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Dated Sept. 19, 1860, from Topeka, Kansas Territory, this brief letter from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway founder, Cyrus K. Holliday, urges Samuel N. Wood to garner support and signatures to influence the course of a proposed "R.R. [railroad] from the Mo. River via Topeka toward your place. . . . Now is the time to act and act promptly."
Creator: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: September 19, 1860
Item Number: 90389
Call Number: Samuel N. Wood Coll. #548
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90389
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Wood, Samuel N.
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Chase
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Rivers - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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