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Letter, Hiram Hill to Dear Brother Author: Hill, Hiram Date: October 16, 1857 Hiram Hill wrote from a steamboat en route to Kansas Territory to his brother. Hill reported no major trouble on the journey until he had reached St. Louis and discovered that there had been a "run on the Missouri Bank" : no Eastern money was available, and businesses were not accepting paper money. Hill seemed to attribute this money shortage to a recent rush of emigration, and thought the situation would improve in the winter, though at the moment in Lawrence and Quindaro things were at a standstill since no one could withdraw money. Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Hiram Hill Collection, #382, Box 1, Folder 6 Item Number: 102218 Number of images: 2 Keywords: Banks and banking; Economic conditions; Emigration and immigration; Hill, Hiram; Money; Steamboats; Travel |
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