Jesse Converse papers circa 1860s-1939

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Jesse Converse papers circa 1860s-1939

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah00109.xml

The collection includes a personal scrapbook and ledger, correspondence and other materials related to this Laramie, Wyoming businessman and community leader’s freemasonry activities. Also included are news clippings, photographs, an 1891 certificate of membership in the Laramie Fire Department, a journal, a glass negative camera, and miscellaneous other materials.

1 cubic ft. (2 document boxes, 1 slim document box + oversize)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405106

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter (Wyo.)

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Ivinson, Edward, 1830-1928

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Converse, Jesse, 1861-1939.

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Nelson Jesse Converse (1861-1939) was a Laramie, Wyoming, businessman and community leader. He was born in Anamosa, Iowa. His father died before he was six, and his mother, Mary, later married W.E. Wilcox. The family moved to Laramie, Wyoming, in 1867, where Wilcox operated a jewelry store. Mary Wilcox was a member of the 1870 jury which was famous as the first petit jury to include women. Converse took over the jewelry business from his stepfather in 1881 and retired in 1906 to build and operat...