Erastus Appleman Williams papers, 1892-1923.

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Erastus Appleman Williams papers, 1892-1923.

Consists of correspondence concerning political appointments and affairs; correspondence; blueprints, and documents pertaining to the acquisition of land at Bismarck, North Dakota for the Soo Railroad; rough drafts of Williams' political platform; correspondence of the North Dakota Irrigation Association; specifications for the Bismarck Auditorium; copies of bills introduced into the legislature; resolutions of various organizations; campaign literature; pamphlets; photographs; newspaper clippings; and records; of the Surveyor General's office. Correspondents include Asle Jorgenson Gronna, Louis Benjamin Hanna, Henry Clay Hansbrough, Porter J. McCumber, Alexander McKenzie, Thomas F. Marshall, and Burleigh Folsom Spalding.

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McKenzie, Alexander, 1851-1922

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Politician. From the description of Papers, 1875-1890. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 18429613 From the description of Papers, 1875-1890 [microform]. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 33670258 Born at London District, Ontario. Came to North Dakota 1868, left, returned 1872 as Northern Pacific Railroad employee. In 1876, appointed sheriff of Burleigh County, N.D., also won el...

United States. Surveyor General

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Federal land surveys in Illinois were authorized by Congressional act (March 26, 1804), when the U. S. Surveyor General was given jurisdiction over all public land north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers. Surveys began in the western Vincennes Tract (1804) and southern Illinois (1806), then proceeded northward; covering all but most northern Illinois by 1831. When the Illinois surveys began, the Surveyor General was an independent officer under the President's direct su...

Marshall, Thomas F., 1876-

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McCumber, Porter J. (Porter James), 1856-1933

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Soo Line

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Hanna, Louis B., 1861-1948.

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Hansbrough, Henry Clay, 1848-1933

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U.S. Representative from North Dakota, 1889-1891; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909. From the description of Ms., [n.d.]. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17869643 ...

Gronna, Asle, 1858-1922.

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Williams, Erastus Appleman, 1850-1930

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U.S. Surveyor General of North Dakota and political leader. From the description of Erastus Appleman Williams papers, 1892-1923. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 18089548 ...

Spalding, Burleigh F. (Burleigh Folsom), 1853-1934

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Attorney. Delegate to the North Dakota Constitutional Convention, 1889; U.S. Representative from North Dakota, 1899-1905; Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court, 1907-1914. Fargo, North Dakota. From the description of Burleigh Folsom Spalding papers, 1840-1931. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998440 ...

North Dakota Irrigation Association

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