George H. Wood papers, 1808-1950

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Wood, George H., 1815-1890s

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Papers of George Wood, a land speculator and attorney in the Green Bay area during Wisconsin's early statehood. The majority of the papers in this collection document Wood's business activities and...

Papers of George Wood, a land speculator and attorney in the Green Bay area during Wisconsin's early statehood. The majority of the papers in this collection document Wood's business activities and correspondence among his family. Significant portions of the collection relate to Wood's land speculation business with his partner and brother-in-law James Prentice, Wood's journey to Colorado to try his luck in the Pike's Peak gold rush with the rock boring and crushing machine he had invented, correspondence revealing his family's experience in Cairo (Ill.) during the Civil War, and his wife's correspondence to friends and relatives illuminating the family's experiences. Also included are deeds, land contracts, property maps, diaries, some news clippings, a photograph of George Wood, legal documents, a book of diagrams and plans for the rock drill and correspondence and announcements relating to Wood's drill.

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