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Isaac Goodnow wrote from East Greenwich, Massachusetts, to Stephen French Jr. Goodnow communicated his excitement of having decided to emigrate to Kansas Territory the coming March, inspired by a conversation with Eli Thayer two weeks before. His motivations were varied, as he expressed his desire to see that slavery was prohibited in the Territory. However, he also mentioned that emigration to the Territory was a good way to get rich, and hoped that the climate there would be more suitable for his ailing wife, Ellen.
Creator: Goodnow, Isaac T. (Isaac Tichenor), 1814-1894
Date: December 16, 1854
Item Number: 3758
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357, Box 1 Folder 28
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3758
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Educators
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Community Life - Town development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
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 - Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Places - Other States - Rhode Island
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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