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<mods:mods version="3.7" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-7.xsd"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Circular, Informational Letter regarding Emigration to Kansas</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:abstract>Edward Hale was the author of this printed letter describing the services provided by the [New England] Emigrant Aid Company and the conditions of settlement in Kansas Territory. Hale included information regarding cost of travel and settlement, conditions of land acquisition, job opportunities, and relations with local Indians. He also addressed the slavery question, and already mentioned occurrences of election fraud on the part of proslavery supporters, but concluded that, in his own opinion "there is no danger whatever for Kanzas".</mods:abstract><mods:originInfo><mods:dateCreated>1855</mods:dateCreated></mods:originInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart>Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="date">1801-1866</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">Creator</mods:roleTerm><mods:roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="code">cre</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:note displayLabel="Historical note" type="historical">This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101989). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement&gt;Emigrant Aid Organizations&gt;New England Emigrant Aid Company</mods:note><mods:typeOfResource>still image</mods:typeOfResource><mods:identifier type="pid">ku-kansascollection:2223</mods:identifier><mods:identifier type="uri">https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2223</mods:identifier><mods:identifier displayLabel="filename" invalid="yes" type="local">u003541||u003542||u003543</mods:identifier><mods:physicalDescription><mods:form authority="marcform">electronic</mods:form><mods:internetMediaType>image/tiff</mods:internetMediaType><mods:digitalOrigin>reformatted digital</mods:digitalOrigin></mods:physicalDescription><mods:relatedItem type="host"><mods:location><mods:physicalLocation authority="fast" valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/530405">University of Kansas</mods:physicalLocation><mods:physicalLocation>University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library</mods:physicalLocation></mods:location></mods:relatedItem><mods:identifier displayLabel="Call number" type="local">RH C4328</mods:identifier><mods:identifier displayLabel="KU Bib ID" type="local">3628751</mods:identifier><mods:accessCondition type="use and reproduction" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/">This work is free of known copyright restrictions.</mods:accessCondition><mods:recordInfo><mods:recordIdentifier>ku-kansascollection_2223_MODS</mods:recordIdentifier><mods:recordOrigin>MODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.</mods:recordOrigin><mods:languageOfCataloging><mods:languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</mods:languageTerm></mods:languageOfCataloging><mods:recordChangeDate encoding="w3cdtf">2021-10</mods:recordChangeDate></mods:recordInfo></mods:mods>