Letter to the governor on immigrant transportation, 1853
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- Created Date
- 1852-1853
- Description
Soon after Wisconsin became a state, the legislature established a Commission of Emigration to actively encourage the settlement of European immigrants. In this 1853 report to the governor, a member of the commission discusses many of the problems related to the various means of transportation available to immigrants to Wisconsin.
- Creator
Wisconsin Commissioner of Emigration
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Location
- Wisconsin; New York
- Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Wisconsin Commissioner of Emigration. Letter to the governor on immigrant transportation, 1853. 1852-1853. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/41879. (Accessed January 22, 2025.)
- APA citation style
- Wisconsin Commissioner of Emigration, (1852-1853) Letter to the governor on immigrant transportation, 1853. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/41879
- MLA citation style
- Wisconsin Commissioner of Emigration. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/41879>.