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| Date: | 01 12 1844 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 13 1849 |
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| Description: | A letter written by William Warren to his cousin George Warren. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Handwritten letter of Lucius Fairchild from the Madison Watercure detailing his experiences there. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke to Mayor Jairus Fairchild, from the Astor House, New York, describing the sale of city bonds. |
| Date: | 11 05 1844 |
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| Description: | Music for the song "Caledonian March" as notated on a letter written by Thomas Steel to his sister Lilly Steel. |
| Date: | 11 26 1846 |
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| Description: | A drawing by Thomas Steel of his farm property contained in a letter Steel wrote to his father James Steel. |
| Date: | 03 07 1835 |
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| Description: | A letter to J.D. Beers & Co., written by David Hubbard. |
| Date: | 07 12 1865 |
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| Description: | A letter written by Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis to E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, thanking him for his special care of and attention to sick and wou... |
| Date: | 07 14 1865 |
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| Description: | The first page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for cari... |
| Date: | 07 14 1865 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for car... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the La Crosse Wallis Carriage Co., manufacturers of fine family carriages, showing a view of the factory with the Mississippi River in the ba... |
| Date: | 10 31 1858 |
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| Description: | Letter written both horizontally and vertically, from Catherine Steel of Genesee, Wisconsin to her sister-in-law Lilias. |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur... |
| 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: | 09 17 1897 |
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| Description: | Portion of a letter regarding the incorporation of the Badger Brass Manufacturing Company. |
| Date: | 02 13 1862 |
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| Description: | Letter describing gun invention and Bradford's intentions for improvements. |
| Date: | 06 30 1855 |
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| Description: | Certificate of appointment for George B. Bingham as 1st Lieutenant, Milwaukee Light Guards. |
| Date: | 02 18 1862 |
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| Description: | George W. Noble's commission as First Sergeant in the Wisconsin 2nd Cavalry. |
| Date: | 01 02 1864 |
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| Description: | George W. Noble's discharge letter from the Union Army during the Civil War. |
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