Levi B. Vilas collection 1851-1872 1851-1861 Vilas, Levi B. collection

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Levi B. Vilas collection 1851-1872 1851-1861 Vilas, Levi B. collection

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This collection contains 44 letters that lawyer and congressman Levi B. Vilas wrote to his brother and mother after moving from Vermont to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1851. Vilas discussed family finances, politics, and his impressions of the South while traveling in 1856 and 1857.

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William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392609

William L. Clements Library

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Vilas, Levi B. (Levi Baker), 1811-1879

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Vilas, Harrison M.

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Levi B. Vilas was born in Sterling, Vermont, on February 25, 1811, and was admitted to the Vermont Bar in 1833. He established a successful legal practice and political career before moving to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1851, where helped fund a new hotel in 1853; he later bought out the other owners, renaming it the Vilas House. Vilas served as the first president of the Dane County Bank in 1854; Wisconsin state senator in 1855, 1868, and 1873; mayor of Madison from 1861-1862; draft co...