Leaves from the tablets of my memory concerning early days of Minnesota, 1916 / by Andrew C. Dunn of Winnebago.

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Leaves from the tablets of my memory concerning early days of Minnesota, 1916 / by Andrew C. Dunn of Winnebago.

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Reminiscences (47 p.) of a Minnesota pioneer lawyer, politician and town builder giving details on his trip from New York to St. Paul; a description of St. Paul's Lowertown area; a trip to Sauk Rapids; a visit to St. Anthony and Minneapolis; a gathering of Winnebago Indians at Watab, Minnesota, for their annuity payments; the platting of St. Cloud; the national elections of 1848 and 1852, dealing with the slavery issue; his reminiscences of the territorial governors, Alexander Ramsey, Willis A. Gorman, and Samuel Medary; and ont eh 1857 constitutional convention and Minnesota's admission to the Union.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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