Letter, Phoebe Atkins to Dear friendsPhoebe Atkins wrote to her friends regarding her living conditions in Oskaloosa. She described how settlers had to travel as far as Atchison to obtain provisions and prevent starvation. She also spoke of the necessity of finding work and her recent illness.1861-01-06Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101561). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>The Economy>Reliefstill imageku-kansascollection:1032https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1032u001084||u001085||u001086||u001087aspace_2ebce6ea24566da994c6d83e8c6c1e76electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalPhebe Atkins letterhttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/8600682637RH MS P3University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1032_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10