Pinckney Street, as photographed by J.S. Fuller about 1860, when it was Madison’s busiest commercial district. Prominent buildings seen here include the Bruen Block on the corner of East Washington and Pinckney; the American Hotel, where the Legislature met in 1838; and the Wisconsin State Journal offices on the corner of East Mifflin and North Pinckney streets. SHSW Whi(X3)50767

Besides all this, Madison, being the State Capital, a residence in or near it, on that account, must be desirable, and profitable, from the frequent assemblages of the people from every part of the State, several times a year--during the terms of the various courts, sessions of the Legislature, political conventions, religious and benevolent anniversaries, etc.; while advantages to businessmen and those seeking land, will be clearly found in that fact that most of the land offices, records, and offices of departments, and various other sources of information which are to be met with only at the State Capital, can be amply procured here. Transactions in many kinds of business affairs require actual presence at the Capital. New York Tribune, 1854

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