William Markoe and family papers, 1820-1965.

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William Markoe and family papers, 1820-1965.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122425664

Correspondence, brochures, booklets, a journal with scattered entries for 1820-1900, a daybook (1856-1867), and other materials relating to Markoe, an Episcopal clergyman, St. Paul (Minn.) real estate developer, and balloonist, who made the first balloon ascent in Minnesota in 1857; and to James Markoe, his grandson. Most of the papers are concentrated in the periods 1849-1857 and 1909-1916.

1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 v.), and 1 microfilm reel.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6710711

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Cox family.

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Duesenberg, Frederick Samuel, ca. 1877-1932.

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Markoe, William, 1820-1916.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884

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Captain R.K. Porter, according to records at the Society of California Pioneers, was born on May 1, 1792 in West Boxford, Mass., and died on Aug. 12th, 1884. We have no further information on him other than this reminiscence which does not refer to his personal life. A Rufus K. Porter, which the same birth and death dates, is also known for his book Aerial Navigation: the practibility of traveling pleasantly and safely from New York to California in three days (New York: H. Smith, 1849). This ma...

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