About
This collection comprises citizen petitions written to the legislatures of the Wisconsin Territory and later the State of Wisconsin, from 1836 to 1891. At the time, petitions were the only direct means for citizens to communicate with the government.
From requesting dams, roads, and money to build schoolhouses, to recording views on slavery, suffrage, and statehood, these petitions reveal what settlers wished to achieve for their communities, and the ways in which they hoped to connect Wisconsin to the expanding commerce and intellectual life of the United States. These petitions are mostly handwritten in blue and iron gall ink; most petitions comprise a title page, the petition itself, and signature pages.
For more information about this Collection, visit its Online Finding Aid and View the Online Collection.
The work of flattening, scanning, and describing these petitions was funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC) of the National Archives.
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Chester
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Eaton
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Elkhorn
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Highland
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Jefferson
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Lake Geneva
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Linden
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Pewaukee
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Rome in Dane County
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Remonstrance against dividing the town of Rosendale
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