Mr. Doe had an office in the Stevens house block, advertising as "Banker and Exchange Broker."

The evidence

• “In the fall of 1852 Mr, Doe had an office in the Stevens house block on West Milwaukee street, where he advertised the business of "Banker and Exchange Broker," He probably continued the business at that place until the Stevens house was burned, in April, 1853. After occupying for two months the front room over the store, which is now known as No. 109 West Milwaukee street, Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/22-janesville-banking.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 518 / book p. 480

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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