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James Griffing wrote from Topeka, Kansas Territory, to his wife J. Augusta (Goodrich) Griffing. Mrs. Griffing was visiting her family in New York for the first time since her arrival in Kansas Territory in 1855. Griffing gave his wife instructions about which fruit seeds (plum, cherry, and peach) and cuttings (gooseberry and blackberry) to collect and transport back to Kansas Territory, and described his plan to purchase pine flooring in Leavenworth.
Creator: Griffing, James S. (James Sayre), 1822-1882
Date: August 9, 1859
Item Number: 7532
Call Number: James Sayre Griffing Coll. #364 Box 1 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7532
Agriculture - Crops - Fruits - Cherries
Agriculture - Crops - Fruits - Peaches
Business and Industry - Construction - Building materials - Lumber
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Griffing, James Sayre
Community Life - Religion - Christianity
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Home and Family - Activities - Religious - Church attendance
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage - Marriage
Home and Family - Daily life
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 - Griffing, James Sayre, 1822-1882
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - New York
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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