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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Official copy of Cyrus McCormick's 1834 reaper patent. This copy was made by the Patent Office at the request of the McCormick family. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Official copy of Cyrus McCormick's 1834 reaper patent. This copy was made by the Patent Office at the request of the McCormick family. |
| Date: | 06 23 1832 |
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| Description: | Document written by Ebenezer Brighman listing occurrences at Fort Blue Mounds. |
| Date: | 09 23 1890 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter from Governor William Dempster Hoard to Henry C. Payne rejecting a $1000 donation Payne sent from Philip Armour. |
| Date: | 10 13 1885 |
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| Description: | Record of the decision in the Wisconsin Supreme Court case of Clarissa Wood vs. Samuel Boynton regarding the sale of the Eagle diamond. The Wisconsin Supre... |
| Date: | 06 1884 |
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| Description: | Document recording the case and ruling in favor of Samuel Boynton in the case brought by Clarissa Wood regarding the sale of the Eagle diamond. |
| Date: | 12 24 1894 |
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| Description: | Diploma of honorable mention presented to Stephen M. Babcock by the Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition. The document honors Babcock's inven... |
| Date: | 05 18 1892 |
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| Description: | Letter of introduction for Frank G. Lenz of Pittsburgh and his agent Robert Bruce to Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah Rusk. The letter is on The Outing Co... |
| Date: | 10 06 1860 |
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| Description: | Minutes from a meeting of the Farmers Home League of Monroe, Wisconsin. The page contains a partial list of settled claims against the League and the amoun... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Engraved document certifying that D. Henry Rockwell of Oconomowoc is entitled to one share of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company worth one hundr... |
| Date: | 01 29 1853 |
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| Description: | Document of agreement between Oren Johnson of Dodge County and the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company. Johnson agreed to pay $600 plus 8% annual int... |
| Date: | 07 09 1853 |
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| Description: | Legal title to Oren Johnson's mortgaged land in Dodge County. The La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company assessed the land for $1,500. |
| Date: | 04 12 1877 |
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| Description: | Document granting a parcel of land to the Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company signed by Secretary of State, Peter Doyle. The document bears the o... |
| Date: | 07 04 1863 |
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| Description: | Vicksburg Daily Citizen of July 2, 1864. This copy bears handwritten notes about the surrender of Vicksburg and the acquisition of the paper by Lewi... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This document, sometimes cited as the “Statement made by the Indians, a bilingual petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864,” was carried by an Ojib... |
| Date: | 01 14 1876 |
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| Description: | Document stating that H.H. Bennett will make annual rental payments of $232.10 to William H. Metcalf of Milwaukee for rental of his studio in Kilbourn City... |
| Date: | 09 29 1870 |
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| Description: | State of Wisconsin certificate for A.A. Rowley, signed by Lucius Fairchild, Governor, that appoints him as Second Lieutenant of the "Middleton Guards" with... |
| Date: | 03 1849 |
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| Description: | Section 1 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote.... |
| Date: | 03 1849 |
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| Description: | Section 2 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote.... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | A certificate acknowledging the admission of Frederick Beermein to Sons of Temperance. |
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