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Territorial politician and early Wisconsin settler Henry S. Baird presided over the legislature that met in Belmont. In the first letter, Baird launches a formal protest to the selection of Madison as the capital, objecting to what he saw as an underhanded maneuver by certain men with financial stakes in the selection of Madison. Baird also kept up a constant stream of correspondence with friends and family, and here he describes the town and legislative activity to his father and his wife, Elizabeth Therese (whose own reminiscences are included elsewhere on Turning Points).Citation
Baird, Henry S. "Letters from the territorial convention in Belmont." Wisconsin Historical Society Archives (Wis Mss V, Box 1 Folder 4).