Henry and Elizabeth Baird Collection
Henry and Elizabeth Baird Collection
The Society holds the papers of these two prominent settlers who participated in the birth and growth of Wisconsin over the course of the 19th century.
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Correspondence 1798 - 1825
Box 1 Folder 1
Written between 1798 and 1825, these letters detail family and social life, religious life, the legal and banking systems, and family health concerns. The principal correspondents include Robert Baird, Henry Baird, and Eliza Baird. Notable people documented in this folder include judge and future Territorial Governor James Duane Doty (1799-1865), and the Dousman family, who were prominent in the fur trade at Mackinac Island and Prairie du Chien. Locations documented include Cleveland, Green Bay, Montreal, Pittsburgh, and Mackinac Island. (219 pages)
Correspondence 1826-1831
Box 1 Folder 2
These letters, written between 1826 and 1831 primarily by Robert Baird and Henry Baird, focus on social and family life, including health and illness. Locations documented include Cleveland, Detroit and Green Bay. Of particular interest is a letter dated November 5, 1830, which details court disputes over land ownership around Green Bay presided over by Judge (and future Territorial Governor) James Duane Doty (1799-1865). (222 pages)
Other Baird Related Materials
See a complete box-by-box inventory of all Baird papers in the Archives available for research.
Read a historical essay about the Bairds.
Read Elizabeth Baird's memoir of coming to Green Bay as a teenage bride in 1824.
Read about Henry Baird's life in this article by E. H. Ellis written in 1876.
Read about Henry Baird's life in this article by E. H. Ellis written in 1876.