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| Date: | 07 17 1857 |
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| Description: | A stock certificate of the Watertown and Madison Railroad Company, one share #85, issued to Darwin Clark for the sum of $50.00. This was signed by the rail... |
| 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: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Canvass of the results for various village offices, April 6, 1852. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Draft newspaper editorial, "Our Railroad Prospects," written by former governor Leonard J. Farwell. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | May-June 1856 page from the Historical Society accession register, in which Corresponding Secretary Lyman Draper listed the books received that month. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | February 9-11, 1956, page of Willet S. Main's diary. |
| 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: | 11 15 1855 |
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| Description: | The first, foldout page of Samuel Marshall's United States passport, which includes a physical description. |
| Date: | 10 15 1859 |
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| Description: | Front page of the Certificate of Incorporation for the Summit Bank in Oconomowoc. |
| Date: | 06 30 1855 |
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| Description: | Certificate of appointment for George B. Bingham as 1st Lieutenant, Milwaukee Light Guards. |
| 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: | 06 08 1853 |
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| Description: | A letter to Colonel William Robert Talylor signed "Yours in Hast, —. Hinton". The envelope is included in the upper left hand corner of the letter. |
| Date: | 06 08 1853 |
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| Description: | A letter (without the envelope) from Mr. Hinton to W.R. (William Robert) Taylor. |
| Date: | 03 15 1853 |
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| Description: | The first page of a letter written to William Robert Taylor when he lived in Cottage Grove. It was authored by someone in Stevens Point whose name is not s... |
| Date: | 03 15 1853 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written to William Robert Taylor when he lived in Cottage Grove. |
| Date: | 06 08 1853 |
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| Description: | A letter to W.R. Taylor from Hinton. |
| Date: | 06 28 1850 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Assembly bill 175 which legalized the business of banking in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | First page of Assembly Bill 175 approving the business of banking in Wisconsin. |
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