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Solomon Laurent Juneau papers, 1833-1855
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Papers of Solomon Laurent Juneau, a founder of Milwaukee, consisting principally of correspondence, deeds and other land contracts, and receipts. Included is a contract from the American Fur Compan...
Papers of Solomon Laurent Juneau, a founder of Milwaukee, consisting principally of correspondence, deeds and other land contracts, and receipts. Included is a contract from the American Fur Company (1842) in which Ramsey Crooks sold land to William B. Cleveland in Milwaukee for which Juneau acted as the agent. The correspondence includes several letters concerning merchandise, trading supplies, references to Juneau's appointment as Indian agent, financial matters, and land transactions. There are receipts from the Milwaukee Post Office and general receipts which are hand-written and detail various contracts and supplies. Additionally, there are signatures from prominent Milwaukee citizens (1833, 1836-1837) as well as a listing of the names and dates of the represented individuals.
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- 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)
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- ocn475581716
- COLLECTION STORED AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.
- Presented by Milda Steinbrecher, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Parts presented by Helen Hawley Eaton, Washington Island, Wisconsin, 1964; by Alice French; by B. J. Husting; by K. F. Olson, September 15, 1948; by Donald G. Coleman, Madison, Wisconsin, March 5, 1971; and loaned for copying by Mrs. Anna Walthers Adlam, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 1957. Mr. and Mrs. Luther B. Wasbotten, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1963.