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This promotional brochure advertises Lancaster City, which was located in Atchison County, Kansas Territory. It includes the price of lots and features around the city. It describes what had already been built in the city.
Creator: Smith and Wigton
Date: 1857
Item Number: 90553
Call Number: Port Vault K 336.1 Sm61L 1857
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90553
Business and Industry
Collections - Library
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Environment - Natural resources - Coal
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
Places - Cities and towns - Lancaster
Places - Counties - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Maps
Type of Material - Printed materials - Ephemera
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