Knight, Benjamin, d. 1855. Correspondence, 1835-1878. - View Resource

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Knight, Benjamin, d. 1855. Correspondence, 1835-1878.

Title

Correspondence, 1835-1878.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/465235124

Abstract

Mainly correspondence between Benjamin Knight and his family of Sun Prairie, Wis., with a cousin, Josiah L. Hale, Newburyport, Massachusetts, reporting to him on land and financial transactions, family matters, and early Congregational and educational affairs in Sun Prairie, including information on pioneer medical practices and the attitude toward eastern landholders. Some letters concern readjustments of Madison and Milwaukee municipal railroad bonds, mainly for 1866 and 1867.

Extent

0.4 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Holding Repository

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7566824

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Hale, Josiah Little, 1841-1903

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx85sw (person)

Knight family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp6bw6 (family)

Knight, Benjamin, -1855

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6643jmw (person)

Congregational Church

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt67f2 (corporateBody)

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