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Amos Lawrence, writing from Boston to Edward Everett Hale, a Worcester, Massachusetts resident, expressed concern about the manner in which Worcester leaders in the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company were doing business. Specifically, Lawrence was upset about Hale's and Eli Thayer's use of Emigrant Aid Company funds to make a loan to George Washington Brown, the editor of the Herald of Freedom.
Creator: Lawrence, Amos Adams
Date: February 25, 1855
Item Number: 1777
Call Number: New England Emigrant Aid Company, Manuscript Coll. No. 624, Box 1, Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1777
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
People - Notable People - Lawrence, Amos A., 1814-1886
People - Notable People - Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/1777