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Joseph G. Lawton papers, 1833-1956
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Personal, family, and business papers of the Lawton, Baird, Carey, Arndt, and Delany families of De Pere, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New York, primarily focussed on the lives of Joseph Grellet La...
Personal, family, and business papers of the Lawton, Baird, Carey, Arndt, and Delany families of De Pere, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New York, primarily focussed on the lives of Joseph Grellet Lawton, his wife, Ellen Virginia Baird Lawton, and their children and other relatives. Joseph G. Lawton was an early Wisconsin settler, entrepreneur, and developer instrumental in encouraging settlement and industrial growth in the Green Bay area. He and his wife held interests in land, banks, bridges, dams, railroads, and factories, as well as land and mining interests in Pennsylvania. He was active in efforts to develop and utilize the Fox River. The collection contains correspondence concerning family and personal news; business letterbooks and financial records from enterprises in both Wisconsin and Pennsylvania; Joseph Lawton's daily journals and diaries; an account book of William M. Lawton, a Chicago attorney; and a few papers of Ellen J. Lawton Thompson.
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- Mixed Materials
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- English
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- 5.4 c.f. (12 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes)
- OCLC
- ocn145771121, ocn145800671
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- COLLECTION STORED AT ARC: Collection may be available for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.
- Presented by Charles A. Lawton, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1960 and 1973; and by Randall W. and Catherine Lawton, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1982.
Subjects
- Arndt family.
- Baird family.
- Carey family.
- Delaney family.
- Lawton, Ellen Virginia Baird.
Children's Subject Heading
- Lawton family.
- Lawton, William M.
- Thompson, Ellen J. Lawton.
- Fox and Wisconsin Improvement Company.
- Capitalists and financiers -- Pennsylvania.
- Capitalists and financiers -- Wisconsin.
- Land companies -- Wisconsin.
- Water resources development -- Wisconsin -- Fox River (Columbia County-Brown County).
- Water resources development -- Wisconsin -- Columbia County.
- Water resources development -- Wisconsin -- Brown County.
- De Pere (Wis.)
- Fox River (Columbia County-Brown County, Wis.)