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Letter of Gilbert Imlay

Date: 03 15 1783
Description: Letter written by Gilbert Imlay regarding Daniel Boone.
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Letter to Daniel Boone

Date: 1786
Description: Body of a letter written by Gilbert Imlay to Colonel Daniel Boone.
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Part Two of Letter to Daniel Boone

Date: 1786
Description: Letter written by Gilbert Imlay to Daniel Boone.
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Letter From Clark To Hamilton

Date: 02 24 1779
Description: Letter from Colonel George Rogers Clark to Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton demanding unconditional surrender of Fort Vincennes.
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Wasmuth Portfolio Manuscript Page

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Description: First page from the Wasmuth Portfolio, text written by Frank Lloyd Wright. The manuscript, written by Wright in Italy, also includes more than forty sketc...
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William Warren Letter

Date: 04 13 1849
Description: A letter written by William Warren to his cousin George Warren.
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"Caledonian March" Letter

Date: 11 05 1844
Description: Music for the song "Caledonian March" as notated on a letter written by Thomas Steel to his sister Lilly Steel.
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Steel's Farm Property Letter

Date: 11 26 1846
Description: A drawing by Thomas Steel of his farm property contained in a letter Steel wrote to his father James Steel.
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Letter from David Hubbard

Date: 03 07 1835
Description: A letter to J.D. Beers & Co., written by David Hubbard.
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James T. Lewis Letter to Ayer

Date: 07 12 1865
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...
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Letter from E.G. Ayer

Date: 07 14 1865
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...
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Letter from E.G. Ayer

Date: 07 14 1865
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...
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Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 03 1876
Description: Advertising circular written on Appleton Woolen Mills letterhead. In 1876 the Appleton Woolen Mills were operated by Hutchinson & Co. Appleton Woolen Mi...
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La Crosse Carriage Co. Letterhead

Date: 1887
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...
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Business Stationery of George Peck

Date: 1882
Description: Business stationery of George B. Peck, editor of Peck's Sun, a Milwaukee newspaper. Peck was well-known for his humorous column, "Peck's Bad Boy," a...
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Cross-Written Letter

Date: 10 31 1858
Description: Letter written both horizontally and vertically, from Catherine Steel of Genesee, Wisconsin to her sister-in-law Lilias.
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Capitol During the Civil War

Date: 04 1862
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...
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Samuel Marshall Diary Page

Date: 09 28 1842
Description: A page in Samuel Marshall's diary, dated September 28, 1842, with several short entries.
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Samuel Marshall's Diary Pages

Date: 1846
Description: Two pages of Samuel Marshall's 1846 diary, filled with daily entries.
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John Muir Letter

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Description: The first page of a poem written by John Muir entitled "The Sabbath."

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