Contract, D.S. Chapson commissioned by John Bayless Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator) This document outlined the terms of agreement between John Bayless, President of the Highland Town Company, and D.S. Chapson, whom Bayless commissioned the construction of a brick hotel. The contract described the specifications of the building, including its size and materials used, and designated the following March as the hotel's completion date. This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 102118). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>Community Life>Town development 1857-07-23 StillImage electronic image/tiff ku-kansascollection:2378 https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2378 aspace_932dbb2ad678d396a0cfcecf615653ef John Bayless papers--http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4982935179--RH MS 133 This work is free of known copyright restrictions.