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| Date: | 04 13 1849 |
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| Description: | A letter written by William Warren to his cousin George Warren. |
| Date: | 11 05 1844 |
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| Description: | Music for the song "Caledonian March" as notated on a letter written by Thomas Steel to his sister Lilly Steel. |
| Date: | 11 26 1846 |
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| Description: | A drawing by Thomas Steel of his farm property contained in a letter Steel wrote to his father James Steel. |
| Date: | 03 07 1835 |
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| Description: | A letter to J.D. Beers & Co., written by David Hubbard. |
| Date: | 07 12 1865 |
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| Description: | A letter written by Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis to E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, thanking him for his special care of and attention to sick and wou... |
| Date: | 07 14 1865 |
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| Description: | The first page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for cari... |
| Date: | 07 14 1865 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for car... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Engraved letterhead of the firm of Smith, Mendel & Co., a wholesale grocery merchant. William E. Smith was a prominent Milwaukee businessman, partner in th... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the La Crosse Wallis Carriage Co., manufacturers of fine family carriages, showing a view of the factory with the Mississippi River in the ba... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Letterhead stationery of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, with an engraving of the building constructed for that event. |
| Date: | 10 31 1858 |
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| Description: | Letter written both horizontally and vertically, from Catherine Steel of Genesee, Wisconsin to her sister-in-law Lilias. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Berlin Woolen Mills bearing an engraving of the factory, which is unusual because of its French Mansard roof. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Letterhead stationery of the La Crosse National Bank, with an engraved image of the bank building at the top. |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur... |
| Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding the publication of a book he was writing. |
| Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding publishing a book he was writing. |
| Date: | 06 28 1863 |
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| Description: | A letter written by W.D. Bartlett to his cousin describing life as a Civil War soldier. |
| Date: | 07 03 1821 |
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| Description: | Two pages of a letter written by Thomas Forsyth. |
| 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. |
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