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Summary Information
Vincent Roberts Papers 1841-1903
- Roberts, Vincent, 1818-1888
Mss 397
0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Business and family papers of Vincent Roberts, a nineteenth-century farmer in Dodge County, Wisconsin, justice of the peace, and real estate and loan agent. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, a notebook of poetry and justice of the peace records, and biographical and miscellaneous materials. Most of the correspondence relates to Roberts' business as a loan agent, and provides insights into the common methods of purchase and transferral of property and wealth in nineteenth-century Wisconsin agricultural areas. Also touched upon are the governmental duties conferred upon those willing to accept them at the time of the organization of the state of Wisconsin. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00397
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