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Summary Information
William Henry Brisbane Papers
1829-1975
- Brisbane, William Henry, 1806-1878
Wis Mss VD; Micro 437; PH 6554
2.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 2 card boxes), 3 reels of microfilm (35mm), and 2 photographs
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Brisbane, a doctor, minister, editor, author, and a South Carolina slaveholder who turned abolitionist and moved north where he freed his slaves, edited abolitionist publications in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and participated in the experiment in communal living at Brook Farm in Massachusetts in 1845. After coming to Wisconsin in 1853 to promote the development of Arena, Wisconsin, he served as clerk of the state senate, 1854, and as chaplain of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry, 1861-1862, and was appointed by Salmon P. Chase to be tax commissioner of the District of South Carolina during the early years of Reconstruction. The collection contains twenty-two letters written by Brisbane himself, of which more than half pertain to his effort to secure the 1860 Republican presidential nomination for Chase. Also present are Brisbane's notes summarizing his activities, 1834-1842; diaries, kept by Brisbane and other family members, 1844-1878; pro-slavery notes for the period prior to 1834; anti-slavery essays; sermons and addresses, 1844-1876; and clippings, biographical material, a few family letters and other miscellaneous items, including a minute book of Spring Green Baptist Church Women's Missionary Circle, 1875-1877. The two photographs are of the Arena farm.
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