Papers, 1857-1912.

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Papers, 1857-1912.

Papers of Bates, a shipbuilder at Manitowoc, Wis., and Chicago, and authority on subjects connected with navigation, consisting of a number of blueprints, drawings, specifications, and plans for vessels; a few bills and receipts; letters to George C. Walker about his yacht; several muster rolls and letters relating to Bates' Civil War service in Company K, 19th Wisconsin Infantry; and the manuscript of his "American Navigation; The Political History of Its Rise and Ruin" published in 1902.

0.5 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder)

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Bates, William W. (William Wallace), 1827-1912

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Walker, George Casson 1854-1920

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Member, Board of Trustees, University of Chicago, 1890-1905. Real estate developer and donor of Walker Museum, University of Chicago. From the description of Scrapbook, 1873-1903. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248060 ...

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)

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