General correspondence, 1882-2000.

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General correspondence, 1882-2000.

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General correspondence with state and local officials and the public concerning requests for informal and formal opinions from the Attorney General, approvals of municipal land issues, and loans to municipalities and school districts from state funds and escheated estates. Copies of unpublished opinions are also included. Correspondence for 1887 and 1892 is missing. Also included are a lithograph of James S. Brown, the first Attorney General; two unidentified portraits, and a printing plate of Andrew Scott Sloan, eleventh Attorney General. The processed portion of this series is summarized above, dates 1882-1973, and is described in the partial container list. There are additional accessions dating 1952-2000 which are described below.

222.0 c.f. (510 archives boxes, 18 record center cartons),2 photographs,1 lithograph,1 painting, and1 printing plate in 1 archives box; plusadditions of 113.4 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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The Wisconsin Constitution, adopted in 1848, provides for an elected Attorney General (Article VI, Section 1). The Office of Attorney General also existed under the Territorial administrations. The Attorney General's Department was often called the Attorney General's Office (ca. 1848-1879, 1895), the Law Department (ca. 1879-1893), or simply Attorney General. In 1967 the Attorney General's Department became the Department of Justice (WIHV85-A890) (Chap. 75, Laws of 1967), under the ...

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