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    John V Robbins

    Birth: 1823

    Death: unknown

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Biography

A businessman who invested and built a model farm near Madison, WI. William H. Seward visited the farm during his campaign tour in 1860, which was mentioned in his daughter's (Frances A. Seward) diary in 1860.

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Biography: 
A businessman who invested and built a model farm near Madison, WI. William H. Seward visited the farm during his campaign tour in 1860, which was mentioned in his daughter's (Frances A. Seward) diary in 1860.
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"Senator Seward's Western Tour Important Speeches of Senater Seward." New York Herald (New York, New York), no. 8777, September 19, 1860: 2. Readex: America's Historical Newspapers. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezp.lib.rochester.edu/apps/readex/doc?p=EANX&docref=image/v2%3A11A050B7B120D3F8%40EANX-11B32D8DF7CD3B88%402400673-11B32D8E1DCFD218%401-11B32D8EE7FBA438%40Senator%2BSeward%2527s%2BWestern%2BTour%2BImportant%2BSpeeches%2Bof%2BSenater%2BSeward.
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"J. V. Robbin's Model Farm." Weekly Wisconsin Patriot (Madison, Wisconsin) 6, no. 5, May 14, 1859: [2]. Readex: America's Historical Newspapers. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezp.lib.rochester.edu/apps/readex/doc?p=EANX&docref=image/v2%3A113432265AE92130%40EANX-11A5FD76D70ED8E8%402400179-11A5FD770CB9F328%402-11A5FD77EFA43678%40J.%2BV.%2BRobbin%2527s%2BModel%2BFarm.
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Hill, Charles L. , "John V. Robbins, Pioneer Agriculturist", The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1951, vol. 13, 4. Wisconsin Historical Society. 230-232.
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/35923655:7667?tid=&pid=&queryId=433d975e007897226648093ad74d8b67&_phsrc=Ykk20&_phstart=successSource
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