James Wescott papers, 1857-1865.

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James Wescott papers, 1857-1865.

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Miscellaneous papers of a Dakota County (Minn.) pioneer, including a preemption certificate (1857) to Wescott for land in Dakota County, a trespass permission (1858) to the Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad, a letter from Ignatius Donnelly regarding the upcoming 1862 election and the likelihood of a Republican preference among Minnesota's soldiers, other letters to Wescott (1862-1865) commenting on Civil War topics, two financial receipts, and some biographical information copied from published sources.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad.

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Wescott family.

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Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901

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Farmer, editor, author, and orator. From the description of Ignatius Donnelly papers, 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009547 American politician and author. From the description of Letter, 1863, Washington, D. C. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812376 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to President Lincoln, 1864 May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531076 From the description of ...

Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891

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American pioneer; first Governor of Minnesota. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William L. Marcy, 1853 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664016 Fur trader; soldier; politician; Governor of Minnesota, 1850-1860. From the description of Papers, 1815-1830. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998041 Henry Sibley was a general in the Confederate Army. From the de...

Wescott, James

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James Wescott was born around 1824 in Maine, later moving to Nevada, and then to the gold mines around Sacramento (Calif.). He moved to St. Paul (Minn.) in 1854, and then bought land a few miles south in Eagan Township (Dakota County), which he farmed. He married Mary E. Atkinson in 1857. During the Civil War, he served (1865) in Company I of the First Minnesota Regiment of Heavy Artillery. He was also Dakota County Treasurer (1858-1860) and an enumerator for the 1890 federal census. More inform...