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Remonstrance against legalizing the issuance of bonds for the Chicago and North Western Railroad Company
1861
Petitioners argue against legalizing the issuing of bonds to the Chicago and North Western Railroad Company. They state that the vote was fraudulent because the company representatives promised pro...
Remonstrance against appropriating funds to the widow of former governor, William Barstow
1866
Petitioners argue against a bill that would appropriate $5,000 to Maria Barstow, the widow of former governor, William Barstow. They state the money would serve as a refund to Barstow's family for ...
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume XI, page 194
1892
M'Call's Journal of a Visit to Wisconsin in 1830 is the work of James McCall (1774-1856), who served, along with Erastus Root, as the commissioners negotiating a territorial dispute between the Men...
Remonstrance against passing a bill that would tax Fond du Lac County residents for funds to build a new court house
1871
Petitioners argue against passage of a bill that would tax residents of Fond du Lac County in order to raise $75,000 for the construction of a new court house in the county. They state the tax burd...
The First Three!
1918
The top half of the poster has the American flag in the background. On top of the flag there three faces of men in uniform. Left to right the names read Hay, Enright, and Gresham. The text on the b...
Newspaper clipping on rat extermination
September 1967
Newspaper clipping on the lack of support on the rat extermination bill to clean up the Milwaukee ghettos and slums.
