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Title
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Westport Mill
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Description
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File containing a transcript of a letter written in 1847 by Allan T. Ward at the Shawnee Methodist Mission, in Kansas, about intentions to build a lumber mill there to compete with Ward's former mill in nearby Westport, three miles away. Description also of the wagon building business of Anthony Ward in Westport.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Letters of Allen T. Ward, 1842-1852: From the Shawnee and Kaw (Methodist) Missions
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Description
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Biographical article about the letters from 1842 to 1851 of Allen T. Ward, or Allen Ward (1806-1862), with portraits of himself and family members and a picture of the east building of the Shawnee Methodist Mission in Johnson County, Kansas. The letters describe his "impressions" and experiences of the place, Indians, fellow missionaries and other settlers, and the surrounding area's activities including Kansas City and the 1849 cholera epidemic (pages 364-371).
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Date
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1967
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
