From the May 17, 2018, Fond du Lac Reporter "Fond du Lac attorney general Edward Bragg's record book found" by Sharon Roznik.
Buried in a cardboard box in the newspaper archive room of the Fond du Lac Historical Society's library, the book smelled old and felt weighty, wrapped in archival paper to keep the dust out.
Letters on the spine spelled "E.S. Bragg", the name of Fond du Lac's general who took part in in every major Civil War battle in the east except Gettysburg.
Born in 1827, Edward S. Bragg was a Fond du Lac defense attorney whose practice traveled a wide circuit through Northeast Wisconsin.
Bragg made this log starting in 1882. It contains expenses for his clients who were among the movers and shakers of early Fond du Lac history.
--Old Secesh
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