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Robert F. Fisk, State Librarian 1861-1863

Research Resources

John C. Haugland, Politics, Patronage, and Ramsey's Rise to Power, 1861-63, 37 Minnesota History 324 (December 1961)
Report of the class of 1844: from 1844 to 1854, with a notice of the decennial re-union at Yale college, Thursday, July 27, 1854.
Includes short biography of Robert F. Fisk
Journal of the Senate, 1862
Robert F. Fisk nominated to be State Librarian
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Minnesota, 1858/59-1861/62
Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1887
Fiske and Fisk family [Geneology of Robert F. Fisk]

Newspaper articles

Minnesota State Telegraph Company, St. Paul Weekly Minnesotian, Oct. 2, 1858, p.2, column 2
Fisk elected Secretary of the Minnesota State Telegraph Company
City Election Yesterday, St. Paul Weekly Minnesotian, May 7, 1859, p.2, column 2
Fisk ran for School Inspector
The Public Evening School, St. Paul Weekly Minnesotian, Nov. 26, 1859, p.3, column 1
Fisk attended an opening event for the school.
Military Appointments by Gov. Ramsey, Chatfield Democrat, June 2, 1860, p.5, column 3
Fisk given rank of Colonel.
United States District Court, Weekly Pioneer and Democrat, Aug. 30, 1861, p. 8, column 2
Fisk to serve as a juror
Republican District Convention, Stillwater Messenger, July 8, 1862, p.2, column 1
Fisk is chairman of the committee
General Order, No. 4, Weekly Pioneer and Democrat, Sept. 26, 1862, p.8, column 3
Address to the People of the State (by Robert Fisk), St. Paul Daily Press, Oct. 9, 1862, p.1, column 3
General Sibley, St. Paul Daily Press, March 22, 1863, p.1, column 2
Fisk involved in sending a letter to Gen. Sibley
U.S. District Court, St. Paul Daily Press, May 6, 1863, p.6, column 1
Fisk is a Grand Juror

Advertisements

Advertisements for stock for Nininger and St. Peter Western Railroad Co. and Fisk's Real Estate Business, Emigrant Aid Journal of Minnesota, Sept. 26, 1857, p.7