Letter from Charles W. Burgess to Joseph Lyman

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Charles W. Burgess to Joseph Lyman
Description:
Burgess read that Lyman was the treasurer of an organization for the sale of land in Kansas. Burgess has been trying to move to Kansas to teach school in the winter and work on a farm in the summer. Hopes that Lyman can help him get to Kansas. Part of the Kansas Land Trust correspondence.
Creator:
Burgess, Charles W.
Addressee:
Lyman, Joseph, 1812-1871
Date:
October 31, 1856
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Lyman Family Papers
Series:
Series 1. Manuscripts
Subjects:
Kansas--History--1854--1861
Kansas Land Trust
New England Emigrant Aid Company
Places:
Kansas
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums634-b001-i144
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Place of origin:
Killingly (Conn. : Town)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums634-b001-i144