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Dutch Elm Disease Manual for Wisconsin

Date: 1965
Description: Cover page of a manual for dealing with Ductch Elm Disease with notes taken by Lorrie Otto.
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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 ...
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Calendared Treaty of Green Bay

Date: 08 18 1821
Description: The reverse side of the Green Bay treaty, August 18, 1821. The treaty is signed by the chiefs of the six Indian nations for the possession of lands near th...
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Increase Lapham letter

Date: 06 28 1850
Description: Letter from Increase Lapham to his wife, Ann Maria Alcott, in Milwaukee. Lapham was at Aztalan and wrote to Anna regarding the geology of the region. He in...
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Ranunculaceae

Date: 1849
Description: Handwritten list of plants in the Ranunculaceae or crowfoot family.
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Plants of Wisconsin Page

Date: 1845
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1845 list of plants of Wisconsin including Oxalidaceae, Zanthoxylaceae, and Anacardiaceae and notations of where and when indiv...
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Lapham Handwritten Title Page

Date: 1844
Description: Increase Lapham's handwritten title page for A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin
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First Page of Lapham's Gazetteer

Date: 1844
Description: Handwritten first page of Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin.
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Lapham Gazetteer Page

Date: 1844
Description: Handwritten page from Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin. The page includes entries for Choaking Creek, Cincinnati, City of the Four Lak...
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Washington Ball Invitation

Date: 02 1831
Description: Printed invitation addressed to Mr. I.A. Lapham for a ball at C. McCoy's hotel to be held on February 17, 1831.
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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.
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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...
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Assembly Bill 175

Date: 1852
Description: Assembly bill 175 which legalized the business of banking in Wisconsin.
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Assembly Bill 175

Date: 1852
Description: First page of Assembly Bill 175 approving the business of banking in Wisconsin.
Manuscript

I.M. Singer's Will

Date: 07 16 1870
Description: The front page of the last will and testament of Isaac Merritt Singer, founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
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Letter to Jerry Lewis from Pat Weaver

Date: 07 17 1952
Description: A letter written by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver to Jerry Lewis regarding "that blasted telethon...".
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A.A. Schecter Letter, Page One

Date: 01 29 1952
Description: The first page of a letter written to A.A. Schecter by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver.
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A.A. Schecter Letter, Page Two

Date: 01 29 1952
Description: The second page of a letter written by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver to A.A. Schecter.
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Letter to James Young, Page Three

Date: 05 24 1951
Description: The third page of a letter written by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver to James W. Young. It includes Weaver's signature in ink.
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"Notes from Negroes of Mississippi to the White People of Mississippi"

Date: 
Description: A letter from the perspective of an African American Mississippian to white members of the community.

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