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Lindegard, Axel. Axel Lindegard papers, 1861-1931.

Title: Axel Lindegard papers, 1861-1931.

A microfilmed family reminiscence entitled "In By Gone Days"; a microfilmed scrapbook, in English and Swedish, with data on Lindegard's relatives in Sweden, his trip to America, his residence in Hallock (Minn.) beginning in 1889, Indian life and handwork, New York City, World War I, Pierre Bottineau, Charles Cavileer, Samuel Clemens, John A. Johnson, Norman Kittson, John Lind, Stephen H. Long, William Moorhead, Knute Nelson, Alexander Ramsey, and Theodore Roosevelt; letters written about politics to Lindegard by Loren W. Collins, Alfred Garrioch, and Halvor Steenerson; and letters about autograph collecting from Cyrus Aldrich, Gordon E. Cole, and Hans Eustrom. There is also a street commissioner's work record kept in Hallock (1890), a Swedish almanac (1850), and photographs of Stockholm.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder, boxed; 2 microfilm reels; 3 oversize items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86096256 View

Bottineau, Pierre. Ms., 1879.

Title: Ms., 1879.

Consists of a photocopy of a petition from Minnesota citizens to Congress requesting the aged Bottineau be granted a federal pension in recognition of years of service as a scout.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17662219 View

John Finley Wilcox and family papers., 1854-1891.

Title: John Finley Wilcox and family papers. 1854-1891.

Miscellaneous papers, including some correspondence, legal documents, deeds, programs, invitations, membership certificates, and similar items relating to the family of John Finley Wilcox of Minneapolis and his wife, Emma Clement Wilcox, and her St. Anthony (Minn.) family.

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http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P2295.xml View

Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862. Isaac Ingalls Stevens letters, 1853.

Title: Isaac Ingalls Stevens letters, 1853.

Two letters by Stevens as leader of an official 1853 United States government expedition to survey northern railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. The first (June 10), to his wife, comments on hiring the well-known guide Pierre Bottineau, and the second (August 7), to Bottineau, commends him on his service as guide.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122586694 View

Crowe, Isaac. Isaac Crowe papers, 1843-1875.

Title: Isaac Crowe papers, 1843-1875.

Correspondence, legal documents, and business papers of this lawyer and real estate dealer who settled in St. Anthony (Minn.) in 1857 and acted as agent for Abraham Becker, a banker and broker of South Worcester, New York. The papers relate largely to land transactions in New York, to Crowe's land holdings in Minnesota, and to land which he located for others.

ArchivalResource: 5.25 cu. ft. (13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508692 View

Ferrant, Martin, [ca. 1820]-. Deeds, 1854-1900.

Title: Deeds, 1854-1900.

Deed to various Minnesota lands, primarily located in St. Anthony, Minneapolis, and Stearns County. Others involved include Pierre Bottineau, Christopher Sieg, and Clementina Ferrant.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523766 View

Petition for Pierre Bottineau, 1879 March.

Title: Petition for Pierre Bottineau, 1879 March.

A handwritten copy of a petition requesting the United States Congress to grant Pierre Bottineau, of Minnesota, a pension for his service as a government guide and scout. The petition contains a list of Bottineau's major governmental services. Location of the original is unknown.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122416756 View

Journal Kept by S. R. Bond on the Fisk Expedition of 1862., 1922-1923.

Title: Journal Kept by S. R. Bond on the Fisk Expedition of 1862. 1922-1923.

A typescript copy of a journal kept by the secretary of the 1862 Fisk Expedition to escort emigrants and gold-seekers through the Dakota Territory from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton.

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http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P2241.xml View

Lochren, William, 1832-1912. William Lochren and family papers, 1852-1925.

Title: William Lochren and family papers, 1852-1925.

Correspondence, clippings, legal briefs, financial papers, scrapbooks, and other materials concerning the career of Lochren, a Vermont lawyer who moved to St. Anthony (Minneapolis) in 1856, and served as city attorney (1863-1868, 1877-1878), state senator (1868-1870), judge in the fourth judicial district (1881-1893), U.S. commissioner of pensions (1893-1896), and U.S. district judge for Minnesota (1896-1907), and was a political activist on local, state, and national levels. Lochren also was chair of the Minnesota Civil and Indian War History Commission that prepared publication of: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 cu. ft. (12 boxes, incl. 23 v.; 1 folder; 16 oversize items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313821632 View

Wales, William Winford, 1818-1902. William W. Wales and family papers, 1823-1930.

Title: William W. Wales and family papers, 1823-1930.

Correspondence, deeds, legal and financial papers, biographical and genealogical data, and miscellany of William Wales, a St. Anthony (Minn.) bookseller, publisher, and public official, and his family.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box, incl. 2 v.; 3 oversize items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86147747 View

Bond, Samuel R. (Samuel Robert), 1832-1922. Journal kept by S.R. Bond on the Fisk Expedition of 1862, 1922-1923 / copied by Becky Goldbarg ; collated by Becky Goldbarg and Grace L. Nute, and by Veronica Houle and Grace L. Nute ; corrections by Veronica Houle.

Title: Journal kept by S.R. Bond on the Fisk Expedition of 1862, 1922-1923 / copied by Becky Goldbarg ; collated by Becky Goldbarg and Grace L. Nute, and by Veronica Houle and Grace L. Nute ; corrections by Veronica Houle.

A typescript copy of a journal (June 1862-Jan. 1, 1863 and Sept. 4, 1920) kept by Samuel R. Bond, secretary to the James L. Fisk expedition protecting emigrants to the gold fields of the Dakota Territory and the western United States. The expedition started at St. Paul and ended at Walla Walla, Washington Territory. The journal also details Bond's seagoing return trip via Oregon, British Columbia, California, Mexico, and Panama to New York City, arriving there on Jan. 1, 1863.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (235, 3, [2] leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313850426 View

Fisk, James Liberty, 1835-1902. James Liberty Fisk and family papers, 1856-1968.

Title: James Liberty Fisk and family papers, 1856-1968.

Diaries, correspondence, reports, financial records, certificates, clippings, maps, and other papers, relating primarily to Fisk's expeditions escorting emigrants and gold seekers from Minnesota to Montana and Idaho (1862-1866). They include Fisk's reports on his 1863 and 1864 expeditions, and diary entries of his brothers Andrew and Robert E. concerning the expeditions and frontier Montana.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes, 12 oversize items, and 1 microfilm reel).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313832016 View

Bottineau, Pierre, 1817-1895. Stocks and bonds, 1814-1973.

Title: Stocks and bonds, 1814-1973.

Sample stock certificates, bonds, and certificates for shares issued by companies and municipal entities primarily located in or with connections to Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 cu. ft. (2 folders in partial box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313866132 View

Salt Springs Lands Records., 1858-1915.

Title: Salt Springs Lands Records. 1858-1915.

Records documenting the creation and administration of the state's salt springs lands, public lands granted in the state's February 26, 1857 enabling legislation. The lands themselves or the proceeds from their sale were to be used for salt spring development. Over time it became clear that no great quantity of salt would be found in the state and the lands eventually were placed under control of the University of Minnesota.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00652.xml View

Wilcox, John Finley, 1847-1918. John Finley Wilcox and family papers, 1854-1891.

Title: John Finley Wilcox and family papers, 1854-1891.

Miscellaneous papers, including some correspondence, legal documents, deeds, programs, invitations, membership certificates, and similar items relating to the family of John Finley Wilcox of Minneapolis and his wife, Emma Clement Wilcox, and her St. Anthony (Minn.) family.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122404560 View

Stocks and bonds., 1814-1973.

Title: Stocks and bonds. 1814-1973.

Sample stock certificates, bonds, and certificates for shares issued by companies and municipal entities primarily located in or with connections to Minnesota.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P1000.xml View

Johnston, Daniel S. B., 1832-1914. Townsite speculation in the fifties, [1913].

Title: Townsite speculation in the fifties, [1913].

An account (24 typewritten leaves) of a St. Paul man's participation in an expedition that attempted to establish townsites along the Red River in western Minnesota (Dec. 1856-June 1857). Topics include the expedition's winter journey from St. Cloud to the Red River Valley under the direction of two guides, Pierre and Charlie Bottineau (Dec. 31, 1856-Jan. 30, 1857); buffalo hunting; the surveying of the Breckenridge, Graham's Point, and Sheyenne townsites; the hardships faced by the men during their first winter; Johnston's return to St. Paul; and the subsequent abandonment of the Graham's Point and Sheyenne townsites.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317118741 View