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First Page of Lapham's Gazetteer
1844
Handwritten first page of Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin.
Title Page of Lapham's A catalog of Plants Found in the Viciinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory
1838
Title page of Increase Lapham's Catalog of Plants Found in the vicinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory.
Lapham Gazetteer Page
1844
Handwritten page from Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin. The page includes entries for Choaking Creek, Cincinnati, City of the Four Lakes, Clam River, Clary's Lake, Clausen Sett...
Earth Borer
1828
Increase Lapham's drawing and description of an earth borer for his handwritten manuscript, Notes and Accounts of Canals, Particularly the Ohio Canal Near Portsmouth, 1830-1832.
A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin
1844
Title page of Increase Lapham's A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin published by P.C. Hale of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Increase A. Lapham Speech
February 1876
The cover page of a speech handwritten by Increase Lapham titled: "On the Law of Embryonic Development Showing that it is the Same in Plants as in Animals."
