ENPetition for allowing German residents to hold public office
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State/Territory: Wisconsin Territory
Date: 1841
Description: Petitioners from Washington County note the large number of German residents in the county and request that these people be allowed to hold office in highway and school districts.
Publisher-Electronic: Wisconsin Historical Society
Digital Format: XML
Digital Identifier: Ser180.030407
Language: English; German
Notes: An additional document, written in German, is included with this petition.
Original Title: Petition of the inhabitants of Washington County praying that the German inhabitants who are aliens be permitted to hold the office of overseers of highway and school district offices
Publication Date-Electronic: 2020
County: Washington
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States. Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States.
Rights URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Source: Petitions, remonstrances, and resolutions, 1836-1997, 2009
Subject: counties; foreign residents
Title/Page: Petition for allowing German residents to hold public office
Genre: citizen petition; legal document
Repository: Wisconsin Historical Society Online Collections
Source: From: Petition for allowing German residents to hold public office
