William H.C. Folsom Papers, 1836-1900, 1922
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Title: William H.C. Folsom Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1836-1900, 1922

Creator:
  • Folsom, William H.C. (William Henry Carman), 1817-1900
Call Number: River Falls Mss S

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:
Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of William H.C. Folsom, an Indian trader, lumberman, land speculator, Minnesota politician, and steamboat owner, including correspondence, 1841, 1851-1900; an account book, 1841-1844, from his business dealings in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; and papers relating to Folsom's activities in the Mississippi-St. Croix Valley. Two additional volumes contain cargo records and passenger lists for his steamboat, the Wyman X, for 1870-1871. Among the correspondence are two letters describing bad conditions in the 1863 Army campaign against the Sioux uprising.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-rf000s
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