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| Description: | View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Josiah A. Noonan. He was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. Noonan came to Wisconsin in November of 1836. H... |
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| Description: | May-June 1856 page from the Historical Society accession register, in which Corresponding Secretary Lyman Draper listed the books received that month. |
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| Description: | Democratic Presidential ticket for that party's slate in Dane County, Wisconsin. Although Buchanan was victorious in the national election, in Wisconsin, ... |
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| Description: | Receipt issued by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions to Frederick Smith for a contribution of ten cents from the Sabbath School of the... |
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| Description: | Engravings of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates from the Democratic, Republican and Know Nothing parties for the Tuesday, November 4th, 185... |
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| Description: | This map of Woodman's Addition in Mineral Point is pen-and-ink on paper. The map includes certifications signed by John B. Whitelaw (surveyor), Cyrus Woodm... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map is ink and pencil on paper and shows plat of the town, local streets, and blocks and lots by number. The map includes explanatory text. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | An etching, labeled Conchology Plate IV which depicts the exterior, Figure 1, and interior of the shell of the scallop identified as Pecten yesso... |
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