Andrew A. Brown Papers

Cote

S-1803

Nom et localisation du dépôt

Niveau de description

Collection

Titre

Andrew A. Brown Papers

Date(s)

  • 1866-1938 (Création/Production)

Importance matérielle

0.42 linear feet

Nom du producteur

(1841-1912)

Notice biographique

Andrew A. Brown was born in Norway in 1841. Brown served in the U.S. Civil War from 1861 to 1863, achieving the rank of Captain. He married his wife Christine and had five children: Anna, Fenna, Ida, Flora, Albert. Andrew served in the Minnesota state Senate for District 39 from 1879 to 1881. He and his family resided in Alexandria, Minnesota until 1909, when they moved to the State of Washington. Andrew died in 1912 and his wife in 1938.

Portée et contenu

This collection consists of three folders of papers of Andrew A. Brown. Brown lived in Douglas County and dealt in buying and selling land. There are numerous land grants and certificates. Also of interest are the correspondence from John Lind, who was a US congressman, a death certificate of Brown's wife, and a photograph of the family.

Mode de classement

Folder 1: Land Grants, 1866-1875

Records are arranged chronologically

Folder 2: Correspondence, 1870-1914

Records are organized chronologically

Folder 3: Miscellaneous, 1878-1938

Records are left in original order.

Records are located at 36B.3c.

Conditions d'accès

There are no access restrictions.

Accès physique

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Conditions de reproduction

Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

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    Historique de la conservation

    Source immédiate d'acquisition

    Gift from the Minnesota Historical Society

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    Note de l'archiviste

    These records were reprocessed by Hannah Placehecki in September 2014.

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