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From Leavenworth, Ewing wrote in his letter press book to a law and business partner, Hamp Denman, who was working on some possible land acquisitions in the Osaukee (Ozawkie?) vicinity. Ewing provided some specific instruction regarding a number of potential deals, including the "fraction . . . Adjoining the Kaw land directly opposite Topeka. My sole object in buying would be to have a RR [railroad] depot on the land, & lay out a town."
Creator: Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
Date: July 25, 1857
Item Number: 872
Call Number: Thomas Ewing, Jr., Coll. No. 341, Letter Press Book No. 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 872
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Ozawkie
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Jefferson
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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