Joseph Weeks Babcock papers, 1864-1922.

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Joseph Weeks Babcock papers, 1864-1922.

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Family papers of Joseph Babcock, a lumberman and politician of Necedah, Wisconsin, primarily consisting of correspondence to and from Babcock; Mary F., his wife; Charles Ebenezer, their son, also a prominent businessman of Necedah; and Eva F., Charles' wife. Despite the national political prominence of the elder Babcock, a congressman from the Third District for fourteen years, the majority of the correspondence is personal in content. There are also reminiscences of the elder Babcock written by Barney, a volume containing data on Third District Republican conventions, and several ledgers and cash books pertaining to a real estate venture of Charles Babcock and Harry Barney. Photographs include portraits of family, friends, and associates of Babcock, circa 1880-1890.

1.5 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and28 photographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6926166

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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