Swamplands, 1862.

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Swamplands, 1862.

Document providing for the release of two fifty-acre tracts of swamp lands in the La Crosse area by the State of Wisconsin to the United States, signed by Governor Salomon and Assistant Secretary of State Edward Ilsley, October 14, 1862.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7271405

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

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Salomon, Edward, 1828-1909

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Edward Salomon (August 11, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was a Jewish American politician and lawyer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the eighth Governor of Wisconsin, having ascended to office from the Lieutenant Governorship. He was the first Jewish Governor of Wisconsin. Born in Ströbeck, in the Province of Saxony, in what was then the Kingdom of Prussia, he attended the University of Berlin before fleeing the country in 1849, immigrating to the United States and settling in Manito...

Ilsley, Edward

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Wisconsin. Office of the Secretary of State

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The Office of Secretary of State was created by the Wisconsin Constitution, Article VI, Sections 1 and 2. It assumed many of the duties of the Territorial Secretary (WIHV87-A1623). The Secretary of State files public documents of the state, records matters relating to the organization of corporations and cooperatives, issues municipal charters, maintains a file of statements submitted pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, regulates lobbying, registers tradenames and t...