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James Griffing wrote from Topeka, Kansas Territory, to his wife J. Augusta (Goodrich) Griffing. Mrs. Griffing was visiting her family in New York for the first time since her arrival in Kansas Territory in 1855. Mr. Griffing described his daily activities, including planting buckwheat and growing cucumbers.
Creator: Griffing, James S. (James Sayre), 1822-1882
Date: July 27, 1859
Item Number: 6991
Call Number: James Sayre Griffing Coll. #364 Box 1 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6991
Agriculture - Crops - Buckwheat
Agriculture - Crops - Millet
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables
Collections - Manuscript - Griffing, James Sayre
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage - Marriage
Home and Family - Daily life
Home and Family - Families
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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