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This printed letter was written by Thaddeus Hyatt to B. F. Camp of Albany, New York. Hyatt's eloquent plea for assistance spoke of the drought and famine in Kansas during 1860 and 1861. The letter included personal experiences, and excerpts from Kansas settlers' descriptions of the conditions in their area. For instance, a local physician wrote that "starvation stares us all in the face." The letter also provided agricultural statistics from Kansas Territory, beginning in 1859, to demonstrate the hard facts about this drought.
Creator: Hyatt, Thaddeus
Date: January 14, 1861
Item Number: 90381
Call Number: Port Vault K 361 H991L 1861
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90381
Agriculture
Collections - Library
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Home and Family - Clothing
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
People - Notable Kansans - Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Counties - Allen
Places - Counties - Anderson
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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