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| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Page from Increase Lapham's 1935 botanical diary in which he listed plants he observed in flower stage. |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | Page from Increase Lapham's 1838 botanical diary in which he listed plants he observed in flower stage. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Page from a diary kept by Increase Lapham in California between April 11 and May 19, 1870. The page shows a portion of a list of minerals of California. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | John Fawcett Tyrrell, handwriting expert and documents examiner of Milwaukee, standing at left of an illuminated poster, ten feet high, entitled "The Histo... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's handwritten title page for A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Handwritten first page of Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Handwritten page from Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin. The page includes entries for Choaking Creek, Cincinnati, City of the Four Lak... |
| Date: | 09 21 1846 |
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| Description: | Bill of fare for the United States Hotel, with decorative border ornaments running along the sides, top, and bottom of the menu, and general printed catego... |
| Date: | 06 1884 |
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| Description: | Document recording the case and ruling in favor of Samuel Boynton in the case brought by Clarissa Wood regarding the sale of the Eagle diamond. |
| Date: | 1828 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing and description of an earth borer for his handwritten manuscript, Notes and Accounts of Canals, Particularly the Ohio Canal Ne... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map of Woodman's Addition in Mineral Point is pen-and-ink on paper. The map includes certifications signed by John B. Whitelaw (surveyor), Cyrus Woodm... |
| Date: | 09 27 1848 |
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| Description: | The front page of the newsletter "Frauen-Zeitung." |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map is ink and pencil on paper and shows plat of the town, local streets, and blocks and lots by number. The map includes explanatory text. |
| Date: | 08 07 1814 |
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| Description: | The first page of a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to Lancelot Minor. |
| Date: | 08 07 1814 |
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| Description: | The back side of the first page of a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to Lancelot Minor. |
| Date: | 08 07 1814 |
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| Description: | The second page of a two page letter written by Thomas Jefferson to Lancelot Minor. |
| Date: | 08 07 1814 |
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| Description: | The address cover page of a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to Lancelot Minor. |
| Date: | 08 20 1824 |
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| Description: | The front page of a letter writen by President Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn. |
| Date: | 12 14 1893 |
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| Description: | The first page of an essay entitled: "The Significance of the Frontier in American History." |
| Date: | 11 1836 |
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| Description: | This map is pen-and-ink on paper and is a plat of a paper city on the Wisconsin River, in what is now the Town of Dekorra. The map shows lot and block numb... |
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