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Milwaukee House Stationery

Date: 1857
Description: Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ...
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Pass

Date: 1861
Description: Chicago and Northwestern Railway pass belonging to Reverend Jackson Kemper.
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Racine & Mississippi Railroad Pass

Date: 1861
Description: 1861 Racine and Mississippi Railroad Pass belonging to Jackson Kemper.
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Wisconsin Stage Company Pass

Date: 1858
Description: Wisconsin Stage Company Pass belonging to Reverend Kemper. The pass bear engravings of a train and a stage coach.
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Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad Pass

Date: 1859
Description: 1859 Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad pass belonging to S.S. Merrill. Pass is signed by George Dunlap.
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"Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant" Report

Date: 1879
Description: Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant".
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Brees' Express Receipt

Date: 11 08 1860
Description: Receipt for a package delivered to Brees' Express via Morris & Essex Railroad. There is an engraving of a train traveling through a rural landscape near th...
Manuscript

Samuel Marshall's Passport Page

Date: 11 15 1855
Description: The first, foldout page of Samuel Marshall's United States passport, which includes a physical description.
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Foreign Missions Receipt

Date: 1856
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...
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

Antoni Plichta Declaration of Intention

Date: 03 28 1882
Description: U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor Naturalization service form 2203, Declaration of Intention for Antoni Plichta filled out in Cook County, Illinois.
Book or Pamphlet

Bayfield, Lake Superior Guide Book

Date: 1858
Description: Front cover of a guide book describing Bayfield and an account of a pleasure tour to Lake Superior. The title is surrounded by a decorative border with flo...
Manuscript

Thwaites' Diary of Fox River Trip

Date: 1887
Description: Opening spread of Reuben Gold Thwaites' diary of his 1887 trip on the Fox River.
Manuscript

Sillman Letter To Lapham

Date: 07 22 1827
Description: Letter from Benjamin Sillman to Increase Lapham requesting information about the canal around the rapids of the Ohio River for inclusion in The Journal ...
Manuscript

Lapham Index Page, Canals of Ohio

Date: 1832
Description: Page from the handwritten index to Lapham's Notes and accounts of canals, particularly the Ohio Canal near Portsmouth, 1830-1832.
Manuscript

Earth Borer

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing and description of an earth borer for his handwritten manuscript, Notes and Accounts of Canals, Particularly the Ohio Canal Ne...
Document

Letter of Introduction for Frank Lenz

Date: 05 18 1892
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...
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Dow Flour Mill Letterhead

Date: 1890
Description: Dow Flour Mill letterhead, with an engraving of the mill building, with a locomotive, a ship on the lake, and the dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol.

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