William B. and Thomas P. Gere papers, 1847-1911.

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William B. and Thomas P. Gere papers, 1847-1911.

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Routine reports of William B. Gere, lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War; letters from Judson W. Bishop, Charles E. Flandrau, Henry M. Rice, and others on Democratic politics and railroad matters in Chatfield, Minn. (1855-1861); reminiscences of Thomas P. Gere regarding the siege of Fort Ripley and the 1862 Dakota Conflict; his diary (typewritten copy, location of original unknown) of the Civil War period (Jan. 1, 1862-May 15, 1865); and a few newspaper clippings, and miscellany (1870-1904).

0.5 cu. ft. (1 box, incl. 1 v.).

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Gere, Thomas Parke, 1842-1912

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Gere, William, 1804-

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United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 5th (1862-1865).

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Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903

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Charles Flandrau was born in New York, passed the bar in 1851 and joined his father's law firm. In 1853 he moved to Traverse des Sioux, Minnesota to practice law. He served on the Territorial Council of Minnesota, in the Minnesota Constitutional Convention, and on the territorial and state supreme courts. He was named U.S. agent for the Sioux in 1856. After serving in the Union Army from 1862 to 1864 he took up the practice of law for a year in Nevada before returning to Minnesota. F...

Democratic Party (Minn.)

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Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894

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Bishop, J. W. (Judson Wade), 1831-1917

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Judson Wade Bishop was born June 24, 1831, in Evansville, New York, the son of the Reverend John F. and Elena Brown Bishop. He had a brother, John F., and two sisters, Anna and Lena. Bishop was educated at Fredonia and Belleville academies and later took civil engineering training at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. From 1853 to 1857 he was a draftsman for the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. In 1857 he came to Chatfield, Minnesota, where he did surveyin...