New England Emigrant Aid Company

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Company organized in 1854 as the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company to promote the settlement of Kansas by antislavery advocates as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by the U.S. Congress in 1854; name changed in 1855. Of Boston, Mass.

From the description of New England Emigrant Aid Company papers. [microform] / editor, Joseph W. Snell. Assistant editor: Eunice L. Schenck. Microfilm technician: George T. Hawley, 1854-1909. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 312128444

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referencedIn Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886. Amos Adams Lawrence papers, 1817-1886. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889. Papers, 1887. Gadsden Public Library
referencedIn Emery, James S., 1826-1899. James Stanley Emery papers, 1855 - 1899. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. Thomas Wentworth Higginson papers [microform], 1855-1860, 1907 (bulk 1855-1860). Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899. Papers of Eli Thayer [1853-1891] [microform]. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf New England Emigrant Aid Company. Records, 1855-1862. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Jackson, Patrick Tracy, 1818-1891. Massachusetts Kansas Aid Committee records, 1856-1857. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Rice, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1852-1919. The life of Eli Thayer : typescript, [19--] Houghton Library
referencedIn Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894. The private papers of Charles and Sara T.D. Robinson ... in the holdings of the Kansas State Historical Society [microform] / a microfilm publication of the Kansas State Historical Society in cooperation with the National Historical Records Commission ... ; editor, Joseph W. Snell ; assistant editor, Mrs. Eunice L. Schenck ; microfilm technician, George T. Hawley, 1834-1911. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Rice, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1852-1919,. Catalogue and abstracts of the Eli Thayer papers : manuscript, [19--] Houghton Library
referencedIn Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866. Webb scrapbooks, 1854-[1860] [microform]. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899. Papers, 1843-1903. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Hill, Hiram, 1804-. Hiram Hill collection, 1823-1910. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Rice, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1852-1919. Drafts and notes, 1854-1912. Houghton Library
referencedIn Hutchinson, William, 1823-1904. William Hutchinson papers, 1855-1902. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867. John A. Andrew papers, 1772-1895. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Abbott, A. H. Letter : ALS, Strong [Mass.?], to New England Emigrant Aid Company, 1855 July 16. Kansas State Historical Society
creatorOf New England Emigrant Aid Company. New England Emigrant Aid Company papers. [microform] / editor, Joseph W. Snell. Assistant editor: Eunice L. Schenck. Microfilm technician: George T. Hawley, 1854-1909. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894. Charles Robinson Papers, 1850-1918. Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library
referencedIn New England Emigrant Aid Company. Trustees. New England Emigrant Aid Co. minutes of Trustees meetings [microform], 1854-1855. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Letters recieved by Samuel Gridley Howe, 1838-1874. Massachusetts Historical Society
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associatedWith Abbott, A. H. person
associatedWith Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867. person
associatedWith Cabot, Samuel, 1815-1885. person
associatedWith Conway, M. F. 1827-1882. person
associatedWith Emery, James S., 1826-1899 person
associatedWith Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909. person
associatedWith Hawley, George T. person
associatedWith Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. person
associatedWith Hill, Hiram, 1804- person
associatedWith Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. person
associatedWith Hutchinson, William, 1823-1904. person
associatedWith Jackson, Patrick Tracy, 1818-1891. person
associatedWith Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889. person
associatedWith Kansas State Historical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886. person
associatedWith Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Montgomery, James, 1814-1871. person
associatedWith New England Emigrant Aid Company. Trustees. corporateBody
associatedWith Pomeroy, S. C. 1816-1891. person
associatedWith Rice, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1852-1919. person
associatedWith Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894. person
associatedWith Schenck, Eunice L. person
associatedWith Sharps' Rifle Manufacturing Company (Hartford, Conn.) corporateBody
associatedWith Snell, Joseph W. person
associatedWith Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899. person
associatedWith United States. National Historical Publications Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
United States
New England
Boston (Mass.)
Kansas
Massachusetts--Boston
Lawrence (Kan.)
Kansas
Subject
Abolitionists
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Clergy
Corporate records
Migration, Internal
Kansas
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1855

Active 1862

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