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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...
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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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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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Thomas Marshall Document

Date: 09 20 1844
Description: First page of a document handwritten by Thomas Marshall.
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Thomas Marshall Document

Date: 09 20 1844
Description: Concluding page of document handwritten by Thomas Marshall, which includes his signature.
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Nathan Myrick's Account Book

Date: 1841
Description: Inside front cover and first page of Nathan Myrick's 1841-1842 account book showing his purchase of supplies at Prairie du Chien for the establishment of h...
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Nathan Myrick's Account Book

Date: 1841
Description: Page from Nathan Myrick's account book showing transactions with Native Americans.
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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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Otte Skilling Species Document

Date: 1840
Description: A document written in Norwegian with the words "Otte Skilling Species" at the top of the page.
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1849 Assembly Bill 122

Date: 03 1849
Description: Exterior of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 122 of 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote. ...

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