Papers, 1830-1936.

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Papers, 1830-1936.

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Fragmentary records of Foster, a native of New York state who came to Wisconsin in 1854 and became a prominent lumberman and logging railroad operator headquartered at Fairchild after 1876. The collection contains political correspondence with representative James A. Frear; miscellaneous business papers including land titles, maps, mortgages, and financial records pertaining to his land and timber investments in Eau Claire and Clark counties; a few records relating to the Fairchild and Northwestern Railroad constructed by Foster in 1913; and a journal, 1908-1936, of the N.C. Foster Lumber Company. One folder contains land deeds and other business papers, 1830-1870, concerning Daniel Bread and the first Christian Party of the Oneida Nation of Indians.

0.3 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 v.)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6852001

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Foster, Nathaniel Caldwell, 1834-1923

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Frear, James A. (James Archibald), 1861-1939

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Fairchild and Northwestern Railroad.

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N.C. Foster Lumber Company.

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Bread, Daniel, Oneida chief, 1800-1873

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Daniel Bread was born in New York, but moved to Wisconsin. He was the chief of the Wisconsin Oneidas. Red Jacket was a Seneca chief who sided with the British during the American Revolution. From the description of Joel Benson collection, 1829. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74929611 ...

First Christian Party of the Oneida Nation of Indians.

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