EMIGRANT AID COMPANY, MA
\ˈɛmɪɡɹənt ˈe͡ɪd kˈʌmpəni], \ˈɛmɪɡɹənt ˈeɪd kˈʌmpəni], \ˈɛ_m_ɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ə_n_t ˈeɪ_d k_ˈʌ_m_p_ə_n_i]\
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the first organization formed for the purpose of settling Kansas with free-State emigrants. It was planned by Eli Thayer, and chartered by the Legislature of Massachusetts in April, 1854. But before the actual work of settlement began, the " New England Emigrant Aid Society " took its place, with a less ambitious design.
By John Franklin Jameson
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