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Alfred Brunson papers, 1815-1882
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Papers of Alfred Brunson, a Methodist minister who settled at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1835 as presiding elder of the region north of Rock Island, Illinois, touching upon his activities as d...
Papers of Alfred Brunson, a Methodist minister who settled at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1835 as presiding elder of the region north of Rock Island, Illinois, touching upon his activities as district supervisor of Indian missions, sub-Indian agent at La Pointe, chaplain in the Civil War, and holder of numerous minor civil offices. Contains letterbooks with copies of his correspondence, 1835-1844, with the War Department on Indian missions and the La Pointe agency; and a journal of his trip from Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Prairie du Chien. Also includes articles, lectures, and speeches written by Brunson on various subjects, and a sketch of him written by his daughter, Ella C. Brunson, in 1915.
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- 0.4 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
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- ocn145822776, ocn145786562
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- The Meadville to Prairie du Chien journal was published in Wisconsin Historical Collections, 15:264-91.
- Sketch of Hole-in-the-Day published in Wisconsin Historical Collections, 5:387-99.
- Biographical sketch published in Wisconsin Magazine of History, Dec. 1918.
- Primarily presented by Mrs. E. L. Hitchcock, Mauston, Wisconsin, 1889. Missionary narrative presented by Arthur F. Giere, September 20, 1940. Additions presented by Martha Prouty, Nebraska, June 1946. One speech transferred from Villa Louis, January 1975.