Papers, 1813-1886, 1925.

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Howard, James C., d. 1880. Papers, 1813-1886, 1925.

Papers, 1813-1886, 1925.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145786489

Correspondence of numerous members of the Howard family from several sections of the United States. James C. Howard came from Rossie, New York, in 1836, to settle on a large farm in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. There are letters from his brother, Dean S. Howard, a building contractor who invented a new type of dredging machine and who worked on harbors and canals in Upper Canada, the Middle West, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Nicaragua; from his wife, Sophronia Porter; from his children and their families in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and California; and from other relatives.

1.8 c.f. (8 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project