Minnesota's second Territorial Governor, Willis A. Gorman, signed this document that appointed William B. Dodd, one of the founders of St. Peter, as a Brigadier General of the First Brigade of the Second Division of the Militia of Minnesota Territory on February 20th, 1857.
Samuel Medary, the third Territorial Governor of Minnesota, signed this document appointing A.P. Buell as a Notary Public in the Territory of Minnesota on the 21st of August in 1857. The document states that Buell was a resident of Le Sueur County at the time.
Governor Alexander Ramsey signed this document appointing Eugene St. Julien Cox of St. Peter as a Captain in the First Regiment of Mounted Rangers on the 11th day of November in 1862. Cox commanded Company E. He was 28 years old at the time he was mustered in on December 10th, 1862. Cox was mustered out on November 11th, 1863.
This document for two shares of stock in the Saint Peter Workingmen's Co-operative Association was issued on September 16th, 1870 to someone whose name appears to be John P. Gren. This may be the man who is listed as John P. Grand, a farmer in Oshawa Township, in the 1870 Nicollet County census. The certificate was signed by the association's president, Robert J. Billingsley, a farmer from Lake Prairie Township, and by the secretary, St. Peter attorney Charles S. Bryant.
Dated the fourth day of March in 1871, this bond was issued by the Borough of Saint Peter in order to raise money to finance the construction of the Winona & Saint Peter Railroad. The value of the bond at maturity was five hundreds dollars. The railroad crossed the Minnesota River and entered Nicollet County near the site of the St. Peter State Hospital in May of 1871. The railroad eventually extended through St. Peter, Traverse, Oshawa, Nicollet, and Courtland in Nicollet County before it crossed the Minnesota River into Brown County.
A small certificate certifying that the undersigned "was one of the original subscribers to the endowment of the Presidency of Macalister [sic] College." This particular certificate shows Louis S. Burbank gave one dollar to the Synod Fund, signed by Daniel Rice, Synod Secretary, on April 19, 1883.
This is a certificate of deposit of August Lindbergh from Edwin Clark's bank in Melrose, Minnesota. August Lindbergh signed the reverse side of the Certificate of Deposit.
Decorative marriage certificate for Adam Smith and Julia Austin, both of Dakota County, Minnesota, married September 24, 1863 at Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
Life Member certificated awarded to A. A. Johnson by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society . Signed by Samuel B. Green )President) and A. W. Latham (Secretary.)
The certificate certifies that on September 2, 1907, Margaret Martha Mark was awarded seven shares of the capital stock of P. M. Mark Medicine Company, at the value of $100 per share. Signed by Harold F. Mark and Peter M. Mark.
A certificate of promotion was given to students who successfully completed the first semester of their junior year in high school. This certificate belonged to Helen Tews, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tews who owned the Tews Hotel.
The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Mines presented a Certificate of Mine Rescue Training to Charles H. Isaacson in June 1914. It certified that Charles H. Isaacson of Virginia, Minnesota had been trained in the use of mine rescue apparatus at the Government Mine Rescue Station at Car No. 8 Virginia during which training he performed hard labor within a gallery filled with noxious and irrespirable gases and gave evidence of being qualified to use such apparatus within mines.
The certificate records the payment of thirty-four cents in tax by the P. M. Medicine Company as a manufacturer or distributor of opium. The tax was paid on February 23, 1915 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
This documents the honorable discharge of Roy D. Wallace from the United States Army, signed at Camp Grant, Illinois on May 2, 1919. A typed note next to the signature of Donald S. Doty at the bottom of the front page reads "True copy made by me October 11th, 1919, for the purpose of securing Soldiers Bonus granted under Chapter 49, Extra Legislation Session 1919, State of Minnesota." The back side is an enlistment record for Roy D. Wallace. It is signed by Roy D. Wallace and also stamped May 2, 1919 and signed by S.H. Francis.
Certifcate acknowledging Maclester College's spirirt of patriotism and devotion of the country regarding the establishment of and operaiton of a unit of the Students Army Training Corps.
This is a copy of the Calvin Coolidge proclamation letter to enlarge the boundary of the Superior National Forest. Ernest Oberholtzer's signature is on the proclamation page.