Merrill B. Patterson letters, 1855.

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Merrill B. Patterson letters, 1855.

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Letters from an early St. Paul dentist, containing information on St. Paul, the Mississippi River, the weather, prices, lodging costs, news of friends, a meeting with Governor Willis A. Gorman, meetings with Indians, Forbes' store, and the beginnings of his dentistry business.

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Patterson, Merrill B.

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Forbes, William Henry, 1815-1875.

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Gorman, Willis Arnold, 1816-1876

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Willis A. Gorman was born January 12, 1816 in Fleming County, Kentucky, the son of David and Elizabeth Gorman. The family moved to Bloomington, Indiana in 1836 where Willis studied law at Indiana University. He was elected to the Indiana legislature when he was 23 and served five terms. He enlisted as a private in the Third Indiana Volunteers when the war with Mexico broke out and was elected a major in June 1846. After the regiment returned home he organized the Fourth Indiana Regi...