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Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 10 17 1853
Description: An engraving of the second Wisconsin State Capitol (the first built in Madison) that appeared on the notes of the State Bank of Madison, the first bank org...
Photograph

South Pinckney Street

Date: 1859
Description: South Pinckney Street as photographed by Fuller from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof. In the center are several wooden structures dating from Madison's e...
Map or Atlas

Fond du Lac Map 1/4

Date: 1857
Description: A quarter section of a map of the city of Fond du Lac. This section features an illustration of Amory Hall and the Exchange Bank of Darling & Co.
Photograph

Pinckney Street

Date: 1859
Description: Madison's Pinckney Street, with the Capitol Park in the foreground and Farwell's octagon house and Lake Monona in the distance. This view has been various...
Print

Wisconsin Bank Notes

Date: 1852
Description: Proof sheets of five and ten dollars bills of the Wisconsin Bank of Madison. Among other illustrations, the notes include an engraving of Leonard J. Farwel...
Print

View of Sparta, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon.
Print

Check for J. Alder Ellis

Date: 12 30 1856
Description: A Marshall & Isley, Bankers, check in the amount of $12,500.00 written to J. Alder Ellis from Samuel Marshall.
Print

Check for Fredericka Lindenthald

Date: 12 19 1853
Description: A Wisconsin State bank check in the amount of $12.00 written to Fredericka Lindenthald from Samuel Marshall.
Manuscript

Certificate of Incorporation for Summit Bank

Date: 10 15 1859
Description: Front page of the Certificate of Incorporation for the Summit Bank in Oconomowoc.
Manuscript

Unpaid Bill

Date: 11 18 1857
Description: Unpaid bill in the amount of $5,000, owed by Jairus Fairchild, President of Watertown and Madison Railroad, to Bank of the Republic.
Manuscript

Assembly Bill 175

Date: 1852
Description: Assembly bill 175 which legalized the business of banking in Wisconsin.
Manuscript

Assembly Bill 175

Date: 1852
Description: First page of Assembly Bill 175 approving the business of banking in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Millers Bank Insurance Building

Date: 1857
Description: Oval-framed view from street of the corner bank building at 111 S. Hamilton Street, with houses on the left and right. The main business is Millers Bank In...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Watertown, Jefferson County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, buildings, some land ownership, wards, waterways, streets, railroads, brick yards, and cemeteries. It includes an ind...

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