Records, 1839-1847.

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Records, 1839-1847.

Correspondence of the secretaries of the Treasury W. Forward, Levi Woodbury, and R. J. Walker related to land in Wisconsin Territory and its potential uses for educational facilities including a request for land for the University of Wisconsin, and land requests for establishing manual labor schools.

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Dodge, Henry, 1782-1867

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Forward, Walter, 1786-1852

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Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851

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Lawyer, governor of New Hampshire, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of the Navy, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Letters, 1813-1851. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963939 U.S. senator from and governor of New Hampshire, U.S. secretary of the navy, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and Supreme Court justice, and lawyer. From the description of Levi Woodbury family papers, 1638-191...

Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869

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Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...