Summary Information

Title: Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1809-1847

Call Number: Platteville Mss V

Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the 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.

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Collected photostat copies and transcripts of papers relating to the early history of the Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, area. Included are an 1809 commission and letters of Indian agent Nicolas Boilvin, 1811-1823, from originals in War Dept. files; letters from agent Thomas P. Burnett from the War Dept. and Indian Office files; letters from Joseph M. Street; a ledger, 1820-1833, kept by Joseph Rolette for the American Fur Company; parish registers of St. Gabriel's Church, 1817-1829, and of Reverend Francois Vincent Badin, 1827-1833; medical record books from Fort Crawford, 1833-1836, and of Dr. B. C. Miller, 1834-35 and 1837-38; and a record of lumber sale accounts from the Chippewa Mill, 1837-1847.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pltv000v

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