Chattel Mortgages, 1875-1880. Number of sheets: 43

Number of sheets: 1 Teachers contract for school district #48 and Sophy Peterson.

Number of sheets: 1 Warranty deed for James Keeley and wife to Terrence Gormley 9 December 1875. Land in Waseca County.

Number of sheets: 2 1 July 1875 Satisfaction of Mortgage for Charles Starr; 12 January 1887 Satisfaction of Mortgage for Chas. Starr

Number of sheets: 72 Justice of the Peace record book.

Number of sheets: 2 Citizenship papers.

Number of sheets: 1 Laird, Norton & Company ledger. "Day Book."

Number of sheets: 1 Office of County Treasurer, Waseca County, Minnesota letterhead dated 1875. John Sauffer, Treasurer of Blooming Grove list of following funds Oct. appropriation. Signed Smith, Co. Treasurer.

Number of sheets: 1 Warrant of Appointment Christian Remund Supervisor of Blooming Grove 19 March 1875.

Number of sheets: 1 Notice from Supervisors that an estimate and assessment for highway labor to each inhabitant in Blooming Grove will assess a road tax of 33 1/3 cents on each one hundred dollars worth of real estate and 25 cents on personal property as valued on the assessment and roll of last year.

Number of sheets: 1 Annual statement for the Town of Blooming Grove 1875-1876.

Number of sheets: 3 Chattel Mortgage Benedict Hurlei to Rogers 23 May 1875; Chattel Mortgage Jackson to Whuler 19 July 1875; Puster to Remund 6 December 1875.

Number of sheets: 5 Receipts from County Auditor's Office, Waseca County to Treasurer of Waseca County pay to William Safferer Treasurer of Town of Blooming Grove the following funds 17 July 1875; 31 May 1876; 2 March 1877; 3 July 1878; 22 February 1879.

Number of sheets: 1 Blooming Grove Township Town Clerk Receipts 9 March 1875 - 12 June 1877.

Number of sheets: 1 Rural Otisco Township School District #46. School Registration booklet for school year 1875 - 1877 for school District 46; located in Waseca County, Otisco Township, Section 17, East of Otisco, MN, Bishman, teacher: Anna Bishman. Rural School District No. 46. Rural schools, country schools, schoolhouses, Otisco schools, Bishman school.

Number of sheets: 1 Baptismal Certificate. 1875. Heinrich Hensel and Sophie Hensel. Material: paper. Size: 14" x 20". Description: Certificate of Baptism for Benjamin Hensel, son of Heinrich Hensel and Sophie Hensel; born on April 20, 1875 and baptized on June 6, 1875 by Wilhelm Stegner in Stearns Co., Minnesota.

Number of sheets: 1 Justice of the Peace Record Book for Vivian Township; Book numbered page 1 -104. Justice of the Peace: A. Kaibel. First entry dated 1 July 1875. Last entry dated 26 October 1891.

W. J. Armstrong. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 7". Description: black and white photograph of W. J. Armstrong, former Waseca mayor, 1918-1919.

Material: textile. Description: black wool knit - knitted bonnet edged with three 1" W. black crocheted lace around face opening - 5" W. black crocheted ruffle extends around neck to under chin.

White Linen Circular Doily. Material: textile. Size: 20" diameter. Description: white art linen with a border of white embroidered floral pattern; 2 1/4" W. ecru torchon valenciennes lace edging. Made by Dorothea Bierman.

Material: textile. Size: 21" W. x 116" L. Description: red wool - closely knitted crochet work - 4 3/4" W. fringe with two inches of intricate tied work between fringe and scarf.

Material: textile. Size: 52" W. x 56" L. Description: black wool yarn - hand-crocheted - designed with a 37" square of shell stitched design with a 6" W. border - outside edges fringed with a 5" W. heavier black wool yarn - some of the fringe is a dark charcoal gray.

Brass Candle Holder from St. Mary's Catholic Church. Material: metal. Size: 4" diameter base x 9 1/4" H. Description: brass holder with a turned based and stem that flares at the top to accept a candle; brass wax drippings bowl encircles stem near top; brass decorative knob mid-stem separates lower ribbed stem from plain upper stem.

Ceramic Wash Basin. Material: ceramic. Size: 14 3/4" diameter x 4 3/4" H. Description: white ironstone china; wide top opening tapers to a narrower base; brown floral pattern inside and outside of bowl; raised pattern on exterior.

Material: textile. Size: 14 1/2" around bottom edge x 20" W. around face edge. Description: white checked cotton dimity - sunbonnet style - two white 1 1/2" W. x 11 1/2" L. ties - front edge bordered with 1 5/8" W. lace.