William B. Turner letters 1857-1875 1857-1859 Turner, William B. letters

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William B. Turner letters 1857-1875 1857-1859 Turner, William B. letters

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This collection contains 7 letters related to William B. Turner, a native of New York who moved to Northfield, Minnesota, in the late 1850s. Turner wrote 6 letters to his family about life in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and received 1 letter from his mother in 1875.

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William B. Turner was born in New York in December 1834, the son of C. P. and Juliza Turner of Black Rock, New York. In 1857, he moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Northfield, Minnesota. Turner returned to New York around 1860, and worked as a printer in Buffalo until his death in 1917. He and his wife, Caroline Brainerd (1843-1914), had five children: George, William, Richard, Henry (or Harry), and Cornelia. From the guide to the William B. Turner letters, Turner, Will...

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