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This document identifies the names and origins of the residents of Marmiton (Marmaton) Creek, which is a small branch of the Osage River near Fort Scott, Kansas. It lists the settlers who were free state or proslavery (or noncommittal) and the number of families who were in distress and needed relief aid. The first page lists the total number of settlers in each of the four categories (the proslavery residents outnumbered the free staters 47 to 33),and includes a brief description of the area and its prospects for development.
Date: 1857
Item Number: 90766
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 2 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90766
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Environment
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Memorandum
Places - Cities and towns - Marmaton (also Marmiton)
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Memoranda
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90766