The Wisconsin Magazine Of History Vol 6 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 6 Historical Firsts, Exclusives, and Incompara bles; Northern Wisconsin - Revelations of the Fourteenth Census. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 3: 1919-1920 General Grant and Early Galena; Early Advertising Policy of the Racine Advocate; Constitutional Convention Letters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1918-1919, Vol. 2: Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin The Milwaukee Sentinel was the first newspaper to take up the challenge thrown down by the champions of the Lutheran Church. Oit sent Henry E. Legler, then a member of its staff, to visit the parochial schools of Milwaukee; his report proved that the Lutheran schools Of the metropolis were well within the law, which had no application to institu tions wherein English was taught for twelve weeks of the year.26 It was this report and the subsequent editorial com ment that forced the issue into the light of day. It was the language requirement to which the church authorities oh jected. The Milwaukee schools were by no means typical of parochial schools throughout the state. Case after case came to light in the subsequent discussion of children born and reared in Wisconsin who were unable to speak a word of English.27 From Manitowoc came the statement that not one in ten of the parochial schools in that county taught a word of English.28 It was asserted that even public schools in the thickly settled German districts were conducted wholly in German.29 In fact, said the Manitowoc County Chronicle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1920-1921, Vol. 4 Historical fragments: More Light on Jonathan Carver; The United States and Japan; Napoleonic Soldiers in Wisconsin; Benjamin Hyde Edgerton: Wisconsin Pioneer; James Otto Lewis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 1: September, 1917 The frontier has ever been proud Of its self-made men, esteeming chie y, not who a man might be but rather what he was able to do. Lapham was a true frontiersman in this respect at least, that he was a wholly self -made scholar. He was born in March, 1811, at Palmyra, New York, two miles west Of the Macedon locks on the Erie Canal. His father, Seneca Lapham, was an engineering contractor, the pursuit Of whose profession necessitated frequent family removals. Thus, in 1818 the family was located at Pottsville, Penn sylvania, where the father was employed on the Schuylkill Canal; two years later he Was back on the Erie Canal and the family was residing for a second time at Galen, New York; the next few years witnessed further removals to Rochester and Lockport in New York, and to several points in Ohio. The boy, Increase Lapham, was evidently a precocious youth. At thirteen years Of age he found frequent sale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1926 When the legislature of Wisconsin grasped the first available opportunity to ratify the amendment to the constitution of the United States abolishing sex as a qualification of voters, it closed a chapter of surpassing interest in the history of the state and ended a campaign which had continued actively for fifty years. The legislature passed a resolution ratifying the federal amendment on the morning of June 10, 1919. The Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage Association and its predecessor, The Woman Suffrage Association of the State of Wisconsin, which had led the movement since 1869, continued to function some months longer, in order to support, with money and influence, the efforts of the National American Woman Suffrage Association for the ratification of the amendment in other states. It formally dissolved, its work done, in March, 1920. The amendment was promulgated by the Secretary of State as the nineteenth amendment to the federal constitution in August, 1920, and Wisconsin women voted at the primary and general elections held a few weeks later. Discussion of woman suffrage had begun in Wisconsin even before Wisconsin had achieved statehood. There has long been a tradition in the state that the first constitutional convention, called in the territory in 1846, seriously considered the enfranchisement of women. An examination of the debate on suffrage in this convention, however, precludes that view. The enfranchisement of negroes and Indians and the naturalization of immigrants who were already swarming into the territory made one of the important problems of the convention and aroused vigorous debate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This is the first in a multi-volume series of publications put out by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin which contain numerous articles from the Wisconsin Magazine of History. Each volume gives fascinating history and knowledge, including questions and answers from state historians, scholarly documents and more.