Title: Daniel Whitney Land Records
Inclusive Dates: 1821-1863

Creator:

• Whitney, Daniel, 1795-1862

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 9

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of a pioneer land speculator who settled at Green Bay, Wis., in 1819 and in 1829 laid out the town of Navarino, now a part of Green Bay. Within the five volumes of Whitney's real-estate papers are lists of lots sold in Navarino, 1829-1850, records of lands sold in Brown County, 1821-1863, lists of land purchased in Sheboygan County, 1831-1859, and other records pertaining to his property in northeastern Wisconsin.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0009

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Daniel Whitney was one of the most successful land speculators in the Old Northwest. He settled in Green Bay in 1819 and in 1829 laid out Navarino, now a part of Green Bay. He likewise had real estate in Brown, Sheboygan, and numerous other Wisconsin counties. Aside from his real estate interests, Whitney was prominent in the early mercantile and transportation developments of Wisconsin. In 1819 he opened a trading post at Green Bay and in time was a strong competitor of the American Fur Company. He built a boat-line transportation system along the streams of interior Wisconsin and in 1834 was one of the incorporators of the Portage Canal Company. His later life was spent caring for his large landed estate.

The Daniel Whitney Land Records consist of five volumes dealing with the location of Whitney's various real estate holdings, sales, and land prices in the Wisconsin counties of Fond du Lac, Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Portage, and Sheboygan. Also included are Whitney's records of the lot purchases in Navarino.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Archives, Brown County records, 1964.

Processing Information

Processed by Jack T. Ericson, March 31, 1964.

Box   1 Volume   1	Land assignment book, 1843?
Box   1 Volume   2	List of lot holdings in Navarino, 1850
Box   1 Volume   3	List of lots sold in Navarino, 1829-1850
Box   1 Volume   3	List of land holdings in the counties of Fond du Lac, Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Portage and Sheboygan
Box   1 Volume   4	Record of lands sold in Brown County, 1821-1863
Box   1 Volume   5	List of purchases in Sheboygan County, 1831-1859