Title: Hercules Louis Dousman Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1830-1911

Creator:

• Dousman, Hercules L. (Hercules Louis), 1800-1868

Call Number: Mss 623; PH 6477

Quantity: 15.2 c.f. (38 archives boxes) and 19 lithographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

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Abstract:

Papers of Hercules Louis Dousman I (1800-1868), Hercules Louis Dousman II (1848-1886), and Nina Sturgis Dousman (circa 1856-1930), successive heads of a prominent Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, family. The elder Hercules Dousman came to Prairie du Chien in 1826 as agent for the American Fur Company, and in 1843 he erected a large mansion, “Villa Louis.” The strength of the collection is its documentation of the family's financial affairs and extensive business interests. The papers consist primarily of incoming correspondence, legal documents, and various financial records: bills and receipts, tax records, bank and stock statements, cancelled checks, and bookkeeping records. Also included are materials relating to the activities of the younger Hercules Dousman as an art collector and owner of a stock farm for blooded trotting horses.

Language: English

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Hercules Louis Dousman I was born August 4, 1800, at Mackinac Island, Michigan, the eldest son of Michael and Catherine Dousman. After attending school in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, he worked for a time as a mercantile clerk in New York City. In 1820 he returned to Mackinac, helping his father in business until 1826, when he moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, as an agent for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company. Dousman became a stockholder in the reorganized American Fur Company in 1834. As the Upper Mississippi fur trade began to decline in the late 1830s Dousman diversified his business interests. He purchased extensive timber lands in the Chippewa Valley, and from 1836 to 1848 was the principal owner of a sawmill operated by Jean Brunet at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Sometime before 1838 he established a large wholesale and retail store. In 1843 he became a partner in the Pierre Chouteau trading firm of St. Louis. From the 1840s on, he devoted a considerable amount of attention to land speculation. During the 1850s he was active in directing immigration and business to the Upper Mississippi River ports and for a time owned five river steamers and was financially interested in several steamship lines. He also interested himself at this time in railroad promotion, and was elected director of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad in 1853. Through his various business enterprises Dousman amassed a huge fortune. In 1843 he constructed a large mansion on the site of Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien; known as Villa Louis, this was considered the most luxurious home in the Wisconsin Territory. (In 1935 the Villa Louis was restored and has since been maintained as an historical site.) In 1844 Dousman married Jane Fisher Rolette, the widow of his partner in the American Fur Company, Joseph Rolette. Subsequently he was appointed a colonel of the militia by Governor Dodge, and also served Prairie du Chien as a Justice of the Peace. Colonel Dousman died at Prairie du Chien, September 12, 1868. His widow continued to reside at Villa Louis until her death in 1882.

Hercules Louis Dousman II was born at Prairie du Chien, April 3, 1848. He was educated at Racine College and the University of Wisconsin. After settling the estate of his father, the younger Dousman established himself in St. Paul, Minnesota, where on November 19, 1873, he married Nina L. Sturgis, the daughter of General Samuel D. Sturgis. In 1874 they moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where they took a prominent role in social affairs. Here Hercules established a picture gallery, and over several years built up an extensive collection of fine paintings. After his mother's death in 1882, Dousman returned to Prairie du Chien to make his permanent home at Villa Louis. Before moving, he sold the greater portion of his art collection in New York. In Prairie du Chien he took up horse breeding, establishing the Artesian Stock Farm, and becoming president of the Wisconsin Association of Trotting Horse Breeders. Hercules died at Villa Louis on January 13, 1886, leaving his widow Nina and five children, Violet, Virginia, Nina, Louis, and Judith.

Nina Sturgis Dousman married again, in 1888, to Mr. R. H. MacBridge, and for some years resided principally in New York and New Jersey. During this time she continued to direct the management of the Dousman estate and property in St. Louis and Prairie du Chien. This marriage ended in divorce in 1891, and in 1893 Mrs. MacBride's name was legally changed back to Nina S. Dousman. She returned to live in Villa Louis, and continued to reside there until about 1912. Nina died in St. Louis, July 25, 1930.

Sources: Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography (1960), p. 107; W.P.A. Wisconsin Biographical Sketches, State Historical Society of Wisconsin Archives; and The Horseman, January 18, 1886, p. 87.

The collection consists of papers and financial records of Hercules Louis Dousman I, Hercules Louis Dousman II, and Nina Sturgis Dousman. The range of materials documents the varied interests of this wealthy family from the 1830s through the early 1900s. The researcher will find here a thorough record of family finances for this period; items relating to the personal lives of family members are less numerous. The collection is organized primarily in categories by type of document, e.g. correspondence, legal document, tax records, etc.

The correspondence dates from 1836 through 1907, and is arranged chronologically. Almost all of the letters are incoming correspondence, although there is an occasional copy of an outgoing letter or telegram. Included are letters addressed to D.H. Quilligan, manager of Villa Louis during the period of Nina Dousman's residence in New York and New Jersey. Many of these letters are written by Nina. For the entire series, most letters relate strictly to business concerns, though some personal letters are also to be found.

Most, but not all, of the documents in the collection which pre-date 1869 were originally part of the manuscript collection designated Wis/Mss/P. The correspondence index which is an appendix to this finding aid has been taken from the old description of that collection; it is almost entirely limited to pre-1869 correspondence, and must not be presumed complete even for those years, as additional letters have been added in this re-processing.

Legal documents, 1830-1907, also reflect the extensive nature of the family's interests, especially in real estate. Included here are indentures and other legal instruments: deeds and leases, contracts, abstracts of title of property, mortgages, powers of attorney, releases, and probate and other court documents, all arranged chronologically.

The largest portion of the collection after the correspondence is bills and receipts. General bills and receipts, which include periodic statements of account from various merchants and other businesses, document purchases and other expenditures made by the Dousman family between 1836 and 1909. Utility bills, receiver's receipts, weight slips, and freight bills are filed separately from general bills and receipts. The entire portion is arranged chronologically by year only.

Tax records, consisting of tax receipts, certificates of tax sales and redemptions of delinquent taxes, and various memoranda relating to taxes, are arranged chronologically by taxation years, from 1842 to 1909.

Promissory notes, lists and descriptions of real estate, and insurance policies are each small files arranged chronologically, the latter by date of expiration of the policy.

The bank and stock statements, which span the years 1853 to 1908, consist of receipts and statements of account from the various banks and brokerages employed by the Dousmans. This file is arranged alphabetically by name of the institution, and chronologically thereunder. Supplementary to this are the cancelled checks, which cover 1857 to 1908, and are grouped chronologically by year only. Check stub books are included with the cancelled checks.

Bookkeeping records is a general term describing records consisting of various record sheets, ledgers, statements and memoranda relating to Dousman finances. These are divided by type and then arranged chronologically.

Records relating to the management of the family's St. Louis properties after 1884 constitute a separate file. After the family returned to Prairie du Chien from St. Louis, Farrar and Co. was engaged to manage the two properties left in St. Louis. This file consists of Farrar and Co.'s statements of rent collections and vouchers for expenses incurred in upkeep of the properties and for water assessments. Statements are arranged chronologically; vouchers by year only.

Also contained in the collection are papers related to Hercules Louis Dousman II's purchase of certain patent rights, items relating to art collection including prints from his Catalogue of Paintings, catalogues and other literature from his stock farm for trotting horses, and a variety of miscellaneous documents, notebooks, clippings and other items. All of the above are arranged chronologically wherever possible.

Acquisition Information

This collection combines the former Wis/Mss/P and Platteville/Mss/AB with additional Dousman material donated in 1984 by the Villa Louis Historical Site, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. (Accession Number: M84-033) The contents of Platteville/Mss/AB had been presented by the site in 1969 (Accession Number: M69-390) and those in Wis/Mss/P came from Mrs. F. R. Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1944 and 1952. Two items were presented by Gladys Lynch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 20, 1954.

Processing Information

Processed by Eric Hillemann, August 1984.

Mss 623	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1-9	1836-1854
Box   2 Folder   1-9	1855-1859 Apr
Box   3 Folder   1-9	1859 May-1861 Sep
Box   4 Folder   1-9	1861 Oct-1863
Box   5 Folder   1-10	1864-1867 Feb
Box   6 Folder   1-9	1867 Mar-1870
Box   7 Folder   1-9	1871-1877
Box   8 Folder   1-10	1878-1881 Oct
Box   9 Folder   1-10	1881 Nov-1884 Feb
Box   10 Folder   1-11	1884 Mar-1885 Jul
Box   11 Folder   1-10	1885 Aug-1890 Apr
Box   12 Folder   1-11	1890 May-1895
Box   13 Folder   1-10	1896-1905
Box   14 Folder   1-9	1906-1911; undated
	Legal Documents
Box   15 Folder   1-9	1830-1862
Box   16 Folder   1-9	1863-1907; undated
	Bills and Receipts
	General
Box   17 Folder   1-9	1836-1861
Box   18 Folder   1-9	1862-1870
Box   19 Folder   1-8	1871-1876
Box   20 Folder   1-8	1877-1879
Box   21 Folder   1-8	1879-1881
Box   22 Folder   1-7	1881-1883
Box   23 Folder   1-8	1883-1885
Box   24 Folder   1-8	1886-1890
Box   25 Folder   1-8	1891-1894
Box   26 Folder   1-8	1895-1898
Box   27 Folder   1-10	1899-1909; undated
	Utility Bills
Box   27 Folder   11	1875-1884
Box   27 Folder   12	1887-1907
Box   28 Folder   1	Receiver's Receipts, 1836-1862
Box   28 Folder   2-3	Weight Slips, 1885-1903,
Box   28 Folder   4-10	Freight Bills, 1865-1909
	Tax Records
	Receipts
Box   29 Folder   1-14	1838-1895
Box   30 Folder   1-6	1896-1909
Box   30 Folder   7	Certificates of Tax Sale and of Tax Redemption, 1848-1887
Box   30 Folder   8	Memoranda of Taxes, 1854-1870; 1885; undated
Box   30 Folder   9	Promissory Notes
Box   30 Folder   10-11	Lists And Descriptions of Real Estate, 1847-1894; undated
Box   30 Folder   12-13	Insurance Policies, 1873-1902
	Bank and Stock Statements
Box   31 Folder   1	Central National Bank of Milwaukee, 1894-1896
Box   31 Folder   2	City Bank of St. Paul, 1871-1872
Box   31 Folder   3	Farmers and Millers Bank of Milwaukee, 1857-1863
Box   31 Folder   4-6	First National Bank of Milwaukee, 1863-1872; 1881
Box   31 Folder   7	First National Bank of St. Paul, 1867-1900; 1906
Box   31 Folder   8	Haight & Freese, 1894-1899
Box   31 Folder   9	James Leary Commission Co., 1906-1908
Box   31 Folder   10-12	Kohn & Co., 1875-1899
Box   32 Folder   1	The Monetary Trust, 1895-1896
Box   32 Folder   2	Third National Bank of St. Louis, 1884
Box   32 Folder   3-10	Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Bank, 1861; 1870-1892
Box   32 Folder   11	Miscellaneous, 1853-1907
	Cancelled Checks
Box   33	1857-1883
Box   34	1884-1908
	Bookkeeping Records
	Trial Balance Sheets and Cash Reports
Box   35 Folder   1	1867; 1880-1885
Box   35 Folder   2	1889-1893
Box   35 Folder   3	1898-1901
	Memoranda of Assets and Liabilities
Box   35 Folder   4	1878-1884
Box   35 Folder   5	1887; 1898-1899; undated
Box   35 Folder   6	Statements of Dousman's Mill, 1863-1874
Box   35 Folder   7	Statements of Milk Sold, 1897-1899; undated
	Statements of Account
Box   35 Folder   8	With A.J. Meston, 1881-1882
Box   35 Folder   9	With Peter Nolan, 1882-1884
Box   35 Folder   10	With William Evans, 1886-1888
Box   35 Folder   11-13	With Herman Prey, 1896-1898
	Management of St. Louis Property
	Statements of Rent Collections
Box   35 Folder   14-15	1885-1899
Box   36 Folder   1-2	1900-1910
Box   36 Folder   3-10	St. Louis Vouchers, 1885; 1888-1910
Box   36 Folder   11	Water Assessments, 1885-1904
Box   37 Folder   1	Concerning Ehrlich Patent, 1876-1887
	Art Collection
Box   37 Folder   2-6	Letters and Documents, 1876-1888; undated
Box   37 Folder   7	Catalogue of the Paintings contained in the Gallery of Hercules L. Dousman, 1880
PH 6477	Duplicate copy (lithographs)
Mss 623 Box   37 Folder   8	Artesian Stock Farm Literature, 1884-1886
	Miscellany
Box   37 Folder   9	Documents, 1843-1907; undated
Box   37 Folder   10	Cards, Invitations, and Notebooks, 1832-1907; undated
Box   38	Photostats of Documents, 1820s to 1860s
Box   38	Unmounted news clippings
Box   38	The Horseman of Jan. 28, 1886
Box   38	List of Land Purchased by Hercules Louis Dousman I,
Box   38	List of Land Sold,

Note

This list of correspondence is almost entirely limited to pre-1869 correspondence, and must not be presumed to be complete even for those years, as additional letters have been added.

Astor, William B.

1853, June 1

1856, Feb. 28

Bailly, Alexis

1857, Sept. 18

1858, Jan. 3

1858, May 8

1858, Dec. 28

1859, Jan. 16

1859, Mar. 27

1860, Oct. 1, 9, 29

1860, Dec. 3, 17, 30

1861, Jan. 7, 15

1861, Feb. 21

1861, Mar. 22

1861, Apr. 5

Baird, Henry S.

1848, Aug. 4

1849, Sept. 9

1849, Nov. 3

1850, Jan. 17

1852, Feb. 4, 25

1852, May 16

1852, Aug. 2

1852, Oct. 22

1853, Feb. 26

1853, Mar. 2

1853, Sept. 17

1853, Dec. 31

1854, July 28

1857, Feb. 24

1857, May 24

1857, June 24

1857, Aug. 22

1858, June 28

1864, Oct. 22

1869, July 6

Barber, J. Allen

1861, May 1

Barstow, William A.

1852, Jan. 7

Beaumont, William

1852, July 8

Castleman, Alfred

1867, Feb. 20

Catlin, John

1852, June 30

1853, Dec. 3

1856, Jan. 8, May

1856, May 15

1857, Jan. 7

1857, Apr. 10

1857, Sept. 17

1858, Mar. 23, 31

1858, May 26

1858, June 13(2)

1858, Sept. 24(2)

1859, Mar. 4

1859, Apr. 5

1859, Oct. 31

1860, Jan. 3

1860, May 10, 13, 22, 29

1860, Sept. 30

1860, Nov. 2, 16

1860, Dec. 7, 24

1861, Jan. 7

1861, July 15

1861, Oct. 17

1863, May 4, 24

1866, Oct. 1

Chouteau, Pierre, Jr.

1849, June 1

1856, June 21

1856, Aug. 5, 28

1856, Sept. 12

1857, Sept. 16

1857, Sept.

1857, Mar. 11

Cobb, Amasa

1852, July 12

1852, Oct. 4

1856, Nov. 21

1864, Oct. 8

1865, Jan. 25

1865, Dec. 17

1868, June 11

1868, July 7

Cole, Orasmus

1850, Mar. 26

1853, Apr. 19

1854, Jan. 7

Crawford, Samuel

1849, May 31

1850, Apr. 18, 27

1850, July 26, 29

1852, Jan. 22

1852, Feb. 14, 23, 25

1852, Mar. 4, 13

1852, June 1, 25

1852, July 2

1852, Sept. 10

1852, Oct. 18

1853, Jan. 6

1853, Mar. 1, 9, 24

1853, June 30

1853, Sept. 22

1853, Nov. 15

1854, July 10

1855, Sept. 10

1856, July 2

1856, Oct. 3

1856, Dec. 26

1857, Mar. 18

1857, Aug. 13

1857, Sept. 12

1858, Dec. 29

1860, Feb. 7

1860, Mar. 30

Crooks, Ramsay

1847, Mar. 5

1857, Apr. 6

1857, Sept. 1

Cushing, Caleb

1858, Apr. 15

Dewey, Nelson

1850, July 4

1851, June 3

1851, Sept. 27

1852, May 4

1853, Nov. 10

1854, July 26

1857, May 13

1857, June 3

1857, Sept. 29

1858, Oct. 22

1858, Dec. 14

1859, July 1

1859, Nov. 21

1860, July 16

Doolittle, James R.

1860, Mar. 14

1862, July 11

Doty, James Duane

1848, Dec. 8

1850, Apr. 29

1851, Dec. 24

1852, June 22

1855, Oct. 11

Dousman, Michael

1844, June 13

1847, Mar. 23

1847, Aug. 12

1848, May 29

1848, June 26

1848, July 14

1848, Aug. 10

1848, Oct. 11

1848, Dec. 4

1849, Feb. 3

1849, Oct. 29

1849, Nov. 26

Dousman, Talbot C.

1856, April 17

1856, August 5

1856, September 26

1858, March 22

1859, March 20

1859, May 8

1859, July 26

1859, Oct. 10

1859, Dec. 12

1860, Jan. 4

1860, Feb. 6

1860, April 5

1860, Oct. 11

1861, May 12

1861, Aug. 5

1861, Nov. 25

1862, Aug. 5

1862, Sept. 1

1863, April 24

1864, April 9

1864, May 26

1864, Oct. 27

1865, May 2, 10

1865, June 28

1865, July 4, 21

1865, Aug. 7

1865, Oct. 3

1866, Jan. 25

1866, May 20

1866, Aug. 15

1866, Nov. 19

1866, Dec. 15

1867, Feb. 25

1867, March 7

1867, April 8

1867, Oct. 21

1868, April 2, 17

1868, May 18

Draper, Lyman C.

1857, Feb. 25

1857, Apr. 16

1857, June 19

1868, Aug. 4

Du Bay, Jean B.

1849, Sept. 20

1850, June 29

1852, Apr. 6

1852, Aug. 28

1853, July 18

1853, Aug. 25

1853, Sept. 2

1854, June 14

Dunn, Charles

1854, Apr. 18

Eastman, Ben C.

1849, Aug. 9

1850, Apr. 19, 29

1850, May 7, 20

1851, June 7

1851, July 19, 29

1851, Dec. 1, 5

1853, Feb. 18

1853, Mar. 9

1853, Apr. 4, 18

1853, May 9

1853, July 6, 18

1853, Aug. 1, 19

1853, Sept. 21, 30

1853, Nov. 9, 11

1854, Jan. 24

1854, Feb. 7, 11, 17

1854, Mar. 26

1854, June 28

1854, July 5

1854, Sept. 15, 28

1854, Oct. 1, 5, 18

Fisher, Henry

1856, May 19

1856, June 4

1856, Jan. 15

1857, Feb. 9

1857, June 13

1857, Oct. 21

1858, June 1

1858, Sept. 25

Hoyt, J. W.

1866, Jan. 5

Holton, Edward D.

1854, June 26

1856, July 1

1856, Aug. 9, 14

1856, Oct. 9, 23, 31

1856, Dec. 10

1857, Jan. 3

1857, June 23

1857, Sept. 10

1858, Mar. 24

1858, Apr. 13

1858, Nov. 22

1859, Oct. 29

1860, Mar. 23

1860, May 5, 9

1861, May 6

1861, June 10

1861, Oct. 12, 16

1862, Aug. 6, 9

1866, Jan. 20

1866, Feb. 12

1867, May 27, 31

Jones, G. W.

1858, Apr. 24

1859, Jan. 27

1862, Jan. 12

1867, Sept. 23

Kinzie, John H.

1849, Apr. 28

1849, May 18

1850, Jan. 5, 15

1850, Mar. 11

1850, Apr, 7

1850, July 5

1851, Feb. 7

1851, Apr. 17, 23, 27

1851, May 22

1851, June 11, 26

1851, Aug. 8

1852, July 1

1853, Jan. 28

1853, Dec. 16

1855, May 29

1856, Oct. 3

1857, Apr. 3

1858, Mar. 24

1860, May 3

1860, Oct. 29

1861, May 23

1861, June 13

1863, May 13

Kinzie, Mrs. John H.

1862, Feb. 18

1866, Oct. 12

[1867?] Sept. 25

1868, Mar. 4, 18

Knowlton, Wiram

1861, Apr. 25

Lapham, Increase A.

1867, July 10

Lawler, John

1859, Feb. 16

1860, Dec. 5

1862, Mar. 15

1863, Sept. 30

1863, Oct. 16, 21

1864, Apr. 3

1865, Jan. 19

1865, Dec. 16

1866, Jan. 2, 14, 26

1866, Feb. 16

1866, June 21

1866, July 12

1867, Mar. 14

1868, Jan. 2, 24

1868, Mar. 15, 22

McMynn, John A.

1866, Jan. 12, 20

Martin, Morgan L.

1857, July 9, 28

1858, Mar. 29

1858, May 5

1858, Aug. 13

1860, Jan. 26, 30

1860, Mar. 12

1860, Apr. 15

1860, Sept. 30

1860, Oct. 12

1860, Nov. 1

1861, Oct. 5

May, Henry

1850, Jan. 23

1850, Feb. 5

1850, Apr. 29

1850, July 14

Mitchell, Alexander

1867, Feb. 16

1867, Mar. 26

Neill, Edward D.

1857, Sept. 26

1857, Oct. 26

1857, Dec. 11

Noonan, Josiah A.

1857, June 20

1858, Aug. 16

1859, Nov. 2

1861, Sept. 20

1862, July 11

1867, Sept. 22

1867, Nov. 23, 30

1867, Dec. 30

1868, July 1

1868, Dec. 19

Pomeroy, M. M.

1860, Aug. 30

Ramsay, Alexander

1853, Sept. 18, 20

Rountree, John H.

1849, Aug. 27

Rublee, Horace

1864, Jan. 9

Salomon, Edward

1863, Apr. 13

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

1856, May 12

Seymour, Horatio

1858, Mar. 10

1858, May 6

1860, Apr. 7

1860, Sept. 15

1866, Mar. 31

1866, Oct. 17

Sibley, Henry H.

1849, Apr. 26

1849, May 3, 24

1849, June 12, 28

1851, May 14

1851, Aug. 10, 17, 30

1851, Sept. 10

1851, Oct. 1, 16, 24, 31

1851, Nov. 13

1851, Dec. 14, 29

1852, Feb. 9, 14, 15

1852, Mar. 14

1852, May 23

1852, June 22, 23

1852, July 10

1852, Sept. 16

1852, Oct. 17

1852, Dec. 26

1853, Feb. 5

1853, May 11

1853, July 5, 21

1853, Aug. 1

1853, Oct. 22

1854, Jan. 3

1854, Feb. 14, 28

1856, Apr. 30

1856, Aug. 9

1857, Feb. 14

1857, Mar. 5

1857, Aug. 9

1857, Sept. 15, 19

1858, Jan. 30

1858, Apr. 3, 9, 16

1858, Oct. 7, 27

1859, Apr. 13

1859, Nov. 4

1859, Dec. 7

1860, Feb. 2

1860, Oct. 8, 22

1861, May 23

1863, May 23

1866, Aug. 10

1866, Nov. 21

1867, Jan. 14

1867, Dec. 22

1868, post Sept. 23

1868, Sept. 23, 28

1869, Feb. 24

1869, June 4

1869, Aug. 9, 19, 20, 24

1869, Oct. 2

1870, Aug. 1

1871, Mar. 30

1871, Apr. 4, 11

1871, May 10

1871, June 5, 9, 12

1871, Sept. 8

1871, Oct. 2

Vilas, Levi B.

1868, Sept. 5

Washburn, Cadwallader C.

1851, Mar. 5

1851, July 15, 18

1852, July 23

1853, Apr. 30

1856, Mar. 20

1856, Aug. 4, 9

1856, Sept. 10

1856, Nov. 14

1857, Feb. 27

1857, Dec. 16

1858, Apr. 2

1858, Nov. 13

1859, Jan. 31

1859, Nov. 29

1859, Dec. 22

1860, Mar. 13

1861, Jan. 12

1867, Dec. 22

1868, Sept. 7

Washburn & Woodman

1851, Aug 12

1851, Dec. 4

1853, Apr. 1

1854, Dec. 30

Washburne, E. B.

1852, May 27

Wells, Daniel Jr.

1856, Mar. 4, 10, 24

1856, Apr. 2, 12, 15

1856, May 7, 24

1856, July 20

1856, Dec. 4

1857, Mar. 10, 23

1857, Apr. 11

1857, May 24

1857, Nov. 13

1860, Jan. 3

1860, Nov. 23

1861, Sept. 30

1864, Sept. 2

1864, Nov. 23

1867, Jan. 26, 29

1867, Feb. 5, 8