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- 1836-1922 (creation)
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0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
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Papers of 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, Wis.; 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 in the Dakota War of 1862.
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COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.
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View full finding aid here https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-rf000s
Parts of this collection are digitized and transcribed online https://thecivilwarandnorthwestwisconsin.wordpress.com/the-soldiers/alphabetical-list-of-all-soldiers-from-northwest-wisconsin/wyman-x-folsom-1844-1929/