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Summary Information
William H.C. Folsom Papers 1836-1900, 1922
- Folsom, William H.C. (William Henry Carman), 1817-1900
River Falls Mss S
0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Papers of William H.C. Folsom, an Indian trader, lumberman, land speculator, Minnesota politician, and steamboat owner, including correspondence, 1841, 1851-1900; an account book, 1841-1844, from his business dealings in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; and papers relating to Folsom's activities in the Mississippi-St. Croix Valley. Two additional volumes contain cargo records and passenger lists for his steamboat, the Wyman X, for 1870-1871. Among the correspondence are two letters describing bad conditions in the 1863 Army campaign against the Sioux uprising. English
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