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Letter, Henry L. Denison to My Dear Uncle [Joseph Denison] Author: Denison, Henry Date: May 11, 1859 Henry Denison wrote from Manhattan, Kansas Territory, to his uncle, Joseph Denison, who was traveling away from home. Henry reported that the cornerstone of Bluemont College had been laid the day before, and described the festivities, including speeches and the planting of a kind of time capsule behind the cornerstone. He added that crops had sprouted and were growing beautifully; emigrants continued to pass through on their way to Pikes Peak. Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Collection, #357, Box 2 Folder 5 Item Number: 102388 Number of images: 2 Keywords: Blood, C.E.; Bluemont Central College; Celebrations; Crops; Denison, Henry; Denison, Joseph; Manhattan, Kansas Territory; Newspapers; Pikes Peak gold rush; Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891; Riley County, Kansas Territory |
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