example includes a mention of Goodnow's desire to solicit the support of Henry Ward Beecher, whose pamphlet "Defence of Kansas" speaks passionately against allowing slavery in the Territory.
Creator: Goodnow, Isaac T. (Isaac Tichenor), 1814-1894
Date: October 22, 1857
Item Number: 3742
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357, Box 2 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3742
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Educators
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Community services - Travel and tourism
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Bluemont Central College
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 - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
People - Notable People - Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Other States - New York
Places - Regions - Eastern Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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