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Vanderpoel, Aaron, 1799-1870. Papers, 1836-1856.

Title: Papers, 1836-1856.

Correspondence of a New York congressman and judge who was associated with James D. Doty in midwestern land investments. More than 20 letters from Doty, 1836-1840, concern territorial politics in Wisconsin and land speculation in Rock Island, Illinois, and in Madison, Green Bay, Prairie du Chien, and the vicinity of Portage, Wisconsin. Among others who corresponded about Vanderpoel's Madison property were David Brigham, Simeon Mills, and John Catlin. A few tax receipts and maps pertaining to the Madison lands accompany the letters.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787603 View

Brigham, David Trowbridge, 1806-1865. Papers, 1832-1842.

Title: Papers, 1832-1842.

This collection of papers is mostly comprised of legal and financial documents relating to debts incurred from real estate speculations by Brigham in Worcester. The documents include: deeds, bonds, agreements, writs, suits, summons, bills, receipts, protests of non-payment of debts, and apapers on the attachment of property to creditors. The main subject of the documents concerns the legal resolutions of financial problems resulting from Brigham's purchase of Governor Levi Lincoln's residence which he converted into a hotel called "Worcester House." There is much material on a civil suit initiated by a company of Boston merchants named Whitewell & Bond. There is some correspondence dealing with Brigham's financial affairs. A major figure in both the correspondence and documents is William Lincoln (1801-1843). This collection also includes one folio volume, 1835-1836, of the Worcester House guest register. Entries include the guest's name and residence and room number.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.1 v. ; folio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259199 View