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J. Augusta (Goodrich) Griffing wrote from Hartford, Connecticut, to her husband, James Griffing, in Topeka, Kansas Territory. Mrs. Griffing was visiting family and friends in the East for the first time since her arrival in Kansas Territory in 1855. She reported on her trip from Owego, New York, to Hartford, and her decision to leave their young son, Johnny, in the care of Mr. Griffing's family in Owego. She described Johnny's behavior in some detail, and informed Mr. Griffing that she planned to start her trip back to Kansas Territory in October, 1859.
Creator: Griffing, Jemima August (Goodrich)
Date: September 17, 1859
Item Number: 7536
Call Number: James Sayre Griffing Coll. #364 Box 1 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7536
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Griffing, James Sayre
Community Life - Religion - Christianity
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Home and Family - Activities - Religious - Church attendance
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage - Marriage
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 - Children
People - Notable Kansans - Griffing, James Sayre, 1822-1882
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Connecticut
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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