Fisk family
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Fisk family papers
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233282695]
Identifier: MSS SC 848
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Fisk family of Michigan, Connecticut, and New York, dated 1831-1895. Contains multiple letters sent from Leander Fisk and his wife Fannie Fisk, Clinton B. Fisk, Hannah Stearns, and Lydia Powell. Leander and Fannie write of a journey to the California gold fields and their home in Oakland, California. Letters discuss travels, family matters, including condolences on deaths, and a pension request sent to the United States Department of Interior. Collection also includes...
Dates:
1831-1895
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Fisk incoming letters
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306034]
Identifier: MSS SC 845
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters received by John Fisk from members of the Fisk family living in Minnesota and Montana. In the fall of 1866 John Fisk and three brothers led an expedition of several hundred people to Montana. He and his brothers bought a defunct newspaper and published on 15 Nov. 1866 the first issue of the "Helena Weekly Herald." The "Helena Weekly" was an influential Republican newspaper in the late 1860's.One of the letters, dated 16 May 1869, was written...
Dates:
1859-1870
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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