Ethan C. Clarke and family papers, 1856-1903.

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Ethan C. Clarke and family papers, 1856-1903.

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Deeds, legal papers, tax receipts, mortgages, and correspondence concerning real estate in the Duluth-Superior area of Minnesota and Wisconsin owned by Clarke, a resident of Washington, D.C. Includes data on land values, local politics, lawsuits over land ownership, the proposed extension of the Northern Pacific Railway to Superior, Wis. (1870s-1880s), controversy over construction of the Duluth Ship Canal (1870s-1880s), and Duluth landholdings of George C. Stone. Correspondents include James Bardon and Luther Mendenhall.

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