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Title: Bergquist Family Papers
Dates: 1881-1907
Collection Number: MSS 90335
Quantity: 3 feet (includes oversized)
Abstract: Consists of three homestead certificates of Charles A. Bergquist, Chris A. Nelson, and Lewis F. Bergquist, a request to file final proof of Louis (Lewis) Bergquist homestead, a wedding poem written for Louis (Lewis) Bergquist and Anna (Clara) Johnson (in Swedish with translation), and citizenship certificates of Louis F. Bergquist. Charles A. and Louis F. Bergquist were brothers. (OVERSIZE).
Provenance: Alvera Bergquist made an addition to the Bergquist Family Papers to the State Historical Society on October 29, 2015.
Property rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to the collection.
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OVERSIZED INVENTORY
Item Number/Description/Year
1 Wedding poem written for Louis (Lewis) Bergquist and Anna (Clara) Johnson (in Swedish)
2 Wedding poem translation from Swedish to English
3 Citizenship certificate for Louis (Lewis)Bergquist, October 15, 1891
4 Declaration of Intention to become a United States citizen of Louis (Lewis) Bergquist, August 25, 1885
5 Homestead certificate for Charles A. Bergquist, August 1, 1904
6 Homestead certificate for Louis (Lewis) F. Bergquist, April 22, 1901
7 Homestead certificate for Chris A. Nelson, April 11, 1907
8 Request to file final proof of Louis (Lewis) Bergquist homestead, April 18, 1897
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