Title: Friedrich A. Meissner Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1845-1899

Creator:

• Meissner, Friedrich A., 1804-1899

Call Number: La Crosse Mss G

Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Friedrich A. Meissner, a Cashton, Wisconsin, Postmaster, Town of Portland Justice of the Peace, farmer, and seed specialist, including fragmentary correspondence, letter books, diaries, account books, seed record books, and justice dockets. Entries in the justice dockets are in English, but many entries in the other volumes are in German. The collection includes translations of the German language correspondence, written mostly by Meissner, to family, friends, and business acquaintances in Germany.

Language: German and English

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Friedrich Adolph Meissner was a German immigrant who came to America in 1845. He farmed in New York, Massachusetts, and Florida before settling in Cashton, Monroe County, Wisconsin. In Wisconsin he established a seed business in addition to his farming operation, and he served as town clerk, postmaster, and justice of the peace.

The Meissner Papers consist of a number of letters (primarily family correspondence and primarily written in German), letterbooks of outgoing correspondence, diaries, personal account books, seed records and two volumes of records with some personal notations kept by Meissner when he was Justice of the Peace. Entries in the justice dockets are in English, but many entries in the other volumes are in German. The collection includes a translation (in paper and electronic form) prepared by Loren P. Meissner of the German language letters.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Loren P. Meissner, Lafayette, California, 1961 and 2000. Accession Number: M2001-168

La Crosse Mss G Box   1 Folder   1	Biographical information
Box   1 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1845-1888
Box   1 Folder   3-9	Letterbooks, 1865-1867, 1870-1899
Box   2 Folder   1-2	Translation of German correspondence Note: Box 1, Folder 10 contains electronic copies of translations in MS Word (1 floppy disk and 1 CD)
	Diaries
Box   2 Folder   3-8	1878-1892
Box   3 Folder   1-3	1892-1899
	Account books
Box   3 Folder   4	1856-1864
Folder   5-6	1880-1899
Folder   7	1880-1899
Box   4 Folder   2	Cash book, 1870-1879
	Seed records
Box   4 Folder   8	1877-1889
Box   4 Folder   1	1890-1896
Box   4 Folder   3	Town of Portland Justice of the Peace docket books, 1859-1872