Petitions, Remonstrances, and Resolutions
1836-2010
Series 180
141.1 cubic feet (304 archives boxes, 22 records center cartons, and 1 oversize folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Citizen petitions, remonstrances, and memorials submitted to the Senate and Assembly legislatures of the Wisconsin Territory and later the State of Wisconsin. Citizen petitions provide evidence about the role citizens played in shaping Wisconsin’s government, infrastructure, and public institutions. Early petitions focus on the use of land and water; the establishment of schools and institutions; and social issues like divorce, temperance, slavery, and treatment of Native Americans. Records for 1939-2007 consist of petition jackets that summarize the petition and indicate the number of signatures. For each petition, one sample is included. Many petitions are missing, especially for later Assembly sessions.
Citizen petitions, 1836-1891, were processed with the support of an National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grant that funded item level description and select digitization. Petitions from 1915 on are indexed in the Senate Journals which are available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.
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