Box 10, Folder 2: Correspondence June-December 1865

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Title: Box 10, Folder 2: Correspondence June-December 1865
Document Title: Box 10, Folder 2: Correspondence June-December 1865
Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875
Folder Description: This folder mostly contains the correspondence of Increase Allen Lapham from June to December in 1865. Also included in this folder are several letters written to Increase Lapham's daughter, Julia Alcott Lapham. As a scientist, Increase Lapham was in frequent communication with colleagues both near and far. Many of the letters in this folder between Lapham and his colleagues discuss the sharing or purchase of plant or animal specimens for display or research. Also in this folder are several letters discussing mining in Wisconsin, both for coal and lead. One item of interest is a business proposal for the Empire Coal Company.
State: Wisconsin
Place: Milwaukee
Subject: Agriculture; archaeology; insects; collection; conchology; data & lists; geology; geography; institutions & associations; minerals; plants; shells; surveys & surveying; coal; lead; mining; lead mining; coal mining; Lapham, Increase Allen; Engleman, George; Armow, H. O.; Thompson, Charles F.; Meek, Fielding Bradford; Talmadge, J. J.; Whittlesey, Charles; Seiler, Alexander; Day, F. H.; Stimpson, William; Doggett, William; Davis, D. M. P.; Henry, William T.; Hayt, S.; Wells, Daniel; Nason, H. B.; Raynolds, William Franklin; Clinton, George W.; Hoy, Philo Romayne; Spalding, E. B.; McNiel, John; Daniels, S.; Taylor, J. W.; Lesquereux, Leo; Hiet, William; Bracken, John; Hale, E. M.; Justin, J. :. Woodworth, J. r.; Hall, James; Marcy, Oliver; Parry, G. G.; Phoenix, F. K.; Desor, Pierre Jean Edouard; Murrish, John; Haven, Samuel F.; Hilton, Charles; Spooner, Wyman; Miles, B. F.; Slater, Edward F.; Hobart, E. F.; Bowen, Chauncey T. Hilton, John C.; Badger, A. C.; Hilton, Walter W.; Badger, Octavius F.; Lesley, J. P.; Macalister, Jasper; Hewite, Jasper
Date: 1865
Language: English
Source: Increase A. Lapham Papers, 1825-1930 (Wis Mss DB, Correspondence June-December 1865, Box 10, Folder 2); WIHV95-A24
Type: Text
Publisher-Electronic: Wisconsin Historical Society
Publication Date-Electronic: 2016
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Digital Format: XML
Digital Identifier: Lapham(WisMssDB)B10F2-000
Repository: Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collections
Source: From: Box 10, Folder 2: Correspondence June-December 1865

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