Burrows and Richardson business records, 1836-1915.

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Burrows, George B., 1832-1909. Burrows and Richardson business records, 1836-1915.

Burrows and Richardson business records, 1836-1915.

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Records of a Madison, Wisconsin, real estate firm that was established in the early 1850s by James B. Richardson and operated under varying titles and partners--Abraham H. Palmer, Napoleon B. Van Slyke, Timothy Brown, Levi B. Vilas, and Leonard Farwell--until 1868 when it was taken over by Burrows who continued it until his death. The records consist of correspondence, letter books, deeds, contracts, surveyors' notes, plat books, ledgers, journals, cashbooks, receipts, and miscellaneous legal papers. In addition to transacting business for itself, the firm acted as an investment, loan, and collection agency for other land companies and for individuals, of whom Charles Doty was one. It also cooperated with similar agencies in the state, particularly Washburn and Woodman of Mineral Point and Catlin and Williamson of Madison. Towards the end of the decade members of the firm engaged in banking operations, organizing or affiliating with or serving as agents for banks in Madison and elsewhere in the state and in northern Illinois. Federal regulations of banking during the Civil War ended this phase of the business, and from that time on the records deal exclusively with real estate transactions.

27.0 c.f. (85 archives boxes and 12 flat boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project