
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:title>Letter, Your Affectionate Husband [Robert Atkins Tovey, Sr.] to My Dear Wife [Eliza (Matthew) Tovey]</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator)</dc:creator>
  <dc:description>Robert Atkins Tovey, Sr., wrote to his wife, Eliza (Matthew) Tovey at their home in Albany, New York. Tovey mentioned his current task of finding a suitable land claim.  He discussed the situations of his nearest neighbors as recent homesteaders and businessmen. Tovey also remarked on the &quot;great deal of excitement&quot; surrounding the prospect of forming a territorial legislature and anticipated &quot;a smart fight&quot; between proslavery and free state men.</dc:description>
  <dc:description>This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101555). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement&gt;Daily Life</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1854-03-22</dc:date>
  <dc:type>StillImage</dc:type>
  <dc:format>electronic</dc:format>
  <dc:format>image/tiff</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>ku-kansascollection:1012</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1012</dc:identifier>
  <dc:relation>aspace_5e3f3dcb3d69c835218e18f38b2f9b8d</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>Robert Atkins Tovey, Senior collection--http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4812286722--RH MS P185</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>This work is free of known copyright restrictions.</dc:rights>
</oai_dc:dc>