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This broadside was prepared by G. Stockmyer, agent for Kansas Relief. It included descriptions of the conditions in most parts of Kansas Territory from individuals such as Thaddeus Hyatt, Allen Hodgson, and W. F. M. Arny and excerpts from various newspapers. Relief efforts were being coordinated by Samuel C. Pomeroy from Atchison, Kansas Territory. Freight and railroad companies provided free shipping for relief goods sent to K. T.
Creator: Stockmyer, G
Date: December, 1860
Item Number: 5488
Call Number: Port Vault K 361 St62s 1860
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5488
Collections - Library
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Medary, Samuel
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Scott
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
People - Notable Kansans - Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
People - Notable People - Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Cottonwood Falls
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Miami
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Cities and towns - Sugar Creek
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Chase
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Newspapers
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