For Wisconsin, the most significant and helpful are: _Beskrivelse over Staten Wisconsin: Dens Klimat, Jordbund, Agerdyrkning, samt Natur- og Kunstprodukter. Udgivet efter Legislaturens Ordre af Statens Immigrations Department_ (1870); K. K. Kennan (joint agent in Europe for the Wisconsin State Board of Immigration and the Wisconsin Central Railroad, without expense to the former), _Staten Wisconsin, dens Hjælpekilder og Fordele for Udvandreren_ (1884)--in several editions, and also in Swedish; C. F. J. Moeller, _Staten Wisconsin, beskreven med særligt Hensyn til denne Stats fortrinlige Stilling som et fremtidigt Hjem, for Emigranter fra Danmark, Norge, og Sverige_ (1865); _Wisconsin,--What it offers to the Immigrant. An official Report published by the State Board of Immigration of Wisconsin_ (1879)--many editions, and in various languages. For Minnesota: Girart Hewitt, _Minnesota: Its Advantages to Settlers_, etc. (1868),--seven editions, one being published by the State; Hans Mattson, _Minnesota och dess Fordelar for Indvandreren_ (1867); _Minnesota as a Home for Emigrants_ (1886),--in Norwegian and Swedish also. For other States: _Resources of Dakota,--an Official Publication compiled by the Commissioner of Immigration_ (1887), later editions dealing with the two States formed from the Territory of Dakota; Fred. Gerhard, _Illinois as it is: its History, Geography, Statistics_, etc. (1857); _Iowa: the Home for Immigrants_ (1879), also in Swedish, Norwegian, German, and Dutch. BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Several of the books mentioned under special histories, like those of Norelius, Langeland, Dietrichson, and Schroeder, have much autobiographical material in them; while others, such as the volumes of O. N. Nelson and C. F. Peterson and the county histories, contain hundreds of brief biographies. The more important and illuminating autobiographies are: Hans Mattson, _Minnen_ (Lund, 1890) and the same in translation, _Reminiscences, the Story of an Emigrant_ (1891), an interestingly naïve account of the varied activities of a prominent politician and business man; Gustaf Unonius, _Minnen från en sjutton-årig Vistelse i Nordvestra Amerika_ (2 vols., Upsala, 1862), a graphic account of the first years of Swedish settlement, by one of its highly educated leaders, and _Bihang till Minnen_ (Stockholm, 1891). With less direct bearing, is W. H. C. Folsom, _Fifty Years in the Northwest_ (1888); H. P. Hall, _H. P. Hall's Observations, being more or less a History of Political Contests in Minnesota from 1843 to 1904_ (1904); John Reynolds, _My Own Times, embracing also the History of My Life_ (Chicago, 1855); Stephen Grellet, _Memoirs_ (edited by Benj. Seebohm, 2 vols., 1860); and S. B. Newman, _Pastor S. Newmans Sjelfbiografi_ (1890).