W. R. (William Robert) Taylor papers, 1848-1919

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Taylor, W. R. (William Robert), 1820-1909

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Papers of Colonel William Robert Taylor, coalition or Liberal Reform Democratic governor of Wisconsin, 1874-1876. The papers include a journal and ledger of a general store kept by Taylor at Cottag...

Papers of Colonel William Robert Taylor, coalition or Liberal Reform Democratic governor of Wisconsin, 1874-1876. The papers include a journal and ledger of a general store kept by Taylor at Cottage Grove, in 1848-1849; some items concerning lumber rafting on the Wisconsin River; and letters to Taylor as a member of county and state agricultural and charitable boards. There are letters concerning a Hot Springs, Arkansas, promotion scheme; from George H. and Edward J. Paul and Robert M. Bashford regarding the Milwaukee Cement Company and the Ft. Scott (Kansas) Cement Company; from managers of the Hitchcock and the Wisconsin cranberry companies and correspondence with Chicago and other markets; from Chicago brokers concerning railroad and grain stocks; a few personal and political letters; a very few papers for the two years when Taylor was governor; and a brief autobiography. Also included are photocopied pages from a scrapbook consisting of newspaper articles about Taylor and Robert Bashford, most of which relate to Bashford, detailing his marriage, his legal career in Wisconsin, and his death. There are also a few articles which directly relate to Governor Taylor's administration.

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