Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. Board of Immigration: Letter Books
Inclusive Dates: 1899-1901

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Board of Immigration

Call Number: Series 128

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 flat boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Incoming correspondence and letterbooks of George W. Taylor, secretary of the State Board of Immigration, together with corrected pages for a republication of Northern Wisconsin: A Guide Book to Aid the Homeseeker which was never printed, and a list of names and addresses to whom presumably immigration information was sent. Taylor's outgoing letters concern land taxes, St. Paul railway issues, land and lumber prices, addresses of land agents, types of crops grown in Wisconsin, and other topics.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser00128

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