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Joseph Trego wrote from his log cabin near Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Alice, in Illinois. Trego described the beauty of the fall foliage and his plans to build a new home for his family, whom he greatly missed. He worried that he had heard from Alice only once in seven weeks, while he had written every week. Trego showed that he was well connected to current events in the Territory and the county, as he and his friends took several newspapers, including two from Lawrence.
Creator: Trego, Joseph H. (Joseph Harrington), 1823-1905
Date: October 25, 1857
Item Number: 5648
Call Number: Joseph Harrington Trego Coll. #523 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5648
Built Environment - Function - Domestic
Built Environment - Materials - Wood - Log
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Collections - Manuscript - Trego, Joseph Harrington
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Hunting
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Environment - Plants
Environment - Weather
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Residences - Log cabins
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Trego, Joseph Harrington
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Other States - Illinois
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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