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Letter, E. B. Whitman to S. L. Adair Author: Whitman, E. B. Date: May 15, 1857 Whitman, located in Lawrence, was the general agent for the National Kansas Committee that was distributing relief supplies in Kansas Territory. He wrote that he was sending Adair potatoes and corn to be distributed for planting. Evidently Adair had written him previously about some boxes of supplies he expected and Whitman speculated they were either in Wyandotte or St. Louis on the Steamer Light Foot on the Kansas River. Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Collection, #161, Box 6, Folder 14 Item Number: 100546 Number of images: 1 Keywords: Adair, Samuel Lyle; Agriculture; Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Lightfoot (steamboat); National Kansas Committee; Relief; Steamboats; Whitman, E. B. |
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