Papers, 1876-1918.

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Papers, 1876-1918.

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Fragmentary papers of a Wisconsin native, who served in Company H, 27th Regiment, and Company D, 19th Wisconsin Regiment, during the Civil War, and who became active in politics after moving to Nebraska in 1884. Whitehead served in the Nebraska legislature, 1888-1889, and as the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Congress, 1892. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks relating to the Grand Army of the Republic, politics, religion, and temperance. Also present are Whitehead's speeches, 1893-1902; a diary, 1917; and correspondence, 1910 and 1913. Drafts of three letters written to John Muir in 1913 contain reminiscences of the Muir family and of Whitehead's childhood.

0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6846942

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Muir, John, 1838-1914

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 27th (1863-1865)

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