Government Records
Arranged in two series: Civil and criminal case files (integrated) and criminal case files.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota
Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should
Accession numbers: 987-126; 981-217; 981-28; 992-165; 1797c
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant
awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Catalog ID number: 001709510
The case files are numbered in three consecutive sequences: A3 - A3621, B2 - B444, and 1 - 22369; the designations “A” and “B” refer to registers numbered “A” and “B.” After register “B” was filled, the register designation was dropped.
File anomolies: Many files are missing and are presumed to have been discarded. In many boxes, the files are out of order, and files that appear to be missing may be found elsewhere in the box. The early files are thought to include criminal files; it is not known exactly when a separate set of criminal files was begun.
Diagram from an 1867-1868 case concerning land from St. Paul to Hastings, showing location of St. Paul and Chicago Railway, 1870. The case involved the application of the St. Paul and Chicago Railway for the appointment of Commissioners to appraise land and award the value thereof.
The case of Stillwater and St. Paul Railroad Co. v Samuel F. Hersey, et al., 1869.
Exhibit A, from the 1874 case of Lake Superior and Mississippi Railway v Marion Jackson, et al., concerning land condemnation in Washington County for the railway company. The map shows the location ofthe railway through Washington County.
A photocopy of part of file A1785½ is also cataloged separately (P1411).
Exhibit F, from an 1887 case concerning the petition of the Minneapolis and St. Croix Railway to acquire certain lands for right-of-way. The map shows the location of the right-of-way of the Minneapolis and St. Croix Railway through Washington County.