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William Goodnow wrote from Manhattan, Kansas Territory, to his brother Isaac Goodnow, updating him on personal and business matters. He reported that the plastering and joint work in the College building was mostly done, and that he had ceased to work on the construction of their own new house until the spring. Responding to the secession of South Carolina, William exclaimed that the Union had been "smashed into a cocked hat!" He added that the Denison family was well but for colds, and confirmed that those settlers who had suffered on account of the drought and poor economic conditions were receiving aid.
Creator: Goodnow, William Eaton, 1807-1876
Date: December 22, 1860
Item Number: 6500
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357, Box 2 Folder 19
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6500
Business and Industry - Construction
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Bluemont Central College
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Counties - Riley
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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