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From the family's place in North Elba, New York, daughter Ruth wrote to say that "Father arrived here last night and is well with the exception of a cold." To quickly, she "rejoiced to hear that he has given up the idea of going to Kansas," and instead, Ruth now believed, would be moving to North Elba. Ruth wrote of the preparations she and husband Henry Thompson would make for Mary Brown's move and of other members of the family.
Creator: Brown Thompson, Ruth
Date: November 15, 1854
Item Number: 4237
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 1 Folder 14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4237
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Home and Family - Activities
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Families - Extended family
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Other States - New York
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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