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After spending part of much of the winter back East, Wells returned to Kansas Territory in April, 1856, beginning this letter home from aboard the steamer "James H. Lucas" and finishing it on April 13 at Juniata, near Fort Riley, Kansas Territory. He comments on the trip by rail and boat and on the fact that there are "Quite a number of people on board from South Carolina and Georgia going to Kansas." But they would not last long, he states, and "The free state people must eventually conquer--the South cannot compete with the North in sending emigrants." Wells' plans upon his return are to sell his Juniata property and take one closer to Manhattan, Kansas Territory, which he describes as having done in a subsequent letter.
Creator: Wells, Thomas Clarke, 1832-
Date: April 3, 1856
Item Number: 90180
Call Number: Thomas Wells Coll. #537
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90180
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Wells, Thomas
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Other States - Georgia
Places - Other States - Michigan
Places - Other States - Missouri
Places - Other States - South Carolina
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads
Transportation - Water - Steamboats
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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