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Hiram Jackson Strickler, writing from Lecompton, Kansas Territory to Thomas N. Stinson of Tecumseh, Kansas Territory, described his attempts as a Territorial Council member to advocate on behalf of Tecumseh. He commented upon an unsuccessful effort to have the penitentiary located at Tecumseh. He also mentioned his opposition to issuing bank charters due to his concerns that the banks would issue "wild cat shin plasters" (devalued paper money).
Creator: Strickler, Hiram Jackson
Date: February 12, 1857
Item Number: 2404
Call Number: Thomas Nesbit Stinson Coll. #511 Box 1 Folder 12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2404
Business and Industry - Banking
Collections - Manuscript - Stinson, Thomas Nesbit
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Prisons and Jails
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Stinson, Thomas N.
People - Notable Kansans - Strickler, Hiram Jackson
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Cities and towns - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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