John Edwards Papers, 1840-1868
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Summary Information

Title: John Edwards Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1840-1868

Creator:
  • Edwards, John, died circa 1868
Call Number: Wis Mss QG

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (3 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 John Edwards, a Hazel Green, Wisconsin, lead mining speculator, general store operator, and head of the lumbering firm Edwards and Clinton. Included are accounts, statements, deeds and land contracts, invoices, and receipts. Most informative is correspondence to Edwards from his son, John, Jr., 1858-1868, while the son was managing logging and sawing operations in Wood County, Wisconsin. Edwards and Clinton later developed into the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000qg
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