Family papers, 1830-1911.

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Family papers, 1830-1911.

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Papers, primarily business and financial records, of the American Fur Company's Prairie du Chien agent and papers of his son, also Hercules Louis Dousman, including correspondence, real estate and legal documents, bills, receipts, tax records, and bank and stock statements. Also includes materials relating to land speculation and property management, especially of Nina Sturgis Dousman's administration of the Villa Louis estate and St. Louis properties; and business interests in railroads, steamboats, lumber, gas lighting, art collecting, and horse breeding. Prominent correspondents include William B. Astor, Alexis Bailly, Henry S. Baird, Nelson Dewey, James D. Doty, John Kinzie, Juliette Kinzie, Morgan L. Martin, Josiah Noonan, Henry H. Sibley, and C. C. Washburn. Also included is a copy of "A Catalogue of the Paintings Contained in the Gallery of Hercules L. Dousman" containing 19 lithograph illustrations.

15.2 c.f. (38 archives boxes)19 lithographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Dewey, Nelson, 1813-1889.

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Bailly, Alexis, 1798-1861.

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Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865

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James Duane Doty (1799-1865) was a lawyer, judge, and government official. He represented Wisconsin in Congress between 1838 and 1841, and again between 1849 and 1853. He was governor of Wisconsin Territory between 1841 and 1844, and served as the governor of Utah Territory between 1863 and 1865. From the description of James Duane Doty letter, 1861 November 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367719059 From the guide to the James Duane Doty letter, 1861 November 22, (L. Tom ...

Dousman, Hercules L. (Hercules Louis), 1800-1868

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Wealthy Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, fur trader and regional investor. Born on Mackinac Island in 1800 and educated in New Jersey, Dousman worked at a New York mercantile house as a clerk and with his father at Mackinac before coming in 1826 to Prairie du Chien. There Dousman worked as an agent of the American Fur Company in partnership with Joseph Rolette (whose widow, Jane Fisher Rolette, Dousman married in 1844). In 1834, Dousman, Rolette, and H.H. Sibley became stock...

Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891

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American pioneer; first Governor of Minnesota. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William L. Marcy, 1853 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664016 Fur trader; soldier; politician; Governor of Minnesota, 1850-1860. From the description of Papers, 1815-1830. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998041 Henry Sibley was a general in the Confederate Army. From the de...

Northwestern Packet Company.

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American Fur Company

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Fur trading company in the American West. From the description of Papers, 1835-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497429 Chartered by John Astor in 1808. Astor withdrew his interest in 1834 and in 1864 the company was sold to the North Western Fur Company. From the description of American Fur Company records, 1803-1849. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 56975212 No information is available on Livingstone, except as noted above. Franchere...

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Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company

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Martin, M. L. (Morgan Lewis), 1805-1887

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Dousman, Nina Sturgis, ca. 1856-1930.

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Baird, Henry S. (Henry Samuel), 1800-1875

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Lawyer from Greenbay, Wisconsin who was active in territorial politics and Indian affairs. From the description of Henry Baird letters from Belmont 1836. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 72839386 Born in Dublin, Ireland, May 16, 1800 ; came with his parents to U.S., 1805 ; studied law at Pittsburgh and Cleveland, Ohio ; settled at Mackinaw, Mich., 1822 ; was admitted to the bar, 1823 ; moved to Green Bay, Wis., 1824 ; served as quartermaster-g...

Washburn, C. C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882

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Governor of and U.S. representative from Wisconsin, industrialist, lawyer, and army officer. From the description of C. C. Washburn correspondence, 1877 August 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981317 American soldier, congressman and industrialist; Gov. of Wisconsin. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to E.R. Hoar, Attorney General, 1869 Mar. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659714 ...

Dousman, Hercules L. (Hercules Louis), 1848-1886.

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Noonan, Josiah A.

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Prairie du Chien, Hudson and St. Paul Packet Company.

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St. Paul Gas Light Company.

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Chippewa Falls Lumbering Company.

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Kinzie, John Harris, 1803-1865.

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John H. Kinzie, Indian agent and trader, was the son of Chicago pioneer John Kinzie. Before settling in Chicago in 1834, Kinzie served as private secretary to Lewis Cass, territorial governor of Michigan. Later he was an Indian subagent (Prairie du Chien Agency) at Fort Winnebago, Wisc. from 1828-1833. From the description of Life of the honbl. Hoo-wan-nee-kaw or Little Elk, [1912]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37824736 ...

Astor, William B. (William Backhouse), 1792-1875

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Capitalist, son of John Jacob Astor, and nominal head of the American Fur Company prior to his father's exit from the business in 1834. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to James Abbott, Detroit, [Mich.], 1832 July 13. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36145298 William B. Astor went into business with his father, John Jacob Astor, and successfully invested in real estate and railroad, coal, and insurance companies. Samuel Jones...

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Minnesota Valley Railroad.

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