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This telegraphic dispatch was sent by Thaddeus Hyatt from New York to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson in Worcester, Massachusetts, via the Union Telegraphic Company. Hyatt, who was president of the National Kansas Committee, is eager to inform Higginson, who was an agent of the Massachusetts Kansas Aid Committee, of an important meeting that he should consider attending, if at all possible.
Creator: Hyatt, Thaddeus
Date: October 20, 1856
This telegram will give students a visual example of what telegrams looked like.
KS:4th:1.4
Item Number: 90702
Call Number: Thomas W. Higginson Coll. #380 Box 1 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90702
Collections - Manuscript - Higginson, Thomas W.
Curriculum - 4th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Individuals and developments (Benchmark 1) - Communication and transportation (Indicator 4)
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Telegram
People - Notable People - Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90702