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Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee, writes to the "New York Tribune" to make New Englanders aware of the destitution and suffering of settlers in Kansas Territory. Hyatt gives accounts of conditions in Americus and Emporia townships in Breckenridge County and also in Jackson County and Lawrence. The letter reports the condition of crops, cattle disease, etc. It contains similar information to other statements made by Kansas settlers during the drought of 1860.
Date: September 14, 1860
Item Number: 90417
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 2 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90417
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Livestock
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - National Kansas Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Cities and towns - Americus
Places - Cities and towns - Emporia
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Breckinridge (1855-1862)
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Jackson
Places - Counties - Lyon
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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