Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | 1861 Racine and Mississippi Railroad Pass belonging to Jackson Kemper. |
Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Stage Company Pass belonging to Reverend Kemper. The pass bear engravings of a train and a stage coach. |
Date: | 1859 |
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Description: | 1859 Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad pass belonging to S.S. Merrill. Pass is signed by George Dunlap. |
Date: | 11 08 1860 |
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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... |
Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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Description: | First page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding the publication of a book he was writing. |
Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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Description: | The second page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding publishing a book he was writing. |
Date: | 12 30 1856 |
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Description: | A Marshall & Isley, Bankers, check in the amount of $12,500.00 written to J. Alder Ellis from Samuel Marshall. |
Date: | 12 19 1853 |
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Description: | A Wisconsin State bank check in the amount of $12.00 written to Fredericka Lindenthald from Samuel Marshall. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Valentine card with a girl framed with a metallic gold harp decorated with ribbons, hearts and flowers. She is wearing a white dress and has flowers in her... |
Date: | 1878 |
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Description: | Advertising card for Goodrich Transportation Company listing destinations and departure times. In the center of the advertisement is a drawing of a sidewhe... |
Date: | 1849 |
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Description: | Masthead of Racine, Wisconsin temperance publication The Old Oaken Bucket and Sons of Temperance Organ. The masthead features a bucolic scene at the... |
Date: | 1856 |
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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... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A damaged Republican Party ticket for the Racine County Wisconsin slate headed by Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. Also of note on the ticket is Congre... |
Date: | 08 20 1862 |
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Description: | Confederate wildcat money used during the Civil War. |
Date: | 11 23 1863 |
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Description: | A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War. |
Date: | 11 26 1861 |
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Description: | Front of printed handbill concerning an offer of amnesty to local rebels. Annotations by Colonel C.R. Jennison appear on back. |
Date: | 11 26 1861 |
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Description: | Back of printed handbill with annotations by Colonel C.R. Jennison, concerning an offer of amnesty to local rebels. |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | Handbill issued by E.B. McCagg, President of the N.W. Sanitary Commission, urging citizens to plant potatoes and onions to be divided, and to put up dried ... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Piece of rope with one end tied in the form of a noose, depicting a skull. Caption below reads: "End of Secession." Blue ink, illustration on right side of... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Confederate flag with the words: "The Pirate Flag" and 8 stars in the blue section, and "Jeff. Davis" and "A.H. Stephens" on the red bars. Cream envelope w... |
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