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Wis Mss OO
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Part 1 (Wis Mss OO): Original Collection, 1844-1877, 1913, undated0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) The correspondence relates to the land and collection agency and law business of the firm of Washburn and Woodman at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and also touches upon the lead shot manufacturing interests of the firm at Helena, Wisconsin, and the establishment of the Bank of Hallowell, in Maine, an important source of money for the Mineral Point firm's speculative activities. From 1861 to 1865, there are military papers and correspondence relating to the sale at Helena, Arkansas, of government cotton, and military operations in Arkansas and Texas. Letters in 1869 from William D. Washburn of the Lincoln Mills at Minneapolis concern a proposal to acquire the site for a dam near Pokegama Falls, Minnesota. Numerous letters from Elihu B. Washburne, ambassador at Paris from 1869 to 1877, comment upon the siege of Paris, diplomatic matters, and American politics generally. Other letters, beginning about 1873, deal with family finances, and a few relate to whiskey ring frauds.
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1
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Diaries, 1862, 1863, 1868
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Correspondence
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Box
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Folder
2
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1844-1846
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Box
1
Folder
3
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1847-1850
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1851-1861
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Box
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Folder
5
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1862-1863
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Box
1
Folder
6
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1864
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Box
1
Folder
7
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1865-1869 February
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Box
1
Folder
8
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1869 March-June
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Box
1
Folder
9
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1869 July-1890 January
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Box
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Folder
10
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1870 February-December
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1871-1872
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Box
2
Folder
2
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1873-1874
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1875
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1876
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1877
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Box
2
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6
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Biography sketches, 1882, 1913
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Miscellaneous, undated
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M2003-026
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Part 2 (M2003-026): Additions, 1875-1941 0.9 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and 37 photographs : Additions, 1875-1941, consisting of correspondence, legal documents, land contracts, business records, and family history. The business papers document Washburn's milling operation, Washburn-Crosby Company, and include newspaper clippings, business records, and correspondence and receipts. The genealogical materials were compiled by his daughter, Jeannette Kelsey, and include her research notes, a copy of the family tree, and correspondence. Also included is a scrapbook of Ms. Kelsey's visit to England in 1909 and photographs of Governor Washburn's residence in Madison (Wisconsin), the Washburn homestead, and other unidentified images.
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Correspondence
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Box
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Folder
1
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Business, 1880s
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Box
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Folder
2
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Personal, 1880-1882
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous, 1878-1924
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Estate and Will, 1882-1883
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Oversize Folder
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Land warrants broadside
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Leases, 1875-1882
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Mills
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Box
1
Folder
6-9
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Correspondence and receipts, 1875-1882
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Box
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Folder
10
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Deeds, Leases, Legal Documents, 1870s
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Reports to stockholders
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Genealogical materials
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Box
2
Folder
2-3
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Research and notes
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Box
2
Folder
4-5
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Correspondence
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Box
2
Folder
6
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News clippings, 1887-1941
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Scrapbook, 1909
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Photographs
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PH Box
3
Folder
1
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Washburn homestead, Mineral Point
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PH Box
3
Folder
2
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Governor Washburn residence
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PH Box
3
Folder
3
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Jeannette Kelsey tombstone, Forest Hills Cemetery
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PH Box
3
Folder
4
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Scrapbook photos
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PH Box
3
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous
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