Summary Information

Title: Henry W. Jackson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1806-1892

Creator:

• Jackson, Henry W., 1826-1875

Call Number: Wis Mss OW

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 volumes)

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:

Papers of Henry W. Jackson, a Centralia, Wisconsin, businessman. Included is family correspondence, 1834-1865; deeds and documents relating to the Massachusetts estate of Abraham Jackson, Henry Jackson's father; and ledgers, 1809-1844, kept by Stedman Jackson while operating small stores in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Included in the correspondence are letters describing life in Wisconsin, the California gold rush, Civil War battles, and the New York draft riots.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000ow

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