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Excerpt from A History of Minnesota, Vol. 2 of 4Although the editor has read the. Volume twice in man ascript and twice in proof, the greater part of the detailed work of verification, revision, and proof reading has been done by Miss Mary E. Wheelhouse and assistants working under her direction. The maps were drawn by Dr. Warren Upham and the index is the work of Miss Livia Appel. For the selection of the illustrations the editor is responsib...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Sale of Fort Snelling, 1857No action seems to have been taken toward a survey and delimitation of the military reservation of Fort Snelling till about the time of the treaty of 1837. By that time squatters.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-...

Excerpt from A History of Minnesota, Vol. 3 of 4Because of the absence of the editor from Minnesota dur ing the latter stages of the work on the volume, considerable responsibility, especially in connection with the selection of illustrations, has devolved upon Dr. Theodore C. Blegen, acting superintendent of the society. The detailed work of getting the manuscript ready for the printer and seeing it through the press has been done by Miss Mar...

Excerpt from A History of Minnesota, Vol. 1 of 4During his presidency at the university Dr. Folwell not only laid broad and firm foundations for that institution but also took the lead in promoting the development of high schools and in building up a unified system of public educa tion in the state. The establishment of the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey in 1872 was also a result of his foresight and initiative. After his resi...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Five Million Loan: Read at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society, January 16, 1911If the state were liable in the courts the bonds would be legally enforceable against it. Justice and honor alike require the court to recognize these bonds as bind ing against it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reprodu...

Excerpt from Economic Addresses, Vol. 9The Minnesota Habeas Corpus Statute forms Chapter 81 of the General Statutes of 1913. The essential provisions are: Every person imprisoned or otherwise restrained of his liberty.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art t...

Excerpt from University AddressesThe college graduate of colonial times, pre paring for clerical functions, passed his appren ticeship in the study and under the tuition of some scholarly parish minister. When a clergy man, apt to teach, assembled two, three, or more candidates under his roof, formed them into a class, and taught them after a certain scheme, a beginning was made which developed into the theological seminary. The economy of the...

Excerpt from Minnesota: The North Star StateIF this compend of Minnesota history shall be found a desirable addition to those already before the public, it will be due to the good fortune of the writer in reaching original sources of informa tion not accessible to his predecessors.The most important of them are: the papers of Governor Alexander Ramsey, in the possession of his daughter, Mrs. Marion R. F urness, the letter books and papers of G...

William Watts Folwell: The Autobiography and Letters of a Pioneer Culture was first published in 1933. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original In a three-room farmhouse in Romulus, New York, where a spinning wheel stood by the fireplace and home-dipped candles lighted the long evenings, William Watts Folwell was born on February 14, 1...

Excerpt from The Five Million Loan: Read at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society, January 16, 1911 If the state were liable in the courts the bonds would be legally enforceable against it. Justice and honor alike require the court to recognize these bonds as bind ing against it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a...

Excerpt from The Sale of Fort Snelling, 1857 No action seems to have been taken toward a survey and delimitation of the military reservation of Fort Snelling till about the time of the treaty of 1837. By that time squatters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state...

Considered the most authoritative history of the state, the four volume set was first published in the 1920s. Volume Four covers special topics on iron mining, public education, Ojibway election procedures, a dozen outstanding Minnesotans and a consolidated index for volumes 1 through 4.

William Watts Folwell's authoritative A History of Minnesota in four volumes tells the story of the state from the arrival of European explorers in the seventeenth century to 1925. Originally published between 1921 and 1930, this invaluable account is available in a corrected reprint edition for both scholars and general readers of Minnesota history. Volume I covers Minnesota's early development from the days of French exploration and trade wi...

Considered the most authoritative history of the state, the four volume set was first published in the 1920s. Volume Three covers from 1865 through World War I to the mid-1920s.

William Watts Folwell's authoritative A History of Minnesota in four volumes tells the story of the state from the arrival of European explorers in the seventeenth century to 1925. Originally published between 1921 and 1930, this invaluable account is available in a corrected reprint edition for both scholars and general readers of Minnesota history. Volume I covers Minnesota's early development from the days of French exploration and trade wi...

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