The Wisconsin Blue Book

This is a Wisconsin Blue Book, a legislative reference publication from 1879 containing official state documents and administrative records. It includes the U.S. and Wisconsin constitutions, Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice, lists of state legislators and territorial representatives with numbered seating assignments, legislative session histories, state and territorial officers, presidential election statistics from 1848-1876, state financial information including indebtedness and tax data by county, descriptions of state institutions (capitol, historical society, schools for the blind and deaf, prisons, hospitals, agricultural societies, university, normal schools), and miscellaneous reference material including military rosters, national and state banks, railroads, court information, and the structure of state and federal government. The document functions primarily as an official government record and procedural manual rather than narrative content.