Papers, 1844-1894.

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Papers, 1844-1894.

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Letters and miscellaneous business papers of Harris, a resident of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, who was publisher of the first newspaper in Door County and a promoter of a canal between Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan. The papers contain information on land grants for railroads, lumbering, and quarrying in Door County, but primarily concern the development and financing of the Sturgeon Bay & Lake Michigan Ship Canal & Harbor Company. Letters to and from Philetus Sawyer and from Timothy O. Howe and James R. Doolittle are included as are letters Harris wrote to his wife (1866-1876) while he was secretary to Sawyer, and legal correspondence between Joseph Harris, Jr., and Jesse Birmingham (1889-1890).

0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes).

University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Cofrin Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7973866

University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Cofrin Library

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Harris, Joseph, 1841-1916.

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Birmingham, Jesse, 1835-1904.

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Sawyer, Philetus, 1816-1900

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Born in Vermont, moved to Wisconsin where he served as mayor of Oshkosh from 1861-1864 when he was elected, as a Republican, to congress where he served three terms. From the description of Letter, Dec. 19, 1873. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54682231 ...

Howe, Timothy O. (Timothy Otis), 1816-1883

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U.S. senator from Wisconsin, U.S. postmaster general, and jurist. From the description of Letter of Timothy O. Howe, circa 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451050 American political leader. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Green Bay, to the President, 1865 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269525008 ...

Sturgeon Bay & Lake Michigan Ship Canal & Harbor Co.

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Harris, Joseph, 1813-1889.

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Doolittle, James R. (James Rood), 1815-1897

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Doolittle, a lawyer successively in New York, Wisconsin, and Illinois, was a U. S. Senator from Wisconsin (1857-1869). From the description of Papers, 1856-1892. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 469775273 James Rood Doolittle (1815-1897) was a lawyer, judge and United States senator from Wisconsin, 1857-1869. From the description of James R. Doolittle papers, 1848-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652205 From the guide to...