Levi B. Vilas papers 1830-1872

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Vilas, Levi B. (Levi Baker), 1811-1879

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Selections from the family correspondence of a Madison, Wisconsin, attorney and Democratic politician, a resident of Vermont until 1851. Letters written both in Vermont and Wisconsin discuss the fa...

Selections from the family correspondence of a Madison, Wisconsin, attorney and Democratic politician, a resident of Vermont until 1851. Letters written both in Vermont and Wisconsin discuss the family mercantile business, politics, and society in mid-nineteenth century Madison. Others describe business conditions in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, travel by boat, rail, and stage across the eastern United States in 1853, and the Vilas home in Madison.

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