Public Documents Of The State Of Wisconsin Being The Biennial Reports Of The Various State Officers Departments And Institutions PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...of the history, growth and progress of Wisconsin. The department embracing the published transactions of kin-dred Historical Societies, and other learned institutions of our conn"try, has received the early and constant attention of the Committee, and very gratifying success has attended their efforts. Prior "to the past year, the Smithsonian Institution and Rhode Island I-Iistorical Society had alone furnished their publications; and, during the year just closed, the Society has received the published Transactions and Collections of the Historical Societies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Ohio, New England.Genealogical Society, Essex Institute, American Ethnological So " They have since come to hand--a bound file of the Detroit Gazette from 1818 to 1822; t eGalena J /her' Journal, 1829-'30. and others. Gov. Doty has also forwarded 1 most interesting series of laws which gm erned this country under the British regime, _ fire North West, Indiana, and Michigan Territories. ciety, American Institute, and the publications of Harvard College. The American Philosophical Society has liberally voted ten quarto volumes of its Transactions to our association and placed our society upon its list of exchanges, and these valuable works may early be expected. Assurances have also been received from the Historical Societies of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Georgia, the American Antiquarian Society, and the American Geographical and Statistical Society, of their friendly co-operation, and of their readiness to enter upon a system of exchanges with us; so that but three efiicient Historical Societies of our country, those of New York, Maim and Virginia, remain unrepresented in our library or list of exchanges. The large...