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Title
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Wis Mss QA
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Part 1 (Wis Mss QA): Original Collection, 1848-1949 1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes) : Primarily diaries, 1855-1903, recording Jabez Brown's trip to Indiana to Wisconsin in 1855 and his work as teacher and farmer in Juneau and Sauk counties, as school principal in Ironton and Hillsboro, and as a Quaker lecturer in behalf of the temperance movement. During the last decade of his life, he resided in Madison and he describes briefly some of the civic and university events there. Poems, essays, and lectures by Brown and a few family letters accompany the diaries.
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Box
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Folder
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Correspondence, 1848-1949
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Box
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Folder
2
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Essays, undated
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Box
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Folder
3
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Poetry, 1859 November 23-1901 November 28
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Box
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Folder
5
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Poetry, undated
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Box
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Volume 33
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Speech notes, 1870
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Box
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Folder
4
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Speeches and biographical material
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Diaries
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Box
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Volume 1
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1855 March 14-1859 March 3
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Box
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Volume 2
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1866 February 27-1867 August 24
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Box
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Volume 3
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1867 August 25-1868 May 31
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Box
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Volume 4
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1868 June 1-1869 November 21
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Box
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Volume 5
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1869 November 22-1872 May 31
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Box
2
Volume 6
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1876 September 13-1877 July 16
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Box
2
Volume 7
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1877 July 17-1878 August 19
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Box
2
Volume 8
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1878 August 20-1879 August 9
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Box
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Volume 9
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1879 August 10-1880 November 11
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Box
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Volume 10
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1880 November 12-1883 January 9
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Box
3
Volume 32
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1882 September 12-November 7
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Box
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Volume 11
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1883 January 10-August 27
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Box
2
Volume 12
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1883 August 28-1884 February 17
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Box
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Volume 13
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1884 February 18-1885 November 14
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Box
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Volume 14
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1885 November 15-1886 July 20
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Box
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Volume 15
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1886 July 21-1887 February 8
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Box
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Volume 16
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1887 February 9-November 30
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Box
3
Volume 17
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1887 December 1-1888 August 31
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Box
3
Volume 18
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1888 September 1-1889 May 22
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Box
3
Volume 19
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1889 May 23-1890 March 25
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Box
3
Volume 20
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1890 March 26-1891 January 16
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Box
3
Volume 21
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1891 January 17-September 10
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Box
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Volume 22
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1891 September 11-1892 November 30
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Box
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Volume 23
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1892 December 1-1893 August 31
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Box
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Volume 24
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1893 September 1-1895 January 16
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Box
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Volume 25
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1895 January 17-1896 April 30
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Box
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Volume 26
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1896 May 1-1897 May 21
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Box
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Volume 27
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1897 May 22-1898 March 18
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Box
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Volume 28
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1898 March 19-December 31
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Box
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Volume 29
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1899 January 1-1900 July 31
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Box
3
Volume 30
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1900 August 1-1901 July 15
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Box
3
Volume 31
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1901 July 16-1903 January 1
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