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This letter from Geery and Butterfield of Junction City, Kansas Territory, addresses the issue of preemption and the method of protesting a claim. It is not entirely clear what is meant by the letter, but Margaret Wood, Samuel N. Wood's wife, was a party in this legal matter.
Creator: Geery & Butterfield
Date: April 14, 1860
Item Number: 90356
Call Number: Samuel N. Wood Coll. #548
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90356
Collections - Manuscript - Wood, Samuel N.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Places - Cities and towns - Junction City
Places - Counties - Geary
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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