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Drawing

Northwest Territory Political Subdivisions

Date: 01 11 1805
Description: Four map illustrations showing the political subdivisions of the Northwest Territory from 1805 through 1834.
Historical Object

Pastoral Needlework Scene

Date: 1800
Description: Needlework scene on silk worked in colored silk thread using running and crewel stitches. The hands and faces of the figures are watercolor on paper. Sce...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Front Page of El Misisipi

Date: 10 12 1808
Description: Front page (page 1) of the newspaper El Misisipi. Earliest Spanish-language periodical published in the United States.
Historical Object

Langlade Letter Seal

Date: 1801
Description: A silver letter seal, which belonged to Charles Langlade.
Photograph

Wharf Scene Illustration

Date: 1800
Description: An illustration depicting an early scene at the wharf in New York City. Many sailing ships are along the left side of the illustration, and "Leeds" is the ...
Manuscript

United States Citizenship Certificate

Date: 05 03 1804
Description: A certificate, signed by Joseph Wilson, that officially declares Matthias Varina a citizen of the United States of America.
Map or Atlas

Town 18 Range 23

Date: 1800
Description: This 19th-century manuscript map of the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, shows sections, lakes and streams, the trail from Chicago to Green Bay...
Map or Atlas

Plat of the City of the Four Lakes : Section Six, Township Seven, Range Nine

Date: 1800
Description: Map of what may be residential plots on the lake near Pheasant Branch. Streets begin top to bottom with Lake Street and going up to 14th Avenue. Streets ru...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Land in Milwaukee Between Grand Avenue and the C.M.&St. P. Depot

Date: 1800
Description: Ink on tracing cloth. Shows property owners in block 69, between Fourth and Third Street.
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee with the "Walker's Point" and Kilbourn Additions

Date: 1800
Description: Map of additions to Milwaukee. Several of the additions are outlined in colors and many streets, waterways, and some landmarks are labelled.
Map or Atlas

Plat of Fond du Lac

Date: 1800
Description: Ink and watercolor on tracing paper. Shows plat of town, local streets, Fond du Lac River, and part of Lake Winnebago.
Map or Atlas

Plan of Mounds Located in the N-E. 1/4 of the S-E. 1/4 of Sec. 5, T. 7 N. R. 22 E. Milwaukee County

Date: 1800
Description: An ink on paper map for a plan of mounds in Milwaukee county. The map is situated pointing north.
Map or Atlas

Martin

Date: 1800
Description: Ink and pencil on paper. A paper city on the site of what is now Appleton, Wisconsin. Shows plat of city, streets, and Fox River. Includes textual descript...
Map or Atlas

Ashland Wisconsin Showing Ashland Lumber Company and Part of Ashland County

Date: 1800
Description: The map is ink and pencil on paper. Map shows the location of the Ashland Lumber Company as well as a portion of Ashland County. Portions of the map are in...
Map or Atlas

Group of Ancient Mounds Near the City of Beloit

Date: 1800
Description: This map on two sheets shows a group of ancient mounds near the southeast corner of the city of Beloit and a group of ancient mounds north of Rockton Stati...
Map or Atlas

Village of North La Crosse

Date: 1800
Description: This map of North La Crosse is ink and pencil on paper and shows lot ownership and buildings.
Map or Atlas

Map of Region of Little Kaukalin, Fox River

Date: 1800
Description: This map of the Little Kaukalin Region is ink on paper and shows Little Kaukalin Rapids, Black Bird Island, buildings, trails, meadows and woods, and a sug...
Map or Atlas

Village of Barneveld, Iowa County, Wisconsin

Date: 1800
Description: This map is pencil and ink on tracing cloth. The map shows plat of the town and local streets. There are some manuscript annotations in pencil and red ink.
Map or Atlas

Diagram of "Claim No. 21," or Grignon's Tract : (Webb & Bronson's Plat of the Town of Fort Winnebago,) Showing Noted Early Points at Portage.

Date: 1800
Description: This map shows the land claim owned by the Portage Canal Company and includes an index of landownership and landmarks. The Wisconsin and Portage River, the...
Map or Atlas

Tracing of the Original Map Showing the Grignon Claim at Portage

Date: 1800
Description: This map is pencil on tracing paper and shows marshes, the Wisconsin River, Indian trails, and Indian boundary line. The upper left corner reads: "Let sect...

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