Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855
Person
Found in 1 Record:
Edward Everett Hale letter
Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P960
Overview
Single handwritten letter, written by Edward Everett Hale to Abbott Lawrence, regarding the formation of the New England Emigrant Aid Company and requesting Lawrence to consider financially backing the company. The company was formed soon after the creation of the Kansas and Nebraska Territories, with the intention of settlers from the northeastern states going to Kansas to settle and help it become a free state, rather than a slaveholding state. Folder also includes envelope in which...
Dates:
May 14, 1854