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Jan 28

A Call to Immigrants in German, 1866

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on January 28, 2022 at 8:48 AM by Bill Sowers

A translation of: "The state of Kansas : a home for immigrants : agricultural, mineral and commercial resources of the state,"  distributed to German speakers in the 1860s encouraging them to come to Kansas.  Includes German translation of: United States. General Land Office. Homestead law : circular, October 30, 1862.  Available at the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library...

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Apr 12

1885 Kansas Promotional Booklet

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on April 12, 2018 at 12:08 PM by Bill Sowers

On exhibit this week in the virtual library of the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library is a wonderful booklet published by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture in 1885 promoting Kansas as a desired location for both internal and external immigrants

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