Summary Information

Title: Caleb Cushing Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1846-1879

Creator:

• Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

Call Number: SC 276; Micro 45

Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 6 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Cushing, a prominent Massachusetts attorney and political figure, with connections to Wisconsin economic and political activities. Included are photostat copies of Cushing's will and probate records; a volume containing the Wisconsin Supreme Court brief of the case Cushing vs. Hungerford and other papers pertaining to a dispute over ownership of land in the St. Croix River Valley in Wisconsin; and microfilm copies of selected papers from the Cushing Papers at the Library of Congress. The microfilm includes correspondence, legal documents, and newsclippings concerning his land investments; the dispute with William S. Hungerford, 1850-1852; the impeachment of Judge Levi Hubbell; and Wisconsin politics, 1850-1855, particularly the Democratic Party in Wisconsin. Correspondents include Arthur MacArthur, James K. Knowlton, and F. K. Bartlett.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0045

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