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This letter, written by Oscar Dayton from the Banking Office of Dayton and Co., Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, was addressed to Orville C. Brown, a founder of Osawatomie. The main subject of the letter was a printing press and other pertinent materials that were available to the residents of Osawatomie, if they in turn paid Dayton's debts and granted him deeds for town lots in Osawatomie. That was Dayton's preferred method of payment. Furthermore, Dayton informed Brown that there were other men who were interested in purchasing the printing press, so he needed a speedy reply to this letter. It concluded with personal regards to Mr. Brown's family.
Creator: Dayton, Oscar V
Date: February 9, 1857
Item Number: 2677
Call Number: Orville Chester Brown Coll. #301 Box 1 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2677
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Printing and publishing
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, Orville Chester
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Families
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, Orville C.
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Iowa
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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