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Steel Letter with Map

Date: 01 12 1844
Description: Letter from Thomas Steel, Waukesha County physician and farmer, to his father, James Steel, in London, England. It includes a hand-drawn map of Milwaukee C...
Document

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 ...
Document

William E. Smith Letterhead

Date: 1883
Description: Engraved letterhead of the firm of Smith, Mendel & Co., a wholesale grocery merchant. William E. Smith was a prominent Milwaukee businessman, partner in th...
Document

Milwaukee Exposition Association Letterhead

Date: 1883
Description: Letterhead stationery of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, with an engraving of the building constructed for that event.
Manuscript

Milwaukee Light Guards Certification Letter

Date: 06 30 1855
Description: Certificate of appointment for George B. Bingham as 1st Lieutenant, Milwaukee Light Guards.
Manuscript

George W. Noble's Commission Letter

Date: 02 18 1862
Description: George W. Noble's commission as First Sergeant in the Wisconsin 2nd Cavalry.
Print

United States Hotel Menu

Date: 09 21 1846
Description: Bill of fare for the United States Hotel, with decorative border ornaments running along the sides, top, and bottom of the menu, and general printed catego...
Print

Old Continentals Letterhead

Date: 07 18 1861
Description: Letterhead with a rifle, sword, horn, and Revolutionary War-era hat surrounding a scroll reading: "1776." Text below the illustration reads: "The Old Conti...

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