Letter, Tovey, R. [Robert] A. to My Dear Wife [Eliza (Matthew) Tovey]Robert Atkins Tovey, Sr., an Englishman traveling to Kansas Territory, wrote to his wife Eliza (Matthew) Tovey, at their home it Albany, New York. Tovey recounted his travel experiences by steamboat and rail. Throughout, he provided detailed scenic descriptions from New York, the Great Lakes, Detroit, Illinois, St. Louis, and the Missouri River. Tovey, coming into contact with slavery on his journey, included brief commentary on the subject.circa 1854Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101547). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>The Economy>Water transportationstill imageku-kansascollection:983https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/983u001258||u001259||u001260||u001261||u001262||u001263||u001264||u001265||u001266||u001267||u001268||u001269aspace_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_983_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10