Summary Information
David M. and Peter Schell Loy Papers
1839-1911
- Loy, David M., 1816-1873
- Loy, Peter Schell, 1846-1931
Wis Mss CU
2.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Business and family papers of father David M. Loy and his son, Peter Schell Loy, of De Pere, Wis., including letters and business records.
English
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Scope and Content Note
The correspondence consists of family letters, including a quantity from members of the Loy and Schell families in Bedford and Somerset counties, Pennsylvania. Among them are a number from the elder Loy's brothers: John F., a resident of Pittsburgh; Joseph F., an attorney in Green Bay, Wis., who served in the state senate in 1854 and 1855 and fought in the Civil War; and William E., who engaged in various business enterprises in Wisconsin. There are letters addressed to the elder Loy, 1839-1841, at Pittsburgh, where he was agent for the United States Portable Boat Line; a quantity from Joshua F. Cox of Somerset, Pennsylvania, with whom Loy was closely associated in business at De Pere, particularly in the Fox-Wisconsin improvement project; several from Cox's son, Edwin, at Shasta City, California, and elsewhere in the West; and a series of letters, 1859-1867, from William P. Ankeny of Minneapolis regarding the development of that city. A biographical sketch of the elder Loy and some genealogical notes on the Loy and Schell families and the Arndt family of Green Bay were prepared by Peter S. Loy.
Business records contain information on the Loys' activities in sawmilling and gristmilling, fisheries, real estate transactions, transportation, and contracting for the construction of railroads, dams, bridges, roads, and city streets and allied operations in eastern Wisconsin and later in the vicinity of Alhambra, California, after Peter S. Loy moved there about 1905.
Contents List
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David M. Loy Unbound Papers
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Correspondence
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Box
1
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1839-1852
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Box
2
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1853-1860
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Box
3
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1861-1899
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Box
4
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Deeds, mortgages, 1825-1898
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Box
5
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Contracts, bills, and receipts
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Box
6
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Genealogies, miscellaneous
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Peter S. Loy Unbound Papers
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Box
7
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Papers, correspondence, etc., 1869-1872
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Box
8
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Miscellaneous business papers of operations in Wisconsin, Michigan, and California, 1880-1930
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David M. and Peter S. Loy Record Books
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Box
9
Volume
1
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Letter book, Aug. 22, 1852-Dec. 24, 1855
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Box
9
Volume
2
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Cash book, 1847-1848
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Box
9
Volume
3-13
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Memoranda books
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Box
9
Volume
14
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Constitution, Bedford Lodge
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Box
9
Volume
15
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Clippings
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Account books
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Box
10
Volume
16
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1887
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Box
10
Volume
17
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1891-1893
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Box
10
Volume
18
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1888-1891
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Box
11
Volume
19
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1891-1896
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Box
11
Volume
20
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1893-1894
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Box
11
Volume
21
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1893-1899
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Box
11
Volume
22
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1900
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Box
12
Volume
23
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1901
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Box
12
Volume
24
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1906-1907
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