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George Park wrote from Parkville, Missouri, to Isaac Goodnow, mentioning his efforts to obtain land for Goodnow's "Agricultural College". Park told Goodnow to have his "leading men" write letters to Congress in order to obtain a land grant. He also observed that emigrants were beginning to come in droves.
Creator: Park, George S.
Date: March 29, 1858
Item Number: 3767
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357, Box 2 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3767
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Educators
Business and Industry - Railroad - Immigration promotion
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Bluemont Central College
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Immigration promotion
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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