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Samuel Adair and his family had just arrived in Kansas City, Missouri. This appears to be a draft of a letter he sent to Reverend S. S. Jocelyn of the American Missionary Society to describe the poor conditions for settlers in Kansas Territory, his and his wife's illnesses, and that the doctor who treated them owned slaves.
Creator: Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
Date: November 16, 1854
Item Number: 90312
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 6 Folder 13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90312
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Congregational
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Home and Family - Activities
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Home and Family - Families - Extended family
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Lykins (1855-1861)
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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