Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Most of the papers deal with Gunn's service in Co. "F" of the 30th Wisconsin Volunteers. One item is a ledger-type book with records of some accounts, a journal kept on board the Steamer "Effie Deans" near Nebraska City, Nebraska, and a personal diary. Lorenzo Dow Gunn (n. d.) was a native of Iowa and there are certificates of his appointment and subsequent promotions in the "Wisconsin Volunteers." One unusual document is from...

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Printed Text of House Bill 747 [blanks uncompleted] Authorizing the President to issue to the Cherokee a patent to lands west of the Mississippi, and to purchase their lands in Georgia. Also laying out the terms for emigration. 3726.3a is two sheets of folded paper with typed text in ink on all sides. 3726.3b is the same bill as 3726.3a just smaller sheets of paper. 3726.3b is four sheets of paper with typed text in ink on all pages. Folder 138