Collection 1857.

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Collection 1857.

Collection of 8 signed letters, dated St. Paul, May 17, 1857-June 18, 1858 (mostly written to Cousin Carrie Chapmen in New York) and carte-de-visite photograph.

9 items.

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Wheeler, Wm. F. (William F.)

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Western lawyer, entrepreneur, and First Lieutenant, Co. F, 4th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers. From the description of Collection 1857. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49562931 William F. Wheeler was born in New York in 1824. After his education and service in the Civil War, he came to Montana in 1869. Appointed United States Marshall of Montana, he opened and organized the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge in 1871, and remained its superintendent until 1878. He ...