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Ellen Goodnow wrote from Manhattan, Kansas Territory, to her husband, Isaac, while he was traveling. She included news of recent heavy rains, which had washed out bridges and roads, slowing travel and mail delivery. However, the crops were prospering as a result. Goodnow also described much illness and fever in the area, herself included. She closed the letter with a recipe for shaving soap.
Creator: Goodnow, Ellen Douglass Denison, 1812-1890
Date: July 25, 1858
Item Number: 3751
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357, Box 2 Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3751
Agriculture - Crops
Business and Industry - Labor - Domestic servants
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Community Life - Community services - Roads
Community Life - Community services - Travel and tourism
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Environment - Weather
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Counties - Riley
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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