Title: Joseph Harris Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1894

Creator:

• Harris, Joseph, 1813-1889

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 45

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Letters and miscellaneous business papers of Harris, a resident of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., who was publisher of the first newspaper in Door County and a promoter of a canal between Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan. The papers contain information on land grants for railroads, lumbering, and quarrying in Door County, but primarily concern the development and financing of the Sturgeon Bay 8 Lake Michigan Ship Canal 8 Harbor Company. Letters to and from Philetus Sawyer and from Timothy O. Howe and James R. Doolittle are included as are letters Harris wrote to his wife (1866-1876) while he was secretary to Sawyer, and legal correspondence between Joseph Harris, Jr., and Jesse Birmingham (1889-1890).

Language: English

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This finding aid consists of content notes on the materials in Box 1 only. Additional undescribed items may also be included in Box 1.

• Churchill, Samuel: Letters, March 8, 1869 and May 28, 1870, written by Samuel Churchill; also an agreement between Harris and Churchill
• Cotton, Stephen Rossiter (1818-1867): Letter, July 2, 1866, concerning certain Door County land, written by Stephen R. Cotton, Green Bay attorney
• Doolittle, James Rood (1815-1897): Letter, February 21, 1865, written by Doolittle concerning the defeat of a bill granting land to the railroad
• Fairchild, Lucius (1831-1896): Letter, May 17, 1867, written by Fairchild while governor of Wisconsin
• Howe,Timothy 0. (1816-1883): Letters written by Howe, dated January 7, 1865, January 28, 1865, and March 7, 1865
• Lawrence College: Three letters dealing with perpetual scholarships to the school, dated 1869, 1872; and a bill from the school
• Minor, Edward S. (1841-1924): Letter, February 26, 1883, written by Minor, state senator
• Northern Pacific Railroad: Letters concerning a Federal land grant to the railroad; drafts of bills before the U.S. Congress, dated January 27, 1865, January 26, 1867, and February 28, 1867; also newspaper clippings dealing with the subject
• Sawyer, Philetus (1816-1900): Letters written by Sawyer, November 17, 1866, July 22, 1872, April 1, 1975, and January 1, November 29, and December 2, 1876
• Stanton, Edwin M.: Letter, May 5, 1866, written by Stanton while serving as Secretary of War
• Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin: Various papers, 1844-1894, including a manuscript survey map of the Little Sturgeon Bay, made by Jason C. Pinney, March 18, 1872
• Wheeler, Ezra: Letter, February 15, 1865, written by Wheeler, Wisconsin representative in the 38th Congress, concerning the defeat of a railroad land grant bill
• Wisconsin - Railroads: Papers including letters concerning a Federal land grant to the railroad; also drafts of legislation before the U.S. Congress, dated January 27, 1865, January 26, 1867, and February 28, 1867; and newspaper clippings dealing with the subject
• Wisconsin and Lake Superior Railroad: Draft of bill before the U.S. Congress, dated January 26, 1867, relating to the creation of the railroad

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Pfeifer, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., December 3, 1953, and by Mr. and Mrs. Chan Harris, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., 1964. Accession Number: M64-030