Henry W. Sage papers, 1814-1930.
Collection Number: 1155
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Henry W. Sage papers, 1814-1930.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1155
Abstract:
The Sage papers consists of material pertaining to his business interests, the affairs
of Cornell University, and his personal interests.
Creator:
Sage, Henry W. (Henry Williams), 1814-1897.
Quanitities:
6.8 cubic feet.
23 volumes.
Language:
Collection material in English
Lumber magnate, benefactor of Cornell University, president of the Cornell University
Board of Trustees.
The Sage papers consists of material pertaining to his business interests, the affairs
of Cornell University, and his personal interests. The major portion of the papers
consists of letterpress copybooks, correspondence, ledgers, daybooks, journals, receipts,
land and plat books, and other material pertaining to Sage's many business enterprises,
chief among them lumbering, with his partners John McGraw and W. G. Grant; also, to
timber land investments and lumber manufacturies at Bell Ewart, Ontario, Canada, and
Wenona (later West Bay City) Michigan; to Sage, McGraw and Company, H. W. Sage and
Company, Sage Land and Improvement Company, the Michigan Salt Association, Au Gres
Company, Rifle River Company, Tittabawassee Company, and Loggers Boom Company. Other
papers refer to the acquisition and administration of timber lands in Michigan, Wisconsin,
Alabama, Mississippi, Oregon, and California. From circa 1880, Sage invested in railroad
and industrial securities; relevant papers pertain to the Wood Heustis Company, Dominick
and Dickerman Company, Griswold and Gillette Company, the Atlantic Trust Company,
and several other companies, including the Bank of Warsaw in New York, with regard
to investments in county bonds.
Other correspondence pertains to Sage's interest in rapid transit lines in Brooklyn,
New York, and to the Tehuantepec Canal project in Mexico, the Tehuantepec Inter-Ocean
Railroad Company, and the Beech Creek Railroad Company; also, material on mortgage
loans in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
Papers pertaining to Cornell University include correspondence referring to many
aspects of the administration of the University and the Board of Trustees as it dealt
with such questions as the increased role of the alumni, the selection and retirement
of University presidents, the expansion of the physical plant, faculty matters, salaries,
the McGraw-Fiske controversy, student conduct, the Cornell Crew and the Henley Regatta,
the Wisconsin pinelands of Cornell University, the University Library, the inauguration
of Jacob Gould Schurman, and the endowment of the Susan E. Linn Sage Chair of Christian
Ethics and Philosophy. Sage's personal interests are documented, including his assistance
in the founding of the Cascadilla School, his efforts to persuade Andrew Dickson White
to accept the Republican nomination to Congress, correspondence pertaining to phrenology,
Sage family genealogy, letters describing the murder in 1837 of Sage's father Charles
by Seminole Indians in Florida, and correspondence with his sons Dean and William
Henry, and grandson Harry. Major correspondents in the business papers include Augustus
Frank, and A. S. Barnes. Pertaining to Cornell, major correspondents include Andrew
D. White, Amasa J. Parker, Erastus Brooks, Alonzo B. Cornell, Jacob Gould Schurman,
Charles Kendall Adams, Charles Babcock, Mynderse Van Cleef, Francis M. Finch, David
Starr Jordan, Russell Sage, Moses Coit Tyler, John DeWitt Warner, and many others.
Consists of collections #1155, #1388, and #1557.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Henry Williams Sage papers, #1155. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942.
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
Brooks, Erastus, 1815-1886.
Cornell, Alonzo B., 1832-1904.
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902.
Babcock, Chas. (Charles), 1829-1913.
Finch, Francis Miles, 1827-1907.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931.
Van Cleef, Mynderse, 1853-1935.
Sage, Russell, 1835-1900.
Warner, John DeWitt, 1851-1925.
McGraw, John, 1815-1877.
Grant, W. G.
Sage, Charles.
Sage, William Henry.
Sage, Dean.
Sage, Harry.
Frank, Augustus.
Barnes, A. S.
Parker, Amasa J.
Sage family.
Sage, McGraw and Company
H. W. Sage and Company
Sage Land and Improvement Company
Michigan Salt Association
Au Gres Company
Rifle River Company
Tittabawassee Company
Loggers Boom Company
Wood Heustis Company (New York, N.Y.)
Dominick and Dickerman Company (New York, N.Y.)
Griswold and Gillete Company (New York, N.Y.)
Atlantic Trust Company (New York, N.Y.)
Bank of Warsaw (New York, N.Y.)
Farson Leach and Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Tehuantepec Inter-Ocean Railroad Company
Beech Creek Railroad Company
Cascadilla School (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Cornell University
Cornell University. Board of Trustees
Cornell University -- : Students.
Cornell University -- : Administration.
Cornell University -- : Alumni and alumnae.
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Cornell Crew (Rowing team)
Republican Party (U.S.)
Henley Royal Regatta
Places:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Transportation.
Industries -- Wisconsin.
Industries -- Michigan -- West Bay City.
Industries -- Michigan -- Wenona.
Industries -- Ontario -- Bell Ewart.
Subjects:
Industrialists.
Businessmen.
Transportation -- New York (State) -- New York.
Seminole Indians.
Mortgage loans -- Iowa.
Mortgage loans -- Nebraska.
Mortgage loans -- Kansas.
Henley Regatta.
Tehuantepec Canal.
Local transit -- New York (N.Y.)
Families -- New York (State)
Phrenology.
Bonds.
Canals -- Mexico.
Railroads.
Securities.
Business records -- Michigan.
Business records -- Wisconsin.
Logging -- Wisconsin.
Real property -- Michigan.
Real property -- Wisconsin.
Timber -- California.
Timber -- Oregon.
Timber -- Mississippi.
Timber -- Alabama.
Timber -- Michigan.
Timber -- Wisconsin.
Land companies -- Michigan
Land companies -- Wisconsin.
Lumber trade -- Ontario -- Bell Ewart.
Lumber trade -- Michigan.
Lumber trade -- Wisconsin.
Business enterprises -- Ontario -- Bell Ewart.
Business enterprises -- Michigan.
Business enterprises -- Wisconsin.
Form and Genre Terms:
Plat books.
Daybooks.
Ledgers (account books)
Letterpress copybooks.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Correspondence
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Box 1 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1880-03-1882-12 | |
Box 2 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1883-01-1883-07 | |
Box 3 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1883-08-1884-02 | |
Box 4 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1884-03-1884-12 | |
Box 5 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1885-01-1885-08 | |
Box 6 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1885-09-1886-02 | |
Box 7 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1886-03-1886-10 | |
Box 8 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1886-11-1887-04 | |
Box 9 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1887-05-1887-10 | |
Box 10 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1887-11-1888-03 | |
Box 11 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1888-04-1888-08 | |
Box 12 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1888-09-1888-12 | |
Box 13 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1889-01-1889-05 | |
Box 14 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1889-06-1889-10 | |
Box 15 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1889-11-1890-02 | |
Box 16 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1890-03-1890-08 | |
Box 17 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1890-09-1890-12 | |
Box 18 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1891-01-1891-05 | |
Box 19 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1891-06-1891-10 | |
Box 20 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1891-11-1892-02 | |
Box 21 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1892-03-1892-08 | |
Box 22 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1892-09-1892-12 | |
Box 23 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1893-01-1893-04 | |
Box 24 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1893-05-1893-09 | |
Box 25 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1893-10-1894-02 | |
Box 26 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1894-03-1894-08 | |
Box 27 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1894-09-1895-01 | |
Box 28 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1895-02-1895-06 | |
Box 29 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1895-07-1895-11 | |
Box 30 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1895-12-1896-03 | |
Box 31 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1896-04-1896-10 | |
Box 32 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1896-11-1897-01 | |
Box 33 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1897-02-1897-07 | |
Box 34 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1897-08-1897-11-14 | |
Box 35 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1897-11-15-1898-01 | |
Box 36 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1898-02-1898-08 | |
Box 37 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1898-09-1899-05 | |
Box 38 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1899-06-1900-01 | |
Box 39 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1900-02-1900-12 | |
Box 40 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1901-01-1901-12 | |
Box 41 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1902-01-1902-08 | |
Box 42 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1902-09-1902-12 | |
Box 43 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1903-01-1903-12 | |
Box 44 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1904-01-1904-12 | |
Box 45 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1905-01-1905-12 | |
Box 46 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1906-01-1906-12 | |
Box 47 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1907-01-1907-12 | |
Box 48 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1908-01-1908-12 | |
Box 49 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1909-01-1909-12 | |
Box 50 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1910-01-1910-12 | |
Box 51 |
Incoming Correspondence
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1911-01-1911-12 | |
Box 52 |
Incoming Correspondence
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Undated | |
Series II. Letter Books
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Box 53 |
Letter Books
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1857-05-1857-10 | |
Box 54 |
Letter Books
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02-1867-11-1867, 02-1871-08-1871 | |
Box 55 |
Letter Books
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08-1871-01-1872, 01-1872-06-1872 | |
Box 56 |
Letter Books
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06-1872-11-1872, 06-1872-04-1877 | |
Box 57 |
Letter Books
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11-1872-April 1873, 04-1873-Set. 1873 | |
Box 58 |
Letter Books
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09-1873-03-1874, 03-1874-08-1874, 08-1874-12-1874 | |
Box 59 |
Letter Books
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12-1874-05-1875, 05-1875-09-1875 | |
Box 60 |
Letter Books
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09-1875-02-1876, 02-1876-05-1876 | |
Box 61 |
Letter Books
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07-1876-12-1876, 12-1876-04-1877 | |
Box 62 |
Letter Books
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04-1877-08-1877, 08-1877-12-1877, 12-1877-05-1878 | |
Box 63 |
Letter Books
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08-1878-10-1878, 10-1878-02-1879, 02-1879-07-1879 | |
Box 64 |
Letter Books
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07-1879-12-1879, 12-1879-03-1880 | |
Box 65 |
Letter Books
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03-1880-07-1880, 07-1880-11-1880 | |
Box 66 |
Letter Books
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11-1880-03-1881, 03-1881-06-1881 | |
Box 67 |
Letter Books
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06-1881-11-1881, 11-1881-02-1882 | |
Box 68 |
Letter Books
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02-1882-06-1882, 06-1882-11-1882 | |
Box 69 |
Letter Books
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11-1882-03-1883, 03-1883-11-1883 | |
Box 70 |
Letter Books
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11-1883-04-1884, 04-1884-09-1884, 09-1884-Mar.1885 | |
Box 71 |
Letter Books
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03-1885-08-1885, 08-1885-12-1885 | |
Box 72 |
Letter Books
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12-1885-05-1886, 05-1886-09-1886 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 73 |
Letter Books
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09-1886-01-1887, 01-1887-05-1887 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 74 |
Letter Books
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05-1887-07-1887, 08-1887-11-1887, 11-1887-01-1888 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 75 |
Letter Books
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02-1888-05-1888, 05-1888-09-1888, 09-1888-12-1888 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 76 |
Letter Books
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12-1888-02-1889, 02-1889-06-1889, 06-1889-10-1889 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 77 |
Letter Books
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10-1889-01-1890, 01-1890-04-1890, 04-1890-09-1890 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 78 |
Letter Books
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09-1890-12-1890, 12-1890-03-1891, 03-1891-07-1891 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 79 |
Letter Books
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07-1891-10-1891, 10-1891-01-1892, 01-1892-05-1892 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 80 |
Letter Books
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1891-07-1894-01 | |
Box 81 |
Letter Books
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05-1892-09-1892, 09-1892-12-1892, 09-1892-01-3, 1898 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 82 |
Letter Books
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12-1892-03-1893, 03-1893-07-1893, 07-1893-11-1893 | |
Scope and Contents
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Box 83 |
Letter Books
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05-1893-11-1894, 11-1894-10-1896 | |
Box 84 |
Letter Books
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11-1893-02-1894, 02-1894-08-1894 | |
Box 85 |
Letter Books
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08-1894-01-1895, 01-1895-07-1895 | |
Box 86 |
Letter Books
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07-1895-12-1895, 12-1895-07-1896 | |
Box 87 |
Letter Books
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07-1896-04-1897, 04-1897-12-1897 | |
Box 88 |
Letter Books
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10-1896-08-1898, 08-1898-02-1900 | |
Box 89 |
Letter Books
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1897-10-1899-11 | |
Box 90 |
Letter Books
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07-1898-06-1899, 06-1899-04-1900 | |
Box 91 |
Letter Books
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1899-11-1902-04 | |
Box 92 |
Letter Books
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02-1900-02-1902, 02-1902-05-1903 | |
Box 93 |
Letter Books
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04-1900-05-1901, 05-1901-07-1902 | |
Box 94 |
Letter Books
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1902-04-1904-01 | |
Box 95 |
Letter Books
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1903-05-1904-07 | |
Box 96 |
Letter Books
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07-1902-12-1904, 12-1904-07-1908 | |
Box 97 |
Letter Books
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07-1904-10-1905, 10-1905-01-1907 | |
Box 98 |
Letter Books
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01-1907-10-1908, 07-1908-12-1923 | |
Series III. General Papers
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Box 99 |
Deeds, etc.
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1829-1859 | |
Box 100 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1860-1869 | |
Box 101 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1870-1879 | |
Box 102 |
Receipts for Land Sales
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1871-1874 | |
Box 103 |
Tax Receipts
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1873-1875 | |
Box 104 |
Taxes
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1874-1875, 1879-1880 | |
Box 105 |
Tax Receipts
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1875-1878 | |
Box 106 |
Accounts
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1876-1877 | |
Box 107 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1878-1879 | |
Box 108 |
Tax Receipts
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1880-1884 | |
Box 109 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1881-1884 | |
Box 110 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1882-1883 | |
Box 111 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1882-1901 | |
Box 112 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1884-1885 | |
Box 113 |
Miscellaneous Financial Papers
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1887-1889 | |
Box 114 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1889-1912 | |
Box 115 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1890-1897 | |
Box 116 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1890-1899 | |
Box 117 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1890-1899 | |
Box 118 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1891-1901 | |
Box 119 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1893-1897 | |
Box 120 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1894-1897 | |
Box 121 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1896-1898 | |
Box 122 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1898-1899 | |
Box 123 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1900-1901 | |
Box 124 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1900-1908 | |
Box 125 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1902-1903 | |
Box 126 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1902-1903 | |
Box 127 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1902-1903 | |
Box 128 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1904-1906 | |
Box 129 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1906-1907 | |
Box 130 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1907-1909 | |
Box 131 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1909-1927 | |
Box 132 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1910-1914 | |
Box 133 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1910-1914 | |
Box 134 |
Bills, Rent Receipts
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1928-1938 | |
Box 135 |
Miscellaneous Letters + Finances
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Undated | |
Box 136 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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Undated | |
Scope and Contents
20 volumes
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Box 137 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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Undated | |
Scope and Contents
4 volumes
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Box 138 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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Undated | |
Scope and Contents
4 volumes
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Box 139 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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Undated | |
Scope and Contents
4 volumes
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Box 140 |
Incoming Mail
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1882-1890 | |
Scope and Contents
Microfilmed for Wisconsin
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Box 142 |
Incoming Mail
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1891-1907 | |
Scope and Contents
23 volumes; microfilmed for Wisconsin
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Series IV. Microfilm
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Reel 1 |
Microfilm Reel
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1885-12-07-1886-05-08 | |
Reel 2 |
Microfilm Reel
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1886-05-08-1886-09-06 | |
Reel 3 |
Microfilm Reel
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1886-09-06-1887-01-13 | |
Reel 4 |
Microfilm Reel
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1887-01-14-1887-05-12 | |
Reel 5 |
Microfilm Reel
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1887-05-12-1887-07-28 | |
Reel 6 |
Microfilm Reel
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1887-08-24-1887-11-21 | |
Reel 7 |
Microfilm Reel
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1887-11-21-1888-01-30 | |
Reel 8 |
Microfilm Reel
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1888-02-11-1888-05-31 | |
Reel 9 |
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1888-05-31-1888-09-04 | |
Reel 10 |
Microfilm Reel
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1888-09-04-1888-12-13 | |
Reel 11 |
Microfilm Reel
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1888-12-13-1889-02-28 | |
Reel 12 |
Microfilm Reel
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1889-02-27-1889-06-29 | |
Reel 13 |
Microfilm Reel
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1889-06-29-1889-10-14 | |
Reel 14 |
Microfilm Reel
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1889-10-14-1890-01-16 | |
Reel 15 |
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1890-01-17-1890-04-30 | |
Reel 16 |
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1890-04-30-1890-09-02 | |
Reel 17 |
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1890-09-02-1890-12-18 | |
Reel 18 |
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1890-12-18-1891-03-04 | |
Reel 19 |
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1891-03-04-1891-07-03 | |
Reel 20 |
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1891-07-03-1891-10-22 | |
Reel 21 |
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1891-10-22-1892-01-22 | |
Reel 22 |
Microfilm Reel
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1892-01-22-1892-05-12 | |
Reel 23 |
Microfilm Reel
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1892-05-12-1892-09-21 | |
Reel 24 |
Microfilm Reel
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1892-09-21-1892-12-28 | |
Reel 25 |
Microfilm Reel
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1892-12-24-1893-03-25 | |
Reel 26 |
Microfilm Reel
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1893-03-27-1893-07-23 | |
Reel 27 |
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1893-07-24-1893-11-15 | |
Reel 28 |
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1892-09-24-1897 |