Autobiographical answers to a Minnesota Historical Society pioneer questionnaire, 1872.

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Autobiographical answers to a Minnesota Historical Society pioneer questionnaire, 1872.

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Handwritten autobiographical information supplied by Charles E. Flandrau, a Minnesota pioneer and lawyer, who practiced in St. Paul (1853, 1870-1872), St. Peter (1853-1864), and Minneapolis (1867-1870), as well as in New York, Illinois, Missouri, and Nevada. Flandrau also served as Nicollet County District Attorney (ca. 1854), agent to the Dakota Indians (1856-1857), and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the territory and state of Minnesota (1857-1864). He ran for governor on the Democratic ticket (1867) and for Chief Justice (1869) and was defeated both times. During the Dakota War, Flandrau served as commander in chief of troops at New Ulm, Minnesota. Before moving to Minnesota, he sailed in the U. S. Revenue-Cutter Service. Includes Flandrau family genealogical data.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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