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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Rand, McNally map of North America enhanced to show Superior as the center of a wheel. The image was used on the back of stationery from City Improvement C... |
| Date: | 05 1863 |
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| Description: | Two pages, dated May 23-24, 1863, of a diary kept by H.H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett during the Civil War. |
| Date: | 02 13 1862 |
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| Description: | Letter describing gun invention and Bradford's intentions for improvements. |
| Date: | 12 17 1860 |
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| Description: | "An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other states united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of th... |
| Date: | 01 1861 |
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| Description: | "An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of the Uni... |
| Date: | 01 1861 |
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| Description: | "An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of the Uni... |
| Date: | 01 22 1861 |
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| Description: | "Republic of Georgia. Ordinance of Secession , passed Jan'ry 19, 1861. With the names of the signers. Decorative broadside. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 06 08 1864 |
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| Description: | George W. Noble's commission as First Lieutenant in the 2nd Wisconsin Calvary. |
| Date: | 03 19 1874 |
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| Description: | A written request for membership for Charles H. Klippert and Philip Kuhles into the College of Pharmacy in New York. |
| Date: | 01 30 1865 |
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| Description: | John E. Davie's commission as 2nd lieutenant in the 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company K. |
| 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: | 11 18 1857 |
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| Description: | Unpaid bill in the amount of $5,000, owed by Jairus Fairchild, President of Watertown and Madison Railroad, to Bank of the Republic. |
| Date: | 10 08 1862 |
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| Description: | An introduction to the Kentucky Papers, written by Spencer Records, which begins, "I have written the following narrative partly for my own satisfaction an... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Petition to President Abraham Lincoln for the establishment of soldiers homes and hospitals in Wisconsin. The petition is signed by 18 women. |
| Date: | 11 1862 |
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| Description: | List of supplies issued to Cordelia Harvey for her soldiers' hospital. |
| Date: | 12 15 1862 |
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| Description: | Letter from Cordelia Harvey to Governor Edward Salomon regarding her work. |
| Date: | 07 08 1863 |
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| Description: | Diary entries for July 7 and 8, 1863 written by Emilie Quiner while caring for Union soldiers in Memphis, Tennessee. |
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