Summary Information

Title: Friedrich A. Meissner Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1845-1899

Creator:

• Meissner, Friedrich A., 1804-1899

Call Number: La Crosse Mss G

Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Friedrich A. Meissner, a Cashton, Wisconsin, Postmaster, Town of Portland Justice of the Peace, farmer, and seed specialist, including fragmentary correspondence, letter books, diaries, account books, seed record books, and justice dockets. Entries in the justice dockets are in English, but many entries in the other volumes are in German. The collection includes translations of the German language correspondence, written mostly by Meissner, to family, friends, and business acquaintances in Germany.

Language: German and English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lx000g

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