Summary Information

Title: Alfred Brunson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1815-1882

Creator:

• Brunson, Alfred, 1793-1882

Call Number: Wis Mss FM

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of Alfred Brunson, 1815-1882, a Methodist minister who settled at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1835 as presiding elder of the region north of Rock Island, Illinois, touching upon his activities as district supervisor of Indian missions, sub-Indian agent at La Pointe, chaplain in the Civil War, and holder of numerous minor civil offices. Contains letterbooks with copies of his correspondence, 1835-1844, with the War Department on Indian missions and the La Pointe agency; and a journal of his trip from Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Prairie du Chien. Also includes articles, lectures, and speeches written by Brunson on various subjects, and a sketch of him written by his daughter, Ella C. Brunson, in 1915.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000fm

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