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W. F. M. Arny, an agent of the National Kansas Committee, wrote this letter to Thaddeus Hyatt while traveling on the Missouri River. The main focus of this letter revolved around committee business and the state of affairs in Kansas. During this visit to Kansas, Arny had reorganized the Kansas Central Committee in order to increase its efficiency, and he included in this letter a revised list of its officers and members. He also wrote about his conversation with Governor Geary concerning the various volunteer companies created by free state men. The letter ends with a brief description of the suffering of the settlers, their meager diet, and their desperate need for more provisions.
Creator: Arny, W. F. M. (William Frederick Milton), 1813-1881
Date: October 23, 1856
Item Number: 2478
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 1 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2478
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Kansas National Committee
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - National Kansas Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Topeka Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Geary, John White
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Home and Family - Clothing
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons - Firearms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Arny, William Frederick Milton, 1813-1881
People - Notable Kansans - Blood, James
People - Notable Kansans - Donaldson, George T., 1832-1869
People - Notable Kansans - Hillyar, George S., 1820-1874
People - Notable Kansans - Hutchinson, William
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, Samuel E.
People - Notable Kansans - Moore, Henry Miles
People - Notable Kansans - Root, Joseph P., 1826-1885
People - Notable Kansans - Winchell, James M., 1823-1877
People - Notable People - Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
People - Notable People - Geary, John W.
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Cities and towns - Big Springs
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Places - Other States - Missouri
Places - Rivers - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Water - Steamboats
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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