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Property records

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Abstracts of title, Duluth, Minnesota

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S6185
Abstract

The collection consists of eight abstracts of title representing property in the West End of Duluth, Minnesota, and in Fond du Lac, Minnesota.

Dates: 1887-1895

James Bardon land patent letters

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3654
Abstract

The collection consists of two documents. One notes receipt of $148 by James Bardon from P. J. Peterson in payment for land patents in the name of James Starkey and Peter J. Peterson. The other is a letter to Starkey and Peterson from Bardon confirming that the payment was received by the land office and informing them that they now have "full authority to cut timber and do as you please with the land."

Dates: 1870

Bradley Building land title documents

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4536
Abstract

The collection consists of five Bradley Building Company land titles from 1889-1907 and 1920-1960.

Dates: 1889-1960; Majority of material found in 1889-1907, 1920-1960

Brainerd-Cuyuna Mining Company records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3658
Abstract

The collection contains land leases, land lots and prices marked on township grid maps, description of the Brainerd-Cuyuna Mine and operating expenses.

Dates: 1912-1916

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company land books

 Collection
Identifier: S3100
Abstract

The collection contains three land books containing land locations, land and timber sales information, deed dates and records of land payments of the properties held by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.

Dates: 1883-1943; Majority of material found in 1883-1900, 1913-1943

Chief Buffalo land claims

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3642
Abstract

The materials in this collection concern disputed claims regarding land in present day downtown Duluth, Minnesota that was initially granted to the Ojibwe Chief Buffalo.

Dates: 1883-1953

Laura Day papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3701
Abstract

The collection contains land deeds in Aitkin, Crow Wing, Itasca, and St. Louis Counties, mining and timber leases, business letters, and labor contracts.

Dates: 1849-1919

Elliott Meat Packing Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3745
Abstract

The collection documents Elliott's and its predecessor companies.  The records consist primarily of production and financial records. 

Dates: 1912-1984

Josiah Davis Ensign papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3187
Abstract

The collection contains three letters and a quit claim deed (1871).

Dates: 1871-1919

Fitger Brewing Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3720
Abstract

The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, accounting and sales ledgers, payroll cards, real estate, one film circa 1939 (WDSE video copy), and brewing records spanning the operation from near its beginning to its close.

Dates: 1898-1972

John Gilomen papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3171
Abstract

This collection contains a certificate of citizenship (passport) from Scheunenberg, Switzerland, a typed translation of that document, and a homestead certificate from Duluth, Minnesota, dated 1874.

Dates: 1851-1874

John H. Gray papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3648
Abstract

The collection contains the Company C commissary book for 1861–1864 with Captain John Gray written on the front cover.

Dates: 1861-1874

Hearding family papers

 Collection
Identifier: S3672
Abstract

The collection consists of two diaries belonging to William H., correspondence files of John H. Sr. dating from World War I and II concerning the war effort and war related experiences. 

Dates: 1861-1977

Robert E. Jefferson land records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3164
Abstract

This collection contains Robert Jefferson's deeds and quit claims.

Dates: 1837-1870

Frederick Knowlton papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3190
Abstract

The collection contains company share certificates, land abstracts and a letter from the Register of Deeds.

Dates: 1898-1914

Austin Lathers papers

 Collection
Identifier: S2444
Abstract

The collection contains record of personal investments and businesses, correspondence and law practice papers, journals from his rental properties.

Dates: 1907-1961

Alexander McDougall papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3192
Abstract The collection contains a 40 year land lease between William Buckley and Alfred Merritt and McDougall on 160 acres, invention, purchase agreements, a 1912 pamphlet on an invention of a double steamboat, a list of news items relating to whalebacks in the years 1888–1899, a letter about sailing on Lake Superior, two invitations for the launching of the steamer Alexander McDougall, and a passenger’s contract ticket to ride steerage from Glasgow to Montreal in...
Dates: 1854-1912; Majority of material found in 1854, 1888–1899, 1902, 1912

Henry H. Myers papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S6029
Abstract

The collection consists of two volumes, a business ledger and a business journal, covering the brief period of May 1908 to May 1915 that describe a portion of the Myers company’s activity.

Dates: 1908-1915; Majority of material found in 1908-1915, undated

Peter J. Peterson papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3194
Abstract

The collection contains warranty deeds and quit claims, a negative of Peterson’s house in Fond du Lac and a list of the current addresses of some of the lots, tax receipts, a land patent for property in Bayfield, Wisconsin, and a letter from the Department of the Interior concerning land for settlement.

Dates: 1854-1873

United States General Land Office, Duluth District records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3707
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence and transcripts of correspondence pertaining to land claims and disputed land claims.

Dates: 1855-1903

W. T. Bailey Lumber Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3010
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, contracts, land deeds and abstracts, legal and financial records, income and property tax records, and financial ledgers.

Dates: 1889-1964; Majority of material found in 1930-1964