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Ellen Goodnow, wife of Isaac Goodnow, wrote to her sister-in-law, Harriet, in New England. In this mostly personal letter, Goodnow reports on the joys and limitations of life in Kansas Territory, stating "I can say truly that I enjoy life as well here as I ever did anywhere." She did not anticipate trouble from border ruffians in their area, as her family's settlement was "too far from Missouri, too near Fort Riley", telling Harriet she would be "enraptured. . .in this country"; Ellen looked forward to a visit from her.
Creator: Goodnow, Ellen Denison
Date: May 18, 1856
Item Number: 3641
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357 Box 1 Folder 47
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3641
Agriculture - Crops
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Families - Extended family
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Riley
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Junction City
Places - Cities and towns - Shannon
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Roads
Transportation - Trails - Military
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/3641
