Letter, Your Affectionate Husband [Robert Atkins Tovey, Sr.] to My Dear Wife [Eliza (Matthew) Tovey]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 "great deal of excitement" surrounding the prospect of forming a territorial legislature and anticipated "a smart fight" between proslavery and free state men.1854-03-22Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101555). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>Daily Lifestill imageku-kansascollection:1012https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1012u001284||u001285||u001286||u001287||u001288||u001289||u001290||u001291aspace_5e3f3dcb3d69c835218e18f38b2f9b8delectronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalRobert Atkins Tovey, Senior collectionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/4812286722RH MS P185University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1012_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10