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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08507 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1854 |
| Title | E. W. Brown to John H. Stout regarding an outbreak of cholera |
| Date | 28 June 1854 |
| Author | Brown, E. W. (fl. 1854) |
| Recipient | Stout, John H. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his brother. Mentions an outbreak of cholera, "Most of it however is found among emigrants some of the poor and dissipated of the towns also are suffering with it." Discusses the settlement of the Kansas and Nebraska territories, "The settlement of the Kansas & Nebraska territorys is taking place very rapidly. Great numbers of people are crossing over and selecting for themselves homes." Talks of the condition of the soil and land from Missouri to the coast in terms of cultivation. Thinks that a town nearby, Fort Leavenworth, will develop into a large city and mentions they might move there. Writes in a postscript that he just bought his wife a negro woman slave, "...we find negro servants much better than white ones. And as we had to have them we determined to buy rather than hire." Writes to Stout in Carrollton, Illinois. |
| Subjects | Slave Life Poverty Immigration and Migration Health and Medical Epidemic Cholera Westward Expansion Agriculture and Animal Husbandry African American History Women's History Slavery Servant |
| People | Brown, E.W. (fl. 1854) Stout, John H. (fl. 1854) |
| Place written | Platte City, Missouri |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Westward Expansion; Agriculture; African Americans; Women in American History; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |