Givers Pam Books phlets Walker, Joseph B., Concord, N. H. Walworth county board of supervisors Washington and Lee University library, Lexington, Ky. labor commission, Olympia public instruction department, Olympia Washington county board of supervisors historical society, Washington, Pa. Washington, D. C., board of trade West De Pere superintendent of schools West Virginia commission to St. Louis exposition labor bureau, Wheeling Western Australia friendly society office, Perth Western reserve university library school, Cleveland Wheeler, Olin D., St. Paul Wheeling and Lake Erie r. r. co., Cleveland Whipple, Wayne, Boston White, E. E., Milwaukee Wigdale, E. S., Artesia, N. Mex. Wight, Edward B., Williamstown, Conn. Wight, William W., *Milwaukee Wilkerson, E. B., Memphis, Tenn. Willard, James F., Hatboro, Pa. Willcox, E. S., Peoria, Ill. Wilmington (Del.) street and sewer department Winchell, Alexander N., Butte, Mont. Winona (Minn.) superintendent of schools Winslow, Mrs. J. B., Madison Winterbotham, J. M., † Madison Wisconsin agricultural experiment association, Madi son Wisconsin attorney general's office, Madison bankers' association, Milwaukee bar association, Madison cranberry growers' association, Cranmoor firemen's association, Jefferson *Also unbound serials. † Also maps. Joint debaters,* 1904 18 16 75 1 1 Woburn (Mass.) city clerk Woman's christian temperance union, Wisconsin di vision, Madison Woman's relief corps, Wisconsin department, Ocon mayor superintendent of schools Worcester county (Mass.) law library Wright, C. B. B., Milwaukee Wyman, W. H., Omaha Wyoming experiment station, Laramie Yale university library. New Haven, Conn. Yazoo & Mississippi valley r. r. co., New Orleans Young churchman co., Milwaukee Young men's christian ass'n, Wisconsin, Milwaukee. *Also unbound serials. † Also maps. Miscellaneous Accessions (Gifts, save where otherwise specified) Oil Painting Robert L. McCormick, Tacoma, Wash.-Oil painting (framed) by Edwin Willard Deming of New York, 40 x 60 in., representing "Landfall of Jean Nicolet in Wisconsin, 1634." Painted expressly for the society's gallery. Manuscripts A. L. Benedict, Buffalo, N. Y.-Freight voucher for Chicago custom house, Dec. 17, 1856; list of prices of furniture for Buffalo custom house, December 28, 1858; contract with A. Sweet, S. W. Ives, and A. Hawley for supplying materials for harbor at Sheboygan, March 8, 1853; papers relating to building of U. S. custom house at Milwaukee, 1857-59; letters, plans, specifications, contracts, receipts, and other documents connected with Milwaukee harbor improvement (north cut), 1852-57. Mrs. Mary D. Burge, Providence, R. I.-Letter of Gen. A. E. Burnside to Capt. N. Daniels, dated February 28, 1865; letter of Gen. J. D. Cox to President Andrew Jackson, dated April 20, 1866; letter of Gideon Welles to J. R. Doolittle, Racine, Wis., dated August 27, 1861; request of H. S. Baird and others to J. R. Doolittle to address people at Green Bay, dated September 25, 1865; request of James T. Lewis and others to J. R. Doolittle to speak in Madison, dated September 25, 1865; request of B. F. Moore and others to J. R. Doolittle to speak in Fond du Lac, dated September 20, 1865. James D. Butler, Madison.-Manuscript copy of his essay on "Phases of Witticism." F. C. Cochran, Ithaca, N. Y.-Transcripts of several documents relating to the Armstrongs of Georgia and especially to the John Armstrong exploring expedition up the Missouri River, in 1790. George C. Cole, Sheboygan.-Ms. letter (Spanish original, with Eng lish translation attached) from James White [Gen. James W. Wilkinson?] to Governor Don Esteban Miro, dated New Orleans, April 18, 1789, giving the substance of the agreement entered into between Don Diego de Gardoqui, minister of Spain, and certain Americans in the proposed state of Franklin, Cumberland, and elsewhere, relative to an alliance between the trans-Allegheny pioneers and Spain. R. E. N. Dodge, Madison.-Autograph letter of John Marshall to Thomas Jefferson, dated Williamsburg, Va., December 12, 1783. Marshall acknowledges the receipt of Jefferson's letter, dated Annapolis, December 5, enclosing a letter to be delivered by Marshall to Gen. George Rogers Clark, then in Williamsburg. In this letter to Clark, Jefferson, under date of December 4, 1783, made his celebrated proposition that Clark undertake an exploring expedition to the Pacific Ocean. The orignal of Jefferson's letter to Clark was already in the Society's possession. A. W. Foster, Milwaukee.-Official certificates, with autographs of the electors, filed with the federal judge at Milwaukee, showing the votes of Wisconsin members of the electoral college for president and vicepresident of the United States, in the years 1848, 1852, 1856, 1860, 1864, and 1868. John L. Grindell, Madison.-Transcript of muster roll of Capt. John H. Rountree's company of Iowa County mounted volunteers in the Black Hawk War, commanded by Col. Henry Dodge; and of a subscription paper for the raising of money for the purchase of a printing plant for Platteville, the same being established there in July, 1840the newspaper issued therefrom being The Northern Badger, by Thomas Eastman, editor; Ms. letter from Mrs. Thomas Davies to J. Le Roy Grindell, dated British Hollow, March 13, 1905, sketching the history of British Hollow, Wis. Duane Mowry, Milwaukee. Ms. (typewritten) copy of his biography of Edwin E. Bryant, written in 1904. Miss Minnie M. Oakley, Madison.-Ms. copy of Robert Burns Wilson's poem, "The Field of Life." Miss Eve Parkinson, Madison.-Parchment land warrant for 40 acres, granted to James W. Keys for serving in the 2nd regiment, Texas volunteers, in the Mexican War, dated June 10, 1850, and signed by President Zachary Taylor. Verne S. Pease, Baraboo.-Autograph of David Crockett signed to a bond issued in Laurence County, Tenn., June 2, 1821. Philomathean Society, University of Wisconsin.—Record books of said society, 1886-1903, 9 vols. Misses Rebecca Lewis and Fanny Potter, Lake Beulah.-Eight subpœnas for appearing before Hon. John F. Potter's committee, house of representatives, 1861; manuscript copy of charges against certain office-holders in Washington, looking to their removal from office. Robert Shields, Neenah.-Manuscript record book of the St. Andrew's society, Oshkosh, from January 19, 1870, to its disbandment in 1877. Theodore C. Shove, Minneapolis.-Official muster-out roll of Company K, 27th Wisconsin volunteer infantry; muster-in roll of same company; official copy of roll of volunteers of same company having families dependent upon them; official muster-in roll of Company K, 19th Wisconsin volunteer infantry. Mrs. B. J. Stevens, Madison.-Transcripts of documents relating to Fox-Wisconsin river improvement, 1883-1884. S. W. Traber, Platteville.-Package of miscellaneous letters from H. F. McCloskey and others to Hon. John H. Rountree of Platteville, 1859-1863. Ellis B. Usher, La Crosse.-Draft on bank of state of Minnesota, St. Paul, October 7, 1858; check on Daniel Wells, jr., Green Bay Bank, dated La Crosse, October 22, 1862, and signed by Montgomery and Tyler, the former being colonel of 25th Wisconsin volunteer infantry, and the latter a Sparta banker; two certificates of deposit issued by Katamyan Bank, La Crosse, April 16, 1861; two receipts for interest on school land certificates, January 21, 1858; county order on La Crosse County, May 24, 1860; minutes of Soldiers' Aid Society, La Crosse, September and October, 1863; papers and minutes of organization of La Crosse cemetery association, 1864; papers of La Crosse County Historical Society, 1898; subscriptions to Republican campaign expenses, 1868, by members of Grant Club, La Crosse; three documents concerning general election of 1904; blank pass (parchment) for vessels, signed by President John Tyler and Secretary of State A. P. Upham. David Wilkinson, Big Patch.-Parchment land warrant for eighty acres, near Mineral Point, granted August 1, 1839, to Robert Waller and John Hawkins Rountree, signed by President Martin Van Buren. Watson H. Wyman, Portland, Ore.-Contemporary typewritten copy, with autograph signatures, of President Sanford B. Dole's message to the senate of Hawaii, transmitting thereto the treaty of political union between Hawaii and the United States, dated Honolulu, September 8, 1897. Piranesi Etchings Fifty etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), the celebrated engraver of architectural ruins, purchased from Mrs. Mary C. McLorg of Superior for $700, the money being chiefly donated to the society for this purpose; see ante, pp. 44-47. |