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Welcome to Laura's World!

Book cover: Discovering Laura (vol. 1)

Release date: July 2026.

release date: Late summer 2026.

release date: Late summer 2026.

Book cover: Discovering Laura (vol. 2)

release date: Late summer 2026.

release date: Late summer 2026.

release date: Late summer 2026.

Book cover: Discovering Almanzo (vol. 3)

release date: fall 2026.

release date: Late summer 2026.

release date: fall 2026.

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Primary Source Documents

Listed below are links to primary source documents that pertain to the Ingalls and Wilder families.

For summaries of the Discovering Laura and Discovering Almanzo  books, click on "Media Kit" at the top of this page.

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Volume 1, Chapter 2: Before the Little Houses

1863_09_22_Sale from Nunn_to_Ingalls_Quiner (pdf)Download
1863_09_23_Ingalls and Quiner mortgage from Nunn (pdf)Download
1867_11_01_Ingalls sells to Quiner (pdf)Download
1867_11_6_Quiner sells to Ingalls (pdf)Download
1868_04_28_Ingalls sell Pepin to Gustafson (pdf)Download
1868_04_28_Gustafson_Mortgage (pdf)Download
1868_04_28_Deed of sale from Quiners to Gustafson (pdf)Download
1868_05_28_Ingalls purchases land in Chariton (pdf)Download
1869_08_26_Ingalls_Power_of_Attorney_to_Lansford_Ingalls (pdf)Download
1869_11_30_Gustafson_to Quiner (pdf)Download
1863_09_23 Ingalls mortgage from Nunn sale to Kellogg (pdf)Download
1868_04_28_Gustafson mortgage to Charles Ingalls. (pdf)Download
1863_09_23 Ingalls mortgage from Nunn sale to Kellogg (pdf)Download
1869_11_30_Gustafson_to Quiner (pdf)Download
1863_09_23 Ingalls mortgage from Nunn sale to Kellogg (pdf)Download

Volume 1, Chapter 4: Little House on the Prairie

1870_02_25_Ingalls return land to Adamantine Johnson (pdf)Download
1871_05_30_Ingalls Revokes POA See note in left margin - Copy (pdf)Download

Volume 1, Chapter 5: On the Banks of Plum Creek

1873_04_15_Ingalls_sell_Pepin_to_Horace_Richards (pdf)Download
1873_10_16_Deed_of_sale_from_Richards to Caroline Ingalls (pdf)Download
1873_10_28_Ingalls sell Pepin to Andrew Anderson (pdf)Download
1874_11_10_Ingalls, L_proves up in Pierce County (pdf)Download

Volume 1, Chapter 6: The Hidden Years

1875_Dec_3_Ingalls Flour Receipt (pdf)Download
1879_Mary_Ingalls_Blindness_6 pages (pdf)Download

Volume 1, Chapter 7: By the Shores of Silver Lake

1880_09_23_Ingalls listed as debtor to Masters (pdf)Download
1879_12_30_Ingalls_NW ¼_Sec.18_T109_R38 (pdf)Download
1880_02_19_Ingalls_Affidavit (gif)Download
1880_02_19_1880_Ingalls_Application (gif)Download
1880_02_19_Ingalls_Homestead_Fee (gif)Download
1880_Census (pdf)Download

Volume 2, Chapter 8: The Long Winter

Files coming soon.

Volume 2, Chapter 9: Little Town on the Prairie

Mary Ingalls at Vinton combined.jpg (pdf)Download
1884_12_10 Laura’s first teaching certificate (pdf)Download

Volume 2, Chapter 10: These Happy Golden Years

1884_09_12_Almanzo Wilder Homestead Proof (pdf)Download
1884_04_28 Laura’s contract to teach at the Perry School (pdf)Download
1885_04_08 Laura's second teaching certificate (pdf)Download
1885_04_20 Laura’s contract to teach at the Wilkin School (pdf)Download

Volume 2, Chapter 11: The First Four Years

1886_03_20_Ingalls_Intent_to_prove_up (pdf)Download
1886_March_April_Ingalls Notice (pdf)Download
1886_05_07_Ingalls_Homestead_Proof_with_Testimony_5_pages (pdf)Download
1886_05_11_Ingalls_Clerical Error_see last line (pdf)Download
1888_07_12_Ingalls_FINAL PATENT (pdf)Download
1887_06_17_Wilder_proves up on tree claim (pdf)Download

Volume 2, Chapter 12: Little House in Florida

Innocence_Rose_Wilder_Lane_1922 (pdf)Download
1891_10_7_Wilder_pays_off_tree_claim (pdf)Download

Volume 2, Chapter 13: Little House in Mansfield

1900_Census (pdf)Download

Volume 2, Chapter 14: Laura's Legacy

Files coming soon.

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