Box 1, Folder 1: Autobiographies

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1867: On the Climate of the Country Bordering Upon the Great North American Lakes, Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, Vol 1 p 58 with maps, 1867. 1867: Report on the Disastrous Effects of the Distribution of Forest Trees Now Going on Rapidly in the State of Wisconsin, by I A Lapham, J G Knapp and Hans Crocker, Commissioner, Legislative Document, 1867, 104 pages 8 vo. 1869: A New Geological Map of Wisconsin, prepared mostly from original observations, published at Milwaukee 1869, scale 15 miles to an inch. 1869: A Memorial to Congress Showing the Necessity of Storm Predictions for the Benefit of Commerce and How They Could be Secured 1871: A Paper on the Number, Locality, and Times of Removal of the Indians of Wisconsin, with an appendix containing a complete chronology of Wisconsin from the earliest times down to the adoption of the State Constitution in 1848. By IA Lapham, Levi Blossom, & George G. Dousman, a Committee of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee, 8 vo pamp. 1870. 1871: Report on Atmospheric Electricity, Report of the Chief Signal Officer, 1871 p. 65. 1871: Report on the Organization of the Storm Signal Service, and the first Storm Predictions, Report of the chief Signal Officer, 1871 p. 167.

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1872: List of the Great Storms, Hurricanes, and Tornados of the United States, Report of the Chief Signal Officer, 1872, p 190. 1872: On the Great Fires in 1871 in the Northwest, Report of the Chief Signal Officer, 1872, p 186. 1874: On the Relations of the Wisconsin Geological Survey to Agriculture, Transactions of the Wisconsin Agricultural Society, vol 12 p 207. 1875: Annual Address Before the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County by IA Lapham, president 8 vol. pamphlet. 1872: On the Classification of Plants, Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts & Letters, vol 1 p 102, 1872. 1875: The Law of Embryonic Development, the same in plants as in animals, American Naturalist, vol 9 p 257 with illustrations, 1875.

1871: Report on Atmospheric Electricity, Report of the Chief Signal Officer, 1871 page 65. 1872: List of the Great Storms, Hurricanes, and Tornados of the United States, Report of the Chief Signal Officer 1872 p. 190. 1871: Report Upon the Organization and Commencement of the Storm Signal Service and the first Storm Predictions, Report of the Chief Signal Officer, 1871, p 167. 1872: On the Great Fires in 1871 in the Northwest, Report of the Chief Signal Officer in 1871, p. 167. 1872: On the Classification of Plants, Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, vol 1, p. 102, 1872. 1875: The Law of Embryonic Development: The Same in Plants as in Animals, American Naturalist, vol 9 p 257 with illustrations, 1875.

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[note](Autobiography-Publications Societies of Which he Was a Member, 1875?)

Question 1: My name is Increase Allen Lapham - Increase Allen being the name of my grandfather on my mother's side. Question 2: I was born, according to the family records, in Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county in the state of New Yorkon the 7th day of March 1811. Question 3: My Father was Seneca Lapham, who married Rachel Allen. He was engaged in the construction of the Grand Erie canal; a circumstance which lead to my engagement in the Engineer service at Lockport, at the time when that great work was nearly completed. In 1818 the family moved to Pennsylvania where my father had a contract from the Schuylkill Navigation Company; but soon after returned to Galen in Wayne Co. NY where he had employment in the construction of the locks of the Erie Canal. In 1822 the family moved to Rochester while I remained to work upon a farm. One of the arches in the first aqueduct at Rochester was built by my father on a sub contract. In 1824 moved to Lockport where my father had charge of the construction of the wood-work of the 'combined and double locks' at that place; and where I earned somy money by cutting stone to be used in the locks. Soon after this I was employed in the engineer service, as above stated, in the capacity of...

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...Rodman for my brother Darius Lapham who had already attained to the position of Assistant Engineer. I was present at Lockport when La Fayette passed through that place on his 'tour of welcome', and when the completion of the canal was celebrated by a telegraphic dispatch sent from Buffalo to New York City; the line consisting of a series ofcannon placed at convenient intervals. In June and July, 1826 I was employed for a short time on the Welland Canal in Canada. While at Lockport I made and sold a number of plans of the locks, which were wanted by strangers travelling in search of information. Question 5: The beautiful mineral specimens I found in the deep rock cut at Lockport gave me my first ideas of mineralogy, and initiateda habit of observation that has continued through all my life. I found amusement and passtime in the study of nature, leading to long walks in the country; and found no others of similar tastes, these rambles were usually without companions.