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| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | Half plate daguerreotype of Nelson Dewey (1813-1889). Waist -up, facing forward, wearing suit and with right arm resting on a surface. Dewey was Governor o... |
| Date: | 09 23 1890 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter from Governor William Dempster Hoard to Henry C. Payne rejecting a $1000 donation Payne sent from Philip Armour. |
| Date: | 09 30 1861 |
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| Description: | The document, signed by Wisconsin State Governor Alexander Randall, appointing Hans C. Heg colonel of the 15th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. |
| Date: | 05 12 1889 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Nelson Dewey on a cabinet card. He is wearing a suit and has a long white beard. |
| Date: | 03 06 1898 |
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| Description: | Death notice and image of Arthur McArthur, Sr. (the last name was sometimes spelled MacArthur). The death notice was printed in the Milwaukee Sunday Sen... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of James T. Lewis. Lewis was Wisconsin's 9th governor and one of the four governors of Wisconsin during the war. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Harrison Ludington, the future 13th governor of Wisconsin (left) and Talbot C. Dousman (right). They are both wearing top hats and suits. They ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Republican ticket for Harrison Ludington for governor, Henry L. Eaton for Lieutenant-Governor, Hans B. Warner for Secretary of State, Henry Baetz for State... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Jeremiah Rusk, the 15th governor of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of Wisconsin's 17th governor, George W. Peck, on a cabinet card. He wears glasses and a suit, vest and necktie, and is standi... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | This print shows eight former Governors of Wisconsin. In date order: "Louis P. Harvey, 1862 til April 20"; "Edward Salomon, April 20 1862-1864"; "James T. ... |
| Date: | 09 29 1870 |
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| Description: | State of Wisconsin certificate for A.A. Rowley, signed by Lucius Fairchild, Governor, that appoints him as Second Lieutenant of the "Middleton Guards" with... |
| Date: | 04 21 1877 |
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| Description: | A cartoon entitled: "The New Policy Train." The rest of the caption reads: "Conductor Hayes — 'All aboard, Mr. Packard! We want to take all you Carpetbagge... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved full-length portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794). |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progressive Democrat and the 20th Governor o... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Engraved lithographic quarter-length portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progres... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Adelbert Ames, US Army veteran and Republican politician. Ames was a general in both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.... |
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