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This letter is from C.B. Schmidt, foreign agent for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Colonel A.S. Johnson of the Land Commission. Schmidt writes about stopping in Prussia to get information on the local Mennonites and what their feelings are on immigrating to the United States.
Creator: Schmidt, C. B.
Date: March 23, 1875
Item Number: 226015
Call Number: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Coll. RR, Box 308 Folder 13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226015
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Immigration promotion
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Manuscript - AT&SF - AT&SF RR
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Mennonite
Date - 1870s - 1875
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - European Americans - German Russians
People - Notable Kansans - Schmidt, Carl Bernhard
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Immigration promotion
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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