Robert Knowles Boyd papers, 1925-1930.

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Robert Knowles Boyd papers, 1925-1930.

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Manuscripts by Boyd recalling and discussing the Dakota Conflict of 1862, particularly the battle at Birch Coulee, accompanied by maps and charts. Includes oversized map: "Ground plan of Corral, Battle of Birch Coulee..." Other manuscripts discuss a sheer boom used in logging operations on the Chippewa River in Wisconsin (ca. 1860s), the Ojibwe language, and Jonathan Carver's explorations and map of the Northwest.

15 items (1 box and 1 oversize item).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Boyd, Robert K., 1845?-

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Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780

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