ALEXANDER RAMSEY AND FAMILY:
An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
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| Creator: |
Ramsey, Alexander, 1815-1903, creator.
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| Title: | Alexander Ramsey and family personal papers and governor's records. |
| Dates: | 1829-2001. |
| Language: | Materials in English and German.
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| Abstract: | Correspondence, diaries, real estate records, scrapbooks, school records and other materials documenting the career and family of Minnesota Republican politician Alexander Ramsey, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1844-1847) and Senate (1863-1875); Minnesota territorial (1849-1853) and state (1860-1863) governor; mayor of Saint Paul (1855-1857); secretary of war (1879-1881); and chairman of the Utah Registration and Election Board (1882-1886). Includes papers of Ramsey's wife Anna, his daughter Marion Furness, and his granddaughters Laura and Anna Furness. |
| Quantity: | 32.1 cubic feet (40 boxes, 11 folders in 1 partial box, and 16 oversize folders, unboxed) and 73 microfilm reels. |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
Alexander Ramsey was born in 1815 at Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, the eldest child of Thomas Ramsey, a blacksmith of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and Elizabeth Kelker Ramsey, who was of German-Swiss descent.
Ramsey early became interested in Whig politics. He studied law from 1837-1839 and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. He was elected to Congress in 1843 and re-elected in 1845. After that he briefly practiced law in Harrisburg. President Zachary Taylor offered Ramsey the governorship of recently organized Minnesota Territory. Ramsey soon abandoned the practice of law and made real estate investment and development his major private business. He concurrently served as Superintendent of Indian affairs. In 1851 he served as a commissioner to negotiate treaties with the Dakota for the cession of large areas of Minnesota land for white settlement. He was accused of fraud in the negotiations and, although he was ultimately exonerated, investigations of his conduct did not clear him until 1854.
In 1855 Ramsey was elected to a term as mayor of St. Paul. By 1857 he had joined the newly formed Republican party and was a candidate for election as governor. Minnesota became a state in May 1858, and fur trader and Democrat Henry H. Sibley defeated him in the first gubernatorial election. Ramsey won the succeeding contest to become Minnesota's second state governor. He was re-elected in 1861. In January 1863 Ramsey was elected by the Minnesota legislature to the United States Senate.
After leaving the Senate, Ramsey and his family returned to Minnesota to live. He returned to Washington several times in the late l870s as a lobbyist for railroad interests and for the Fort Snelling Bridge Commission. In the summer of 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes invited him to join his cabinet as secretary of war, a position he assumed in December.
Ramsey was again called to public service on a brief assignment for fellow Minnesotan William Windom who, as secretary of the treasury, asked him to handle an investigation at the United States Mint in San Francisco in 1881. In 1882 he was appointed to the Utah Registration and Election Board, serving as chairman of the board for four years. His resignation in 1886 marked the end of his career as a public officeholder.
In 1845 Ramsey married Anna Earl Jenks, daughter of a member of Congress from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Three children were born to the Ramseys. Two of them died in childhood in 1851. The third, Marion, was educated in Philadelphia while her parents were living in Washington. In 1875 she married Philadelphian Charles Eliot Furness.
After the death of Ramsey's wife Anna in 1884, Marion took over the management of her father's household. She and her daughters Anna and Laura Furness lived with him until his death in 1903. Ramsey's real estate investments provided their livelihood and paid for the medical care of Marion's husband. In addition to managing his properties, Ramsey served as an officer in a number of Minnesota charitable and educational institutions. Throughout his life he enjoyed associations in St. Paul society, which included many of his longtime Minnesota friends.
Ramsey died in his home in St. Paul in 1903. His granddaughters, who never married, lived in the Ramsey House until their deaths in 1959 and 1964. The sisters willed the home to the Minnesota Historical Society, which operates it as part of its historic sites network.
This biographical narrative borrows heavily from that written by Helen M. White and contained in the Minnesota Historical Society's published guide to the Ramsey Papers (1974).
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Papers from Ramsey's Pennsylvania years (1829-1849) document his rise through Whig Party ranks and his term in Congress. Early Minnesota materials (1849-1853) concern his service as territorial governor and superintendent of Indian affairs. Senatorial files contain information on the Civil War, Reconstruction, railroad finance and construction, Canadian-American relations, the diplomatic mission to Scandinavia, the Lake Superior harbor at Duluth, Mississippi River bridges and navigation, and postal affairs.
Also included are materials documenting Ramsey's Minnesota and Wisconsin real estate investments, and extensive correspondence and diaries documenting the family and social lives of Ramsey, his wife, his daughter, and his grandchildren. These papers also provide much information on the early history of St. Paul.
Materials in boxes 1-12 and 14-21 and most of box 13 have been microfilmed and are closed to general use. Researchers are directed to use the microfilm edition.
Ramsey House Materials were donated by Ramsey House staff members who had acquired and maintained these materials in the course of researching the history of the Ramsey household.
The oversize items in folders 1-14 were temporarily interfiled with other Ramsey papers for the purposes of microfilming, then removed and put in oversize folders. They may be found, with one exception (document 48A), on the microfilm (M203) in chronological order. Except for this exception, the original records are closed to general use.
Documents 99-110 have not been filmed and are open to general use.
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These documents are organized into the following sections:
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| | Microfilm 203: Correspondence,Volumes, and Papers |
| | Microfilm 203-A: Research Note Cards |
| | Microfilm 204: Records of Governor Alexander Ramsey |
| | Closed Originals: Research Note Cards |
| | Closed Originals: Correspondence, Volumes, and Papers |
| | Ramsey House materials |
| | Closed Oversize Originals |
| | Oversize Originals Open for Use |
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Microfilm M203 and 204 described in: Helen McCann White, Guide to a microfilm edition of the Alexander Ramsey papers and records (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1974). A copy of this guide is available in the repository (filed as M203 and M204) and in pdf format.
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Access Restrictions:
The originals of the microfilmed materials are closed to general use.
Use Restrictions:
Copyright in the microfilm is reserved by the Minnesota Historical Society. Consult the reference staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Alexander Ramsey and Family Personal Papers and Governor's Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Microfilm Production:
M203: St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society, 1970. 57 reels; 35 mm.
M203-A: St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society, 1988. 3 reels; 16 mm.
M204: St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society, 1970. 13 reels; 35 mm.
Microfilm available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 1722 et seq.
Processing Information:
Portrait of Ramsey used as an illustrative image in this finding aid is taken from the Minnesota Historical Society Sound and Visual collections.
Catalog ID number: 990017351810104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 1 | Genealogy, undated. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Correspondence and miscellaneous papers: |
| | | undated. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 2 | | undated, 1829-April 1844. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 3 | | May 1844-August 1849. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 4 | | September 1849-June 1850. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 5 | | July 1850-April 1851. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 6 | | May 1851-April 1852. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 7 | | May 1852-January 1853. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 8 | | February-December 1853. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 9 | | Ramsey investigation, July-October 1853. |
| | | 1854-1856. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 10 | | 1857-1859. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 11 | | 1860-February 1861. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 12 | | March 1861-January 1862. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 13 | | February-December 1862. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 14 | | 1863-February 1864. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 15 | | March 1864-February 1866. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 16 | | March 1866-1868. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 17 | | January-February 1869. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 18 | | March-December 1869. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 19 | | 1870-September 1871. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 20 | | October 1871-February 1874. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 21 | | March 1874-1875. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 22 | | 1876-April 1879. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 23 | | May 1879-January 20, 1880. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 24 | | January 21-April 1880. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 25 | | May-November 1880. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 26 | | December 1880-May 1881. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 27 | | June 1881-October 1884. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 28 | | November 1884-May 1887. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 29 | | June 1887-1890. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 30 | | 1891-1893. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 31 | | 1894-March 1895. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 32 | | April-December 1895. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 33 | | 1896-1897. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 34 | | Germania Bank, 1897-1909. |
| | | 1898-May 1899. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 35 | | June 1899-February 1901. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 36 | | March 1901-February 1902. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 37 | | March 1902-1903. |
| | | Alexander Ramsey Estate, April 1903-1904. |
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| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 38 | Diaries and memorandum books: |
| | | Alexander Ramsey: |
| | | | Volume 1, 1829-1840. |
| | | | Volume 2, 1840-1844. |
| | | | Volume 3, July 1838-1839. |
| | | | Volume 4, 1840-April 1841. |
| | | | Volume 5, May 1841-May 1842. |
| | | | Volume 6, June 1842-May 1844. |
| | | | Volume 7, June 1840-April 1849. |
| | | | Volume 8, December 1841-January 1843. |
| | | | Volume 9, 1843. |
| | | | Volume 10, 1843. |
| | | | Volume 11, 1843-1847. |
| | | | Volume 12, 1845. |
| | | | Volume 13, May 1846-1847. |
| | | | Volume 14, 1847. |
| | | | Volume 15, 1848. |
| | | | Volume 16, October-November 1848. |
| | | | Volume 17, 1848-1849. |
| | | | Volume 18, 1849. |
| | | | Volume 19, 1850. |
| | | | Volume 20, June-July 1850. |
| | | | Volume 21, 1851. |
| | | | Volume 22. Traverse des Sioux Treaty, June-October 1851. |
| | | | Volume 23, 1852. |
| | | | Volume 24, 1853. |
| | | | Volume 25. Ramsey investigation, July-September 1853. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 39 | | | Volume 26. Ramsey investigation, September 1853. |
| | | | Volume 27, 1854. |
| | | | Volume 28, 1855. |
| | | | Volume 29, 1856. |
| | | | Volume 30, 1857. |
| | | | Volume 31, 1858. |
| | | | Volume 32, 1859. |
| | | | Volume 33, 1860. |
| | | | Volume 34, 1860-1862. |
| | | | Volume 35, 1861. |
| | | | Volume 36, 1862. |
| | | | Volume 37, 1863. |
| | | | Volume 38. Chippewa Treaty, September-October 1863. |
| | | | Volume 39, 1864. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 40 | | | Volume 40, 1864-1868. |
| | | | Volume 41, 1865. |
| | | | Volume 42, 1866. |
| | | | Volume 43, 1867. |
| | | | Volume 44, 1868. |
| | | | Volume 45, 1869. |
| | | | Volume 46, 1870. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 41 | | | Volume 47, 1871. |
| | | | Volume 48, 1872. |
| | | | Volume 49, 1873. |
| | | | Volume 50, 1874. |
| | | | Volume 51, 1875. |
| | | | Volume 52, 1876. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 42 | | | Volume 53. Business, 1876. |
| | | | Volume 54, 1877. |
| | | | Volume 55. Business, 1877. |
| | | | Volume 56, 1878. |
| | | | Volume 57. Business, 1878. |
| | | | Volume 58, 1879. |
| | | | Volume 59. Business, 1879. |
| | | | Volume 60, 1880. |
| | | | Volume 61. Business, 1880. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 43 | | | Volume 62, 1881. |
| | | | Volume 63. Business, 1881. |
| | | | Volume 64, 1882. |
| | | | Volume 65. Business, 1882. |
| | | | Volume 66, 1883. |
| | | | Volume 67. Business, 1883. |
| | | | Volume 68, 1884. |
| | | | Volume 69. Business, 1884. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 44 | | | Volume 70, 1885. |
| | | | Volume 71. Business, 1885. |
| | | | Volume 72, 1886. |
| | | | Volume 73, 1887. |
| | | | Volume 74, 1888. |
| | | | Volume 75, 1889. |
| | | | Volume 76, 1890. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 45 | | | Volume 77, 1891. |
| | | | Volume 78, 1892. |
| | | | Volume 79, 1893. |
| | | | Volume 80, 1894. |
| | | | Volume 81, 1895. |
| | | | Volume 82, 1896. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 46 | | | Volume 83, 1897. |
| | | | Volume 84, 1897-1903. |
| | | | Volume 85, 1898. |
| | | | Volume 86, 1899. |
| | | | Volume 87, 1900. |
| | | | Volume 88, 1901. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 47 | | | Volume 89, 1902. |
| | | | Volume 90, 1903. |
| | | Anna E. Ramsey: |
| | | | Volume 91, 1865. |
| | | | Volume 92, 1868. |
| | | | Volume 93, 1878-1879. |
| | | | Volume 94. Calling list, 1879-1881. |
| | | | Volume 95, 1880. |
| | | | Volume 96, 1884. |
| | | Marion Ramsey Furness: |
| | | | Volume 97, 1869. |
| | | | Volume 98. Memorandum book, 1878-1898. |
| | | | Calling list, 1887-1892. |
| | | | Volume 99. Calling list, 1894-1901. |
| | | Rebecca and Laura Furness: |
| | | | Volume 100, 1893-1894. |
| | | Laura Furness: |
| | | | Volume 101, 1895. |
| | | | Volume 102, 1903. |
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| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 48 | Letter books: |
| | | Volume 103, May 1850-April 1852. |
| | | Volume 104. Secretary of War, December 1879-July 1880. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 49 | | Volume 105. Secretary of War, July 1880-March 1881. |
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| | Financial records: |
| | | Volume 106. Real estate, 1849-1859. |
| | | Volume 107. Leases, 1862-1879. |
| | | Volume 108. Tax assessments, St. Paul, 1873-1901. |
| | | Volume 109. Rent collections, 1897-1903. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 50 | | Volume 110. Ledger, 1849-1871. |
| | | Volume 111. Ledger, 1857-1876. |
| | | Volume 112. Journal, 1857-1865. |
| | | Volume 113. Journal, 1866-1873. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 51 | | Volume 114. Daybook, 1867-1875. |
| | | Volume 115. Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 1852-1854. |
| | | Volume 116. Reverend E.D. Neill Fund, 1856? |
| | | Volume 117: |
| | | | Notes receivable, 1856-1901. |
| | | | Notes payable, 1857-1861. |
| | | Volume 118: |
| | | | Drug store daybook, 1855. |
| | | | Alexander Ramsey and Company, 1855-1860. |
| | | Hastings Mill: |
| | | | Volume 119. Journal, 1857-1858. |
| | | | Volume 120. Cash book, 1857-1858. |
| | | | Volume 121. Ledger, 1857. |
| | | | Volume 122. Ledger, 1857-1858. |
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| | Miscellaneous volumes: |
| | | Volume 123. Justus C. Ramsey bookstore and real estate account book, 1849-1853. |
| | | Volume 124. Anna Furness account book, 1894-1900. |
| | | Volume 125. Justus C. Ramsey estate book, 1881-1882. |
| | | Volume 126. Anna E. Ramsey estate book, 1885-1886. |
| | | Volume 127. Alexander Ramsey estate book, 1903-1905. |
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| | Scrapbooks: |
| | | Volume 128. Pennsylvania election returns, 1838-1847. |
| | | Volume 129. Miscellaneous, 1840-1902. |
| | | Volume 130. Miscellaneous, 1850-1886. |
| | | Volume 131. United States Senate debate, May 1866. |
| | | Volume 132. Utah Commission, 1882-1885. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 52 | | Volume 133. Reminiscences of early Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 1899. |
| | | Volume 134. Reminiscences of early Minnesota, 1899-1901. |
| | | Volume 135. Anna Furness programs, 1890-1902. |
| | | Volume 136. Anna Furness programs, 1902-1909. |
| | | Volume 137. Laura Furness miscellaneous, 1893-1907. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 53 | | Volume 138. Laura Furness programs, 1894-1914. |
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| | School notebooks: |
| | | Marion Ramsey: |
| | | | Volume 139. English grammar, 1865-1866. |
| | | | Volume 140. Penmanship, March-April 1866. |
| | | | Volume 141. Spelling and Latin, November 1866. |
| | | | Volume 142. List of books, 1868. |
| | | | Volume 143. German, September 1869. |
| | | | Volume 144. Italian, 1870. |
| | | Anna Furness: |
| | | | Volume 145. French history, undated. |
| | | | Volume 146. Art history lecture notes, undated. |
| | | | Volume 147. Architecture lecture notes, undated. |
| | | | Volume 148. School reports, 1885-1886. |
| | | | Volume 149. French Revolution, 1894. |
| | | | | Includes favorite poems and quotations (undated). |
| | | | Volume 150. French exercises, 1895-1896. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 54 | | | Volume 151. Religious quotations and poems, 1895-1896. |
| | | | Volume 152. Religious quotations, 1896. |
| | | Laura Furness: |
| | | | Volume 153. Art history, 1900-1901? |
| | | | Volume 154. Realism in Fiction, 1902. |
| | | | Volume 155. Pencil sketches, undated. |
| | | | Volume 156. Recipe book, undated. |
| | | | Volume 157. Recipe book, 1865. |
| | | | Volume 158. List of names for Ramsey County, undated. |
| | | | Volume 159. Minnesota Republicans, 1870. |
| | | | Volume 160. Inventory of Charles E. Furness library, 1886. |
| | | | Volume 161. Program on the completion of the Great Northern Railway, 1893. |
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| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 55 | Library pamphlets: |
| | | Only the first page of each pamphlet is reproduced on the microfilm. Complete original records can be found individually cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society catalog and under the title "Ramsey pamphlets collection, 1828-1901." This series consists of 933 unbound pamphlets and 1374 pamphlets bound in 40 volumes. |
| | | A-Z. |
| | | | Alphabetical by individual or organization. |
| | | Volumes 1-5, 1864-1872. |
| | | | Not in strict chronological order. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 56 | | Volumes 6-24. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203 | 57 | | Volumes 25-40. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Catalog cards of Minnesota Historical Society holdings, library and manuscript materials relating to Ramsey, 1974? |
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| Location | Reel |
| M203-A | 1 | Research note cards: |
| | | These cards were created during the production of the microfilm. |
| | | Chronology cards, undated, 1834-1860. |
| | | | Abstract the contents of selected manuscript items and/or identify the dates on which significant events occurred. Each card usually includes the date and author of the item. Most of these cards were made by the Minnesota Historical Society before the production of the microfilm edition. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203-A | 2 | | Chronology cards, 1861-1869. |
| Location | Reel |
| M203-A | 3 | | Chronology cards, 1870-1903. |
| | | Author cards, |
| | | | Filed alphabetically. Identifies the author of an item or selected items and may contain biographical or historical information. The author cards were created by the Minnesota Historical Society during the production of the microfilm edition. |
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| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 1 | Territorial Governorship Period (1849-1853): |
| | | Appointments: |
| | | | General. |
| | | | Commissioners of Deeds. |
| | | | County offices. |
| | | | Justices of the Peace. |
| | | | Librarian. |
| | | | Notaries public. |
| | | Commissions. |
| | | Letters received: |
| | | | Administration of justice. |
| | | | Buildings. |
| | | | Federal civilian agencies. |
| | | | Habeas Corpus at Fort Snelling. |
| | | | Indian and military affairs. |
| | | | Legislative Assembly. |
| | | | Other territorial affairs. |
| | | Message, January 13, 1852. |
| | | Petitions: |
| | | | Elections. |
| | | | Thanksgiving. |
| | | Proclamations. |
| | | Reports. |
| | | Document transmittals. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 2 | State Governorship Period (1860-1863): |
| | | Volumes: |
| | | | Journal, 1849-1853. 1 volume. |
| | | | Messages to the Legislature, 1849-1853. 1 volume. |
| | | | Bills of Legislature Acted Upon, 1849-1863. 1 volume. |
| | | | Civil Appointments, 1849-1859. 1 volume. |
| | | | Civil Appointments, 1858-1880. 1 volume. |
| | | | Journal A, 1860-1862. 1 volume. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 3 | | | Journal B, January-July, 1863. 1 volume. |
| | | | Proclamations, Messages, etc., 1860-1863. 1 volume. |
| | | | Letters, Military (railroads), 1860-1863. 1 volume. |
| | | | Daily Journal, 1862 -1863. 1 volume. |
| | | Accounts: |
| | | | January-March, 1860. |
| | | | April-December, 1860. |
| | | | 1861. |
| | | | 1862. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 4 | | Appointments (civil): |
| | | | State officials. |
| | | | Local officials. |
| | | | Commissioners of deeds. |
| | | | Notaries public. |
| | | | Soldiers Vote Commissioners. |
| | | | Resignations. |
| | | Appointments (military): |
| | | | General. |
| | | | Cavalry and Mounted Rangers. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 5 | | | Infantry: |
| | | | | 1st Regiment. |
| | | | | 2nd Regiment, General and Surgeons. |
| | | | | 3rd Regiment, General. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 6 | | | | 3rd Regiment, Individuals. |
| | | | | 3rd Regiment, Chaplains and Surgeons. |
| | | | | 3rd or 4th Regiment, General, Chaplains, Surgeons. |
| | | | | 4th Regiment. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 7 | | | | 5th Regiment. |
| | | | | 6th Regiment. |
| | | | | 7th Regiment. |
| | | | | 8th Regiment. |
| | | | | 9th Regiment. |
| | | | | 10th Regiment. |
| | | | Medical and hospital. |
| | | | Other units. |
| | | Letters received (civil affairs): |
| | | | Ramsey to Donnelly. |
| | | | Donnelly to Ramsey. |
| | | | Legislature. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 8 | | | State officials. |
| | | | President of the United States. |
| | | | Federal civilian agencies: Interior. |
| | | | Federal civilian agencies: Other. |
| | | | Other states. |
| | | Letters about: |
| | | | Emigration. |
| | | | Lands and railroads. |
| | | | Local government. |
| | | | Requests for assistance. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 9 | | | State purchases. |
| | | | Other. |
| | | Letters received (Civil War): |
| | | | War Department. |
| | | | Adjutant General's Office; Quartermaster General's Office. |
| | | | Other higher commands. |
| | | | District of Minnesota. |
| | | | 1st Regiment, 1861. |
| | | | 1st Regiment, 1862. |
| | | | 2nd Regiment. |
| | | | 3rd Regiment. |
| | | | 4th Regiment. |
| Location | Box |
| M204 | 10 | | | 5th Regiment. |
| | | | Sharpshooters. |
| | | | Other Minnesota units. |
| | | Letters about: |
| | | | Draft and local conditions. |
| | | | Offers to serve or to raise men. |
| | | | Sick and wounded. |
| | | Letters received (Indian affairs): |
| | | | Indian agencies, military posts and units: |
| | | | | 1860-July, 1862. |
| | | | | August, 1862. |
| | | | | September 1-15, 1862. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 11 | | | | September 16-30, 1862. |
| | | | | October 1862-June 1863. |
| | | | Local residents and others: |
| | | | | 1860-July, 1862. |
| | | | | August, 1862. |
| | | | | September, 1862. |
| | | | | October, 1862-June 1863. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 12 | | Copies of letters sent. |
| | | Opinions of the attorney general, 1860-1863. |
| | | Pardon and other criminal papers: |
| | | | A-Z. |
| | | | Other. |
| | | | Bilansky, A. |
| Location | Reel |
| M204 | 13 | | | Bunce, J. D. |
| | | | Dunphy, C. |
| | | | Kriegler, H. |
| | | | Maher, P. |
| | | Petitions. |
| | | Reports: Board of Prison Inspectors. |
| | | Requisitions, 1860-1863. |
| | | Document transmittals and acknowledgements. |
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| 130.A.13.5B | 3 | Ramsey papers and records cards. |
| | | These cards were created during the production of the microfilm. Boxes 1 and 2 contain similar research note cards for other microfilmed collections held by the Minnesota Historical Society. |
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| 146.F.16.1B | 1 | Genealogy, undated. 4 folders. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Correspondence and miscellaneous papers: |
| | | undated. 12 folders. |
| | | 1829-April 1844. 6 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.2F | 2 | | May 1844-April 1851. 27 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.3B | 3 | | May 1851-December 1853. 24 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.4F | 4 | | Ramsey investigation, July-October 1853. 4 folders. |
| | | January 1854-May 1860. 22 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.5B | 5 | | June 1860-September 1863. 27 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.6F | 6 | | October 1863-undated 1869. 26 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.7B | 7 | | January 1869-December 1870. 28 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.8F | 8 | | January 1871-June 1878. 24 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.9B | 9 | | July 1878-December 1880. 31 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.10F | 10 | | January 1881-December 1888. 29 folders. |
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| 146.F.16.11B | 11 | | January 1889-October 1895. 28 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.16.12F | 12 | | November 1895-December 1897. 9 folders. |
| | | Germania Bank, undated, 1897-1909. 4 folders. |
| | | January 1898-1900. 11 folders. |
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| 146.F.16.13B | 13 | | January 1901-December 1903. 15 folders. |
| | | Alexander Ramsey estate, 1903-1904. 4 folders. |
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| | Duplicates and related papers (unfilmed), undated, 1849-1904. 2 folders. |
| | | Includes original documents, typewritten transcriptions of documents, and photocopies of newspaper clippings. |
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| | First Day postage stamp covers: |
| | | These apparently were not microfilmed. |
| | | Minnesota Territorial Centennial, 1949. 6 envelopes. |
| | | Mt. Vernon, 1956. 1 envelope. |
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| | Volumes: |
| | | Volumes 1-32. |
| | | | See published guide for volume titles and dates. |
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| 146.F.16.14F | 14 | | Volumes 33-69. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.17.1B | 15 | | Volumes 70-102. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.17.2F | 16 | | Volumes 103-106, 108-110. |
| Location | Box |
| 146.F.17.3B | 17 | | Volumes 111-119. |
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| 146.F.17.4F | 18 | | Volumes 120-128, 130-135. |
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| 146.F.17.5B | 19 | | Volumes 136-138. |
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| 146.B.20.4F | 20 | | Volumes 139-158, 160-161. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.E.19.2F | 21 | | Volumes 107, 129, 159. |
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| P824 | 22 | Correspondence and miscellaneous papers: |
| | | Materials in boxes 22-38 have not been microfilmed and are open to general use. |
| | | undated, 1838-1901. 2 folders. |
| | | | Contains photocopies of Ramsey letters housed in other repositories, including letters to Thomas H. Burrowes, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, concerning Pennsylvania county elections (1838) and to F.J. Burton, New York, detailing Ramsey's senate elections and service (1879). Includes several deeds and leases to land in St. Paul (1889, 1893, 1900) and Ramsey's 1894 income tax return. |
| | | Applications sent to Ramsey as Secretary of War, 1862, 1879-1881. |
| | | | Photocopies of a letter to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton recommending David Kennedy and signed by Ramsey and William Windom (1862) and a series of appointment applications sent to Ramsey as Secretary of War (1879-1881). |
| | | 1904-1906. 10 folders. |
| | | | Papers from 1904 to 1935 concern legal, financial, personal and social affairs of the Ramsey and Furness families. They concern the activities of the Alexander Ramsey Estate, Inc. and its secretary, W.H. Yardley, and monthly rental statements for estate property (1905-1920). Other papers deal with the Kansas City Railways Company's 1925 reorganization and several revisions of Marion's, Anna's, and Laura's wills (1920, 1927). Personal papers include correspondence between family members as well as with numerous relatives and friends; household, clothing and travel bills and receipts; passports and itineraries; and invitations. They particularly detail Marion's and her daughters' many trips to Europe, Ramsey Furness's railroad work in Washington (1904) and his 1907 marriage, and the deaths of Charles Furness (1909), Ramsey (1916), and Marion (1935). |
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| P824 | 23 | | 1907-1913. 13 folders. |
| | | | Includes correspondence with Rebecca Flandreau (1910); Marjorie M. Anderson of Glasgow, Scotland, detailing her activities in the women's suffrage movement and the British Liberal Party (1910); and Charles M. Flandrau (dating from 1904 to 1935) describing his travels in Mexico (in 1913 he describes the Mexican Revolution), Europe, Russia (1908), and Brazil (1910), and his meetings with F. Scott Fitzgerald (1920) and Henrik Ibsen and Claude Monet (in a 1925 letter). Also includes papers concerning Marion's and Anna's membership in the National Association of Colonial Dames of America in Minnesota and Pennsylvania (1909-1935). |
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| P824 | 24 | | 1914-1923. 12 folders. |
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| P824 | 25 | | 1924-1931. 11 folders. |
| | | | Includes materials relating to Anna's Women's City Club of St. Paul membership (1926-1935) and Marion's appointment to the state legislative commission assigned to erect a statue of Alexander Ramsey on the capitol grounds (1928-1935), the latter of which includes a copy of Cass Gilbert's recommendation for the statue's location (1929). |
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| P824 | 26 | | 1932-1937. 11 folders. |
| | | | Details Marion's Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union activities (1933-1935), including a 1933 meeting with President and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt. |
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| P824 | 27 | | 1938-1947. 11 folders. |
| | | | 1936-1965: Includes legal and financial papers relating to the dissolution of the Alexander Ramsey Estate, Inc. (1937) and its replacement by the Anna E.R. Furness and Laura Furness Agency, and later (after Laura's 1959 death) by the Anna E.R. Furness Agency. There are also more revisions to Anna's and Laura's wills (1936-1960), numerous letters and documents concerning the estate of their aunts, Rebecca Thwing Furness (1937) and Laura Furness (1945-1952), and correspondence detailing a donation to the Tyrone Guthrie (Theater) Foundation Construction Fund (1961-1963) and the establishment of two Alexander Ramsey High School scholarships (1961). The papers document the Furnesses' foreign trips, particularly to England, Europe, the West Indies (1952), Alaska (1959), and Scotland (1960); contains more correspondence with T.S. Eliot and his wife, Valerie (1948-1960), and with Marjorie M. Anderson (1948); and begins a series of letters from Frederica Landon (1950-1964). |
| | | | Correspondence concerning Marion's death continues in 1936 and further letters follow the death of Ramsey Furness' wife, Berenice Wyeth Furness Merchant (1940) and of Laura (1959). Also included are Laura's 1943 ration book, a 1943 letter containing two 1863 letters written by Marion, an invitation to the 100th anniversary celebration of Alexander and Anna Ramsey's arrival in Minnesota (1949), and a series of 1960s Christmas cards featuring photographs of the two Furness daughters and the Ramsey House. |
| | | | Papers continue Anna's membership in the Women's City Club of St. Paul and the National Association of Colonial Dames of America, and detail her Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union membership, including her vice-regency of Minnesota (1940) and a visit with Eleanor Roosevelt (1941), and her service on the St. Paul Unity Church's window subcommittee (1962). There are also a great number of papers concerning Laura's Minnesota Historical Society's membership (1945-1959), including her service on the Committee for the Preservation of Historical Buildings, executive council, honors committee, and honorary council; and a series of letters from Gwyn Champsaur, Les Andelys, France (1945-1962), detailing the Furness' aid to that area through the Unitarian Service Committee. The latter also detail life in postwar Europe. |
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| P824 | 28 | | 1948-1953. 12 folders. |
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| P824 | 29 | | 1954-1958. 10 folders. |
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| P824 | 30 | | 1959-August 1961. 11 folders. |
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| P824 | 31 | | September 1961-March 1964, 1965. 9 folders. |
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| | Copies: |
| | | Alexander Ramsey diaries, 1849-1850. 2 folders. |
| | | | Handwritten transcripts by Marion R. Furness. |
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| P824 | 32 | | Alexander Ramsey diaries, 1850-1855, 1860-1863. 11 folders. |
| | | | Includes photostatic copy and typed transcript of the 1850 diary; a typed transcript of the 1851 diary; and Marion Furness's handwritten transcripts of the remaining years. |
| | | Guest book, 1894-1901. |
| | | | Typescript. |
| | | Anna E.R. Furness daybooks, 1952-1964. |
| | | | Typescript; mainly one-line entries detailing each day's schedule. |
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| P824 | 33 | Christmas greeting cards: |
| | | |
| | | A-W, undated. 3 folders. |
| | | | Includes cards from Governor Elmer L. Andersen, Julian Baird, Grace Flandrau, Frederica and Harold Landon, Frank D. Marzitelli, Frances Rowe, and Cleora Wheeler. |
| | | Alma C. Haupt, undated, 1941-1952. |
| | | | Features her drawings. |
| | | Margaret C. Metcalf, undated, 1922-1955. 2 folders. |
| | | | Contains her poems and drawings. |
| | | Michael W. Strauss, undated. |
| | | | Includes family photographs. |
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| P824 | 34 | Volumes: |
| | | Marion R. Furness diaries: |
| | | | The diaries describe Marion's family, social, business, and church activities, including the family's numerous trips to the East Coast and Europe and Marion's membership in the National Association of Colonial Dames of America in Minnesota. There are also entries for her son Ramsey's wedding (1907) and for the deaths of her husband Charles (1909) and Ramsey (1916). |
| | | | Volume 162, June, December 1904. |
| | | | | Old volume 82. |
| | | | Volume 163, 1905. |
| | | | | Old volume 83. |
| | | | Volume 164, 1906. |
| | | | | Old volume 84. |
| | | | Volume 165, 1907. |
| | | | | Old volume 85. |
| | | | Volume 166, 1908. |
| | | | | Old volume 86. |
| | | | Volume 167, 1909. |
| | | | | Old volume 87. |
| | | | Volume 168, 1910. |
| | | | | Old volume 88. |
| | | | Volume 169, 1911. |
| | | | | Old volume 89. |
| | | | Volume 170, 1912. |
| | | | | Old volume 90. |
| | | | Volume 171, 1913. |
| | | | | Old volume 91. |
| | | | Volume 172, 1914. |
| | | | | Old volume 92. |
| | | | Volume 173, 1915. |
| | | | | Old volume 93. |
| | | | Volume 174, 1916. |
| | | | | Old volume 94. |
| | | | Volume 175, 1917. |
| | | | | Old volume 95. |
| | | | Volume 176, 1918. |
| | | | | Old volume 96. |
| | | | Volume 177, 1919. |
| | | | | Old volume 97. |
| | | | Volume 178, 1920. |
| | | | | Old volume 98. |
| | | | Volume 179, May 21-August 2, 1920. |
| | | | | Old volume 98a. |
| | | | Volume 180, August 3-September 16, 1920. |
| | | | | Old volume 98b. |
| | | | Volume 181, 1921. |
| | | | | Old volume 99. |
| | | | Volume 182, 1922. |
| | | | | Old volume 100. |
| | | | Volume 183, 1923. |
| | | | | Old volume 101. |
| | | | Volume 184, 1924. |
| | | | | Old volume 102. |
| | | | Volume 185, 1925. |
| | | | | Old volume 103. |
| | | | Volume 186, 1926. |
| | | | | Old volume 104. |
| | | | Volume 187, 1927. |
| | | | | Old volume 105. |
| | | | Volume 188, 1928. |
| | | | | Old volume 106. |
| | | | Volume 189, 1929. |
| | | | | Old volume 107. |
| | | | Volume 190, 1930. |
| | | | | Old volume 108. |
| | | | Volume 191, 1931. |
| | | | | Old volume 109. |
| | | | Volume 192, 1932. |
| | | | | Old volume 110. |
| | | | Volume 193, 1933. |
| | | | | Old volume 111. |
| | | | Volume 194, 1934. |
| | | | | Old volume 112. |
| | | | Volume 195, 1935. |
| | | | | Old volume 113. |
| | | Volume 196. Marion R. Furness Colonial Dames memo book, 1908-1915. |
| | | | Old volume 228. Includes monthly meeting notes. |
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| P824 | 35 | | Laura Furness diaries: |
| | | | The diaries describe Laura's family, social, business, and church activities and include numerous trip journals. |
| | | | Volume 197, 1904. |
| | | | | Old volume 117. |
| | | | Volume 198, 1905. |
| | | | | Old volume 118. |
| | | | Volume 199, July-August 1905. |
| | | | | Old volume 119; visit to France. |
| | | | Volume 200, January-May 1908. |
| | | | | Old volume 120. |
| | | | Volume 201, 1911-1915. |
| | | | | Old volume 121. |
| | | | Volume 202, May-June 1911. |
| | | | | Old volume 122; Mediterranean trip. |
| | | | Volume 203, 1916-1920. |
| | | | | Old volume 123. |
| | | | Volume 204, 1921-1925. |
| | | | | Old volume 124. |
| | | | Volume 205, 1926-1930. |
| | | | | Old volume 125. |
| | | | Volume 206, July-October 1929. |
| | | | | Old volume 126; visit to France and Germany. |
| | | | Volume 207, 1931-1935. |
| | | | | Old volume 127. |
| | | | Volume 208, June-September 1931. |
| | | | | Old volume 128; visit to Scandinavia and France. |
| | | | Volume 209, 1936. |
| | | | | Old volume 129. |
| | | | Volume 210, 1937. |
| | | | | Old volume 130. |
| | | | Volume 211, 1938. |
| | | | | Old volume 131. |
| | | | Volume 212, 1938? |
| | | | | Old volume 132; appears to be a diary/notebook. |
| | | | Volume 213, 1939. |
| | | | | Old volume 133. |
| | | | Volume 214, 1940-1944. |
| | | | | Old volume 134. |
| | | | Volume 215, 1945-1949. |
| | | | | Old volume 135. |
| | | | Volume 216, 1950-1954. |
| | | | | Old volume 136. |
| | | | Volume 217, May-June 1950. |
| | | | | Old volume 138; visit to England and France. |
| | | | Volume 218, May-July 1951. |
| | | | | Old volume 139; visit to England. |
| | | | Volume 219, February-March 1952. |
| | | | | Old volume 140; visit to West Indies. |
| | | | Volume 220, September 1953. |
| | | | | Old volume 141; visit to France. |
| | | | Volume 221, September-October 1953. |
| | | | | Old volume 142; visit to England and Scotland. |
| | | | Volume 222, 1955-1959. |
| | | | | Old volume 143. |
| | | | Volume 223, May 1955. |
| | | | | Old volume 137; visit to Ireland. |
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| P824 | 36 | | | Volume 224, August-October 1956. |
| | | | | Old volume 144; visit to East Coast and England. |
| | | Laura Furness miscellaneous volumes: |
| | | | Volume 22. Memo book, 1910-1938. |
| | | | | Old volume 229. Mainly an incomplete listing of Christmas gifts given. |
| | | | Volume 226. Personal ledger, 1944-1951. |
| | | | | Old volume 172. |
| | | Anna E.R. Furness miscellaneous volumes: |
| | | | Volume 227. French grammar, 1904. |
| | | | | Old volume 218. |
| | | | Volume 228. French grammar, 1904. |
| | | | | Old volume 219. |
| | | | Volume 229. History of art lecture notes, 1911. |
| | | | | Old volume 220. |
| | | | Volume 230. History of art lecture notes, 1914-1915. |
| | | | | Old volume 221. |
| | | | Volume 239. Memorial book, 1964. |
| | | | | Old volume 244. Includes signatures of those attending her memorial service. |
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| P824 | 37 | | Anna E.R. Furness scrapbooks of theatrical programs: |
| | | | Volume 231, 1909-1914. |
| | | | | Old volume 198. |
| | | | Volume 232, 1910-1918. |
| | | | | Old volume 199. |
| | | | Volume 233, 1913-1920. |
| | | | | Old volume 200. |
| | | | Volume 234, 1918-1922. |
| | | | | Old volume 201. |
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| P824 | 38 | | | Volume 235, 1920-1925. |
| | | | | Old volume 202. |
| | | | Volume 236, 1925-1929. |
| | | | | Old volume 203. |
| | | | Volume 237, 1929-1932. |
| | | | | Old volume 204. |
| | | | Volume 238, 1932-1937. |
| | | | | Old volume 205. |
| | | Alexander Ramsey Estate, Inc. : |
| | | | Volume 240. Petty cash book, 1907-1933. |
| | | | | Old volume 186. |
| | | | Volume 241. Investment record, 1912-1927? |
| | | | | Old volume 177. |
| | | | Volume 242. Investment record, 1916-1927? |
| | | | | Old volume 178. |
| | | Furness family investment records: |
| | | | Volume 243, approximately 1907-1935. |
| | | | | Old volume 179. |
| | | | Volume 244, approximately 1932-1934. |
| | | | | Old volume 180. |
| | | Miscellaneous volumes: |
| | | | Volume 245. American Unitarian Committee listing of packages and funds sent overseas, 1946-1952. |
| | | | | Old volume 238; list numbers 32-99, noting dates and contents of each package. |
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| P824 | 37 | | | Volume 246. Portfolio of clippings, regarding theatrical events and Women's City Club, approximately 1920s-approximately 1930s. |
| | | | | Old volume 194; likely kept by Anna E.R. Furness. |
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| P824 | 36 | | | Volume 247. Katherine M. Abbott journal, April 28-June 9, 1929. |
| | | | | Old volume 145; kept while on trip to France with Laura Furness and other friends. |
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| 146.K.9.13B | 41 | Correspondence and miscellany, 1860-1980. |
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| | Laura and Anna Furness postcards, undated, 1912-1925. |
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| | William Furness (?) copybook, 1780? |
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| | Marion Ramsey copybooks, 1868-1870. |
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| | Laura Furness copybook, 1893-1894. |
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| | Mount Vernon Ladies Association materials, 1940-1953. 5 folders. |
| | | Includes correspondence, financial papers, and reports. |
| | | Anna Furness served as the association's vice regent. |
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| | Oral history interviews with Ramsey House servants, 1976-2001. 1 folder and 2 audiocassettes. |
| | | Includes two letters and interview transcripts containing recollections of former servants Dorothy Andersen (2001), Jennie Olstad Haroldsen (1976), Vera Utz Noggle (2001), Ethel Otte Neumann (undated), Dorothy Hummel (1991), Jenny Walen (1991), and Charlotte Carlson (1979-1980). The two cassettes are of the Haroldsen and Walen/Hummel interviews. |
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| +77 | 1 | 1. Plat of Anna E. Ramsey's addition to the city of St. Paul, undated. |
| | | Surveyed and drawn by Elmer and Newell; scale: 1" = 150'; area bounded by Summit, Hamline, Marshall and Lexington avenues. |
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| | 2. Plat of Anna E. Ramsey's addition to the city of St. Paul, undated. |
| | | Scale: 1" = 150'; area bounded by Summit, Hamline, Marshall and Lexington avenues. |
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| | 3. Plat of Anna E. Ramsey's addition and Wright's rearrangement to the city of St. Paul, undated. |
| | | Scale: 1" = 150'; area bounded by Summit, Hamline, Marshall and Lexington avenues. |
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| | 4. Plat of enlargement of Anna E. Ramsey's addition to St. Paul, undated. |
| | | Scale: 1" = 100'; area bounded by Hamline, Laurel, Griggs and Summit avenues. |
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| | 5. Plat of Ramsey's subdivision of Block 21, Stimson, Brown and Ramsey's additions to St. Paul, undated. |
| | | Scale: 1" = 60'; area bounded by Clifton, Jefferson, View and Palace streets. |
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| | 6. Plat of Furness' garden lots, St. Paul, undated. |
| | | Scale: 1" = 200'; area bounded by Hazel, East, Larpenteur and Phalen avenues. |
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| | 7. Plat, portion of St. Paul, undated. |
| | | Area bounded by Oneida, Jefferson, Richmond, and Barton streets. |
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| | 8. Poster, "One Country, One Flag," undated. |
| | | Designed by Colonel A.P. Connolly, U.S. Grant Post 28, Grand Army of the Republic. |
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| | 9. Plat of land in section 1, township 28, range 23, undated. |
| | | Fragment? |
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| | 10. Map of routes of the Northern Pacific and the Lake Superior and Mississippi railroad lines near Duluth, Minnesota, undated. |
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| | 11. Outline map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its connections, by Alfred J. Hill, undated. |
| | | Scale: 1" = about 100 miles; covers northern United States, showing proposed branches. Another copy is separately cataloged. |
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| | 12. Map of the central portion of Duluth, Minnesota, showing position of breakwater as recommended by U.S. Engineers and proposed location of canal and interior harbor, undated. |
| | | Also shows proposed Northern Pacific Railroad route. May have been drawn by Charles H. Graves. |
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| | 13. Newspaper clipping about Ramsey House, undated. |
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| +77 | 2 | 14. Women's Journal and Suffrage News, June 14, 1914. |
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| | 15. Biography of Alexander Ramsey by Martin W. Odland, September 25-December 4, 1927. |
| | | Ten chapters from the Minneapolis Tribune. |
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| | 16. Deed, George N. Eckert to Charles A. Snyder for land in Pinegrove Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1837. |
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| | 17. Deed poll, John Fox to William Root and Company for land in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1842. |
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| | 18. Broadside, "David Umberger, der Loko Foko Candidat fur Congress", July 30, 1842. |
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| | 19. Plan of the United States House of Representatives, 1843-1847? |
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| | 20. Broadside "Astounding Disclosure!" October 1, 1844. |
| | | For Pennsylvania congressional campaign of 1844. |
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| | 21. Broadside circular address of the Whig State Central Committee of Pennsylvania, by Alexander Ramsey, chairman, 1848. |
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| | 22. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey governor of Minnesota Territory, April 2, 1849. |
| | | Signed by Zachary Taylor. |
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| | 23. Commission, special engraving of Ramsey's commission appointing him governor of Minnesota Territory, April 2, 1849. |
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| | 24. Mortgage, Alexander Ramsey to Bank of Middleton for land in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1849. |
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| +77 | 3 | 25. Abstract of disbursements for current expenses made by Alexander Ramsey as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, third quarter, 1849, September 30, 1849. |
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| +77 | 4 | 26. Account current of the United States with Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, third quarter, 1849, September 30, 1849. |
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| +77 | 5 | 27. Abstract of disbursements for current expenses made by Alexander Ramsey as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, fourth quarter, 1849, December 31, 1849. |
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| +77 | 6 | 28. Account current of the United States with Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, fourth quarter, 1849, December 31, 1849. |
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| Location | Folder |
| +77 | 7 | 29. Minnesota Territory commission form, 1850. |
| | | Blank. |
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| | 30. Commission re-appointing Alexander Ramsey governor of Minnesota Territory, January 9, 1850. |
| | | Signed by Zachary Taylor. |
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| | 31. Abstract of disbursements for current expenses, made by Alexander Ramsey , Superintendent of Indian Affairs, first quarter, 1850, March 31, 1850. |
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| | 32. Account current of the United States with Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, first quarter, 1850, March 31, 1850. |
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| | 33. Abstract of disbursements for current expenses, made by Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, second quarter, 1850, June 30, 1850. |
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| | 34. Account current of the United States with Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, second quarter, 1850. June 30, 1850. |
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| +77 | 8 | 35. Deed transferring federal land grant in section 23, township 27, range 21, Stillwater District, Minnesota from George Rheim (or Ruhm, Rheem) to Justus C. Ramsey, January 10, 1851. |
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| | 36. Deed transferring federal land grant in section 14, township 29, range 21, Stillwater District, Minnesota, from Johann (or John) Fischer to Justus C. Ramsey, June 5, 1851. |
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| | 37. Deed transferring federal land grant in section 35, township 29, range 23, St. Croix Falls District, Wisconsin, from Washington Waters to William Henry Forbes, February 7, 1852. |
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| | 38. Warranty deed transferring land in Rice and Irvine's addition to St. Paul from Henry M. Rice, John R. Irvine, Alexander Wilkin, Charles E. Rittenhouse, Charles W. Pairs, and others to Justus C. Ramsey, April 22, 1852. |
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| | 39. Deed transferring federal land grant in section 17, township 29, range 22, Stillwater District from William Graham to James McBoal and Justus C. Ramsey, October 4, 1852. |
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| | 40. Deed transferring federal land grant in section 23, township 27, range 21, Stillwater District, from Uriah Hildebrand to Justus C. Ramsey, October 4, 1852. |
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| | 41. Deed, Robert P. Miller to Alexander Ramsey for land in sections 18 and 19, township 32, range 25, Benton County, Stillwater District, July 11, 1854. |
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| | 42. Deed, Justus C. Ramsey to Alexander Ramsey for land in block 16 of Rice and Irvine's addition to St. Paul, August 6, 1854. |
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| +77 | 9 | 43. Plat of Dayton and Irvine's addition to St. Paul, March 1855. |
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| | 44. Deed, United States to Alexander Ramsey for land in section 14, township 27, range 21, Stillwater District. May 17, 1855. |
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| | 45. Deed transferring federal land grant in section 15, township 28, range 20, Stillwater District from Thomas Duncan to Alexander Ramsey, May 17, 1855. |
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| | 46. Deed, United States to Alexander Ramsey for land in sections 18 and 19, township 32, range 25, Stillwater District, October 23, 1855. |
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| | 47. Deed transferring federal land grant in sections 29 and 32, township 32, range 25, Stillwater District from Henry Allhorn to Alexander Ramsey, October 23, 1855. |
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| | 48. Deed transferring federal land grant in section 29, township 32, range 25, Stillwater District, from Heman Moore to Alexander Ramsey, October 23, 1855. |
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| | 48A. Printed plat of the village of Bancroft, Freeborn County, Minnesota Territory, with manuscript annotations showing lots owned by Alexander Ramsey and Justus C. Ramsey, approximately 1856. |
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| | 49. Map of the Great Lakes region, 1857? |
| | | Facsimile of a map made by Jesuit missionaries in 1670 and 1671 and published in Paris in 1672; handwritten note: "to accompany Wisconsin & Lake Superior". |
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| | 50. Map of Lake Superior with its railroad and steamboat connections, by J.L. Hazzard, 1857? |
| | | Handwritten note: "to accompany the new work on Wisconsin & Lake Superior. 2nd edition". |
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| | 51. Map of Minnesota by J.H. Young showing lands of the Dakota or Sioux Indians, 1857? |
| | | Dakota and Blue Earth reserves outlined in red ink. |
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| +77 | 10 | 52. Deed transferring federal land grant in section 26, township 114, range 26, Henderson District from Elizabeth Ogg to James Brophy, February 3, 1860. |
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| | 53. Sketch of public surveys in the state of Minnesota by L. Nutting, Surveyor General, August 25, 1865. |
| | | Scale: 1" = 18 miles; showing current and proposed routes of the St. Paul & and Pacific Railroad. |
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| | 54. St. Paul post office financial statement for 1860 and 1865, 1866? |
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| | 55. Honorary membership certificate to Alexander Ramsey from the Friendship Fire Company of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1866. |
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| | 56. Newspaper clipping "The Climate of Puget Sound" from the Washington Standard supplement, September 28, 1867. |
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| | 57. Newspaper clipping, "The Coal Fields of Washington Territory" from the Washington Standard supplement, October 19, 1867. |
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| | 58. Drawing by Major and Brevet Colonel J.B. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, of a crib for Marquette (Michigan) harbor, 1868. |
| | | Shows plans, side elevations, sections, end view, dovetails, and bill of materials. |
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| | 59. Broadside, "Executor's Sale of Desirable Bank Stock and Other Personal Property" from the estate of Michael B. Jenks of Newtown, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1868. |
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| | 60. Diagram of the Falls of St. Anthony, with geological description, by G.K. Warren, Major of Engineers, June 27, 1868. |
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| | 61. Commission designating Alexander Ramsey as Special Commissioner on behalf of the United States Post Office to negotiate with the General Post Department of France, June 17, 1869. |
| | | Signed by John A.J. Creswell. |
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| | 62. Passport issued to Alexander Ramsey and family, June 18, 1869. |
| | | Signed by Hamilton Fish. |
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| | 63. Safe conduct paper announcing Alexander Ramsey as bearer of dispatches from the United States Legation at Paris to the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., November 2, 1869. |
| | | Signed by E.B. Washburne. |
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| +77 | 11 | 64. Copy of a memorial to Congress from the Minnesota delegation asking for an appropriation to improve Duluth Harbor at the west end of Lake Superior, April 26, 1870? |
| | | Attached to a map showing major transportation lines in the northern United States and southern Canada by W.P. Thompson. |
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| | 65. Map showing entry to Bay Superior, west end of Lake Superior showing survey of channel depths made July 1869 by Captain James W. Cuyler, United States Corps of Engineers, April 26, 1870? |
| | | Scale: 1" = 200'. |
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| | 66. Broadside plan for the safe delivery of letters from foreign countries by Oliver Evans Woods, 1871. |
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| | 67. Financial statement showing the amount of postage on mail conveyed by Pacific Mail Steamship Company steamers between San Francisco and Japan and China (April 10-December 31, 1870), January 16, 1871. |
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| | 68. Township and railroad map of Minnesota showing proposed and finished track of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, 1874. 2 copies. |
| | | Accompanied by a list of distances of the various branches and the work completed on each. |
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| | 69. Newspaper clipping "The Minnesota Railroads" from the Railroad Gazette, February 7, 1874. |
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| | 70. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey Minnesota trustee of the Antietam National Cemetery, February 7, 1877. |
| | | Signed by John S. Pillsbury. |
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| | 71. Deed granting federal land in section 9, township 29, range 22, Stillwater District to Henry K. Ramsey, July 29, 1878. |
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| | 72. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey as Minnesota delegate to the convention for the Promotion of American Commerce at New Orleans (December 3, 1878), November 27, 1878. |
| | | Signed by John S. Pillsbury; with statement regarding the convention attached. |
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| | 73. Deed granting pew No. 17 to Charles Toppan by the trustees of the First Congregational Society of Unitarian Christians, December 30, 1878. |
| | | Subsequently transferred to Dawes E. Furness and then to Charles E. Furness. |
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| | 74. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey Secretary of War, December 10, 1879. |
| | | Signed by Rutherford B. Hayes. |
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| +77 | 12 | 75. Architectural plans and drawings for the Ramsey House, May 1871. 12 items. |
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| +77 | 13 | 76. Cartoon "A Thanksgiving Picture" with Puck's compliments, from Puck magazine, 1880-1881? |
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| | 77. Newspaper Oesterreichichische Gartenlaube (Wien), May 19, 1880. |
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| | 78. Newspaper Beilage zur Oesterreichichische Gartenlaube (Wien), May 19, 1880. |
| | | Contains article on Alexander Ramsey as Secretary of War. |
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| | 79. Broadside real estate notice of H.S. Fairchild, January 1, 1881. |
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| | 80. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey as Minnesota representative to the Yorktown Centennial Celebration, commencing October 18, 1881, October 8, 1881. |
| | | Signed by John S. Pillsbury. |
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| | 81. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey to the Utah Commission, June 23, 1882. |
| | | Signed by Chester A. Arthur. |
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| | 82. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey director of the St. Paul Public Library, September 12, 1882. |
| | | Signed by Edmund Rice. |
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| | 83. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey as director of the St. Paul Public Library, April 21, 1884. |
| | | Signed by C.D. O'Brien. |
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| | 84. Membership certificate of Alexander Ramsey as a companion of the third class of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, June 5, 1885. |
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| | 85. Newspaper clipping, list of property, Ramsey County, on which taxes are delinquent for the year 1884 from the St. Paul Dispatch, March 5, 1886. |
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| | 86. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey as Minnesota commissioner at the Constitutional Centennial Celebration (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), June 27, 1887. |
| | | Signed by Andrew R. McGill. |
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| | 87. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey as a director of the St. Paul Public Library, April 16, 1888. |
| | | Signed by Robert A. Smith. |
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| | 88. Broadside sample stock certificates relating to the E.H. Hower Banking House, July 8-September 14, 1889. 5 items. |
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| | 89. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey director of the St. Paul Public Library, April 1, 1891. |
| | | Signed by Robert A. Smith. |
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| | 90. Newspaper clipping "City Treasurer's Notice of Redemption expiring August 24, 1896," from the St. Paul Daily Globe, April 11, 1896. |
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| | 91. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey Minnesota delegate to the National Farmers Congress (Indianapolis, Indiana), October 27, 1896. |
| | | Signed by David M. Clough. |
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| | 92. Commission appointing Alexander Ramsey director of the St. Paul Public Library, April 30, 1897. |
| | | Signed by Frank B. Doran. |
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| | 93. Diploma of Laura Furness from St. Paul High School, June 16, 1899. |
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| +77 | 14 | 94. Historical map and tableau containing and showing facts and events of great importance from 1838 to 1902, October 28, 1902. |
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| | 95. Resolution by the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution on the death of Alexander Ramsey, July 21, 1903. |
| | | Signed by Frank G. McMillan. |
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| | 96. Newspaper clipping "Honors Governor Ramsey's Memory" by the Minnesota Historical Society from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 4, 1903. |
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| | 97. Newspaper clippings from Miscellaneous scrapbook volume 129: 1865-1901. 21 items. |
| | | a. Speech of G.S. Orth from the Daily Journal, August 30, 1865. |
| | | b. Complimentary dinner to General J. Meredith Read, Jr., from the Albany Evening Journal, September 15, 1874. |
| | | c. Speech of Alexander Ramsey at the Southern Minnesota Agricultural and Mechanical Fair, September 16, 1874, from the Mankato Weekly Record, September 26, 1874. |
| | | d. Speech of James S. Biery on Decoration Day from Allentown [Pennsylvania], June 1, 1876. |
| | | e. "The Mississippi" from St. Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press, November 30, 1876. |
| | | f. "History of the Lands of Minnesota" by James H. Baker from the St. Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press, February 1878. |
| | | g. "Congressmen and their Residences" from the Washington Evening Star, January 21, 1881. |
| | | h. "Minnesota Senators" from the Minneapolis Tribune, January 27, 1889. |
| | | i. "The Recent Reunions" from the Minneapolis Tribune, September 15, 1890. |
| | | j. "Alexander Ramsey, Rises Above Men," from the St. Paul Dispatch, November 25, 1893. |
| | | k. "Ramsey's Journey from the East to Become Minnesota's Governor" from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 8, 1894. |
| | | l. "In the Year '49, Governor Ramsey's Arrival in Minnesota" from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 29, 1894. |
| | | m. "A Sioux Story of the War" from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 28, 1894. |
| | | n. "Reorganize Our Finances, an address delivered by J. Laurence Laughlin" from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 28, 1894. |
| | | o. "Governor Ramsey, A Distinguished Career" from the Harrisburg Telegraph, September 7, 1895. |
| | | p. Harrisburg Semi-Weekly Telegraph, September 10, 1895. |
| | | | Entire issue. |
| | | q. "Governor Ramsey, A Distinguished Career" from the Harrisburg Telegraph, September 17, 1895. |
| | | r. "Alexander Ramsey, Last of a Galaxy of Patriotic and Noble Men Serving as Governors During the War" from the St. Paul Globe, September 3, 1896. |
| | | s. "Farmer's National Congress" reprint from the Lebanon Daily Report, September 18, 1897? |
| | | t. "Alexander Ramsey, Eighty-four Years" from the St. Paul Globe, September 9, 1899. |
| | | u. "The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux and Its Results" by Thomas Hughes from theMankato Review, September 17, 1901. |
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| | 98. Newspaper clippings from Utah Commission scrapbook volume 132: 1882-1883. 2 items. |
| | | a. "O.J. Hollister's Speech at Provo, November 6, 1882, from the Salt Lake City Daily Tribune, November 12, 1882. |
| | | b. "Singular Senatorial Reasonings" from the Deseret Evening News, March 3, 1883. |
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These documents have not been microfilmed and are therefore open to general use.
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| +77 | 15 | Papers from the Alexander Ramsey Estate: |
| | | 99. Snelling Avenue profile, undated. |
| | | | Vertical scale: 1" = 4'; horizontal scale: 1" = 40'. |
| | | 100. Diagram of lot 14, block 9 of St. Paul, April 12, 1905. |
| | | | Scale: 1" = 10'; surveyed by Fowble & Fitz for W.H. Yardley. |
| | | 101. Map of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 15, township 28, range 23, June 1910. |
| | | | Scale: 1" = 80'; surveyed by Jens Pederson; area bounded by Snelling and Otto avenues. |
| | | 102. Topographic map of Anna E. Ramsey's addition and Wright's rearrangement to the city of St. Paul, December 1910. |
| | | | Scale: 1" = 50'; prepared by Morell & Nichols, landscape architects. |
| | | 102. Map of suggested boulevard along Snelling Avenue, January 1911. |
| | | | By Morell & Nichols. |
| | | 103. Profiles for roads, February 1913. |
| | | | Horizontal scale 1" = 40'; vertical scale: 1" = 4'; by Morell & Nichols. |
| | | 105. Road location of Ramsey estate between Snelling and Otto avenues, February 1913. |
| | | | Scale: 1" = 50'; by Morell & Nichols. |
| | | 106. Sketch for subdivision of property, February 1913. |
| | | | Scale: 1" = 50'; by Morell & Nichols; in color. |
| | | 107. Topographical map of land adjacent to Snelling Avenue south of Randolph Street, September 25, 1916. |
| | | | Scale: 1" = 50'; prepared for St. Paul Bureau of Water. |
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| +77 | 16 | Other oversize documents: |
| | | 108. Blueprint plans for the Women's City Club Building (St. Paul?), undated. 3 items. |
| | | | By William Ingemann; first floor, second floor, and third floor plans. |
| | | 109. Certificate appointing Anna E. Ramsey Furness as vice regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, May 23, 1940. |
| | | 110. Certificate of award to Anna E.R. Furness from the Office of Price Administration for meritorious service in the war effort, June 26, 1944. |
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Bridges--Mississippi River
- Dakota Indians--Minnesota--Government relations.
- Dakota Indians--Wars, 1862-1865.
- Elections--Minnesota.
- Governors' spouses--Minnesota.
- Harbors--Minnesota--Duluth.
- Latter Day Saints--Cultural assimilation--Utah.
- Ojibwa Indians--Minnesota--Government relations.
- Railroad land grants.
- Railroads and state.
- Real estate development--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Persons:
- Furness, Anna Earl Ramsey, 1876-1964, author.
- Furness, Laura, 1882-1959, author.
- Furness, Marion Ramsey, 1853-1935, author.
- Ramsey, Anna Earl Jenks, 1826-1884, author.
- Ramsey, Justus C., 1823-1881, author.
- Elliott family.
- Furness family.
- Greenawalt family.
- Nininger family.
- Ramsey family.
- Organizations:
- Alexander Ramsey House (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- Germania Bank (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- United States. Congress. House.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- United States. Post Office Department.
- Whig Party (Pa.)
- Germania Bank (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- Places:
- Minnesota--Capital and capitol.
- Mississippi River--Navigation.
- Minnesota Territory--Politics and government.
- Minnesota--Politics and government--1858-1950.
- Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Saint Paul (Minn.)
- Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
- United States--Boundaries--Canada.
- United States--Foreign relations--Scandinavia.
- Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Audiocassettes.
- Broadsides (notices).
- Diaries.
- Microfilms.
- Photographs.
- Occupations:
- Governors--Minnesota.
- Lawyers--Pennsylvania.
- Legislators--United States.
- Politicians--Minnesota.
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