Title: James A. Andrews and John Comstock Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1837-1946

Creators:

• Andrews, James A.
• Comstock, John

Call Number: River Falls Mss AF

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, ; 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-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of James A. Andrews, Hudson, Wis., and his uncle, John Comstock. Included are a few letters to Andrews during the Civil War when he served with Co. A, 44th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; correspondence and business records of Andrews and Comstock relating to railroads, politics, lumbering, and banking in northwestern Wisconsin; family correspondence; and a diary, 1896-1900, kept by Ellen Gibson Andrews.

Language: English

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Ruth Andrews and Willis H. Miller, Hudson, Wis., 1938, 1941-1953, 1968, and 1979.

Box   1	Correspondence interspersed with a few receipts and financial memoranda, 1837-1935, 1946 Scope and Content Note: Included are letters written to Comstock and to Andrews, 1848-1914; two letters written to James A. Andrews by John Chinnock, Nov. 29, 1926 and Jan. 6, 1927; additional material, 1838-1908; paper dated Jan. 22, 1863; deeds, mortgages, land certificates, etc., 1839-1871; a diary kept by Ellen Gibson Andrews, 1896-1900; and a letter from Ammah Andrews to Amasa Andrews, 1848 Jan. 16.
Box   2	Business Papers, 1837 June-1890 February