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Charles Chadwick wrote from Quindaro, Kansas Territory, to Hiram Hill in Massachusetts, defending Quindaro from rumors that deemed the town defunct. Chadwick blamed the bad management of the Town Company for the current troubles, and described various opportunities Quindaro still had for further development. Though property was not selling at all, according to Chadwick, prospects for future railroad and ferry traffic still were positive. He expressed his disappointment at Robert Lawrence, and accused him of giving Chadwick a false impression of the likelihood of Hill winning the land claim dispute with Robert Robetaille. A businessman had landed with a great deal of machinery looking to build a "manufactory", and Quindaro's investors were doing all they could to woo him.
Creator: Chadwick, Charles
Date: November 17 and 24, 1858
Item Number: 3278
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3278
Business and Industry - Manufacturing
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Hill, Hiram
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development
Environment - Natural resources - Gold
Environment - Natural resources - Timber
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Hill, Hiram
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Quindaro
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies
Transportation - Water - Ferries
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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