Reminiscences [microform], 1936.

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Reminiscences [microform], 1936.

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Reminiscences entitled "Memories of Happenings Among the Pioneers of Southern Wisconsin," written by a Dane County resident, recounting his own experiences and those of his father, William H. Fox, who settled in Wisconsin in 1842. Numerous anecdotes concern pioneer living conditions as well as wildlife, relations with the Indians, and friendships with well-known Wisconsin contemporaries, including George W. Peck, Edward G. Ryan, and William F. Vilas.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Ryan, Edward G. (Edward George), 1810-1880

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Peck, George Wilbur

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Fox, Arthur O., 1855-1939.

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Fox, William Henry, 1858-1952

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Vilas, William F. (William Freeman), 1840-1908

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Wisconsin law professor and Civil War lieutenant colonel who was appointed Postmaster-General by President Cleveland in 1885 and then in December, 1887, was transferred to the Department of the Interior. From the description of Letter, March 29, 1888. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56089358 James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of Commodore James Barron (1769-1851) and son of Wilton Hope and Jane Armis...