Abstract: Papers of Anson Ballard and Nathaniel Edwards, first and second husbands of Harriet M. Story of Appleton, Wis. Ballard's papers include correspondence exchanged with fraternity brothers at Hamilton College in the 1840s and with Perry H. Smith, his law partner in Appleton. A few papers relate to his extensive landholdings in Outagamie County and to his establishment and endowment of an infant school in Appleton. Edwards' papers contain correspondence relating to his work as a consulting engineer, particularly his work on the Fox and Wisconsin River Canal after 1866. A series of letters to and from the law firm of Stevens and Flower in Madison deals with railroad and other business interests. Other correspondence relates to the operations of a planing mill which he and two partners owned until its failure in 1872. Letters of his first wife, Laura M. Whittlesey, are also included.