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McClernand, John A. (John Alexander), 1812-1900. Letter : Springfield, Ill., to L.Q.C. Lamar, n.p., 1885 July 2.

Title: Letter : Springfield, Ill., to L.Q.C. Lamar, n.p., 1885 July 2.

Autograph letter signed. Letter of introduction for Charles A. Keyes.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Wallace, Joseph, 1834-1904. Biographical sketches, [ca. 1865-ca. 1903]

Title: Biographical sketches, [ca. 1865-ca. 1903]

Ten (9 bound and 1 unbound) handwritten (handwriting varies) biographical sketches.

ArchivalResource: 0.42 linear ft. (1 box)

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Springer, William M. Letter : Florence, Ind., to John A. McClernand, Springfield, Ill., 18[7?]7 June 24.

Title: Letter : Florence, Ind., to John A. McClernand, Springfield, Ill., 18[7?]7 June 24.

Autograph letter signed. Relates to data regarding the military service of McClernand's son.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.

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Thornton, William F. (William Fitzhugh), 1789-1873. Papers, 1797-1905.

Title: Papers, 1797-1905.

Letters, financial papers, deeds, legal documents, bills and receipts, notes, invitations, maps and news clippings. Letters to Thornton regarding his service in the military, business of the Illinois Michigan canal, politics and his property and banking business include letters from Governor Joseph Duncan, John A. McClernand, Orlando Ficklin, Charles Lanphier, Edward B. Talcott, John Fry and Judge Anthony Thornton. Two letters Thornton wrote to his wife, one on returning from England discussing his activities there and another from Chicago where he discusses the amount of sickness and death among the canal workers. An 1836 letter from Henry Clay about a bull Thornton had bought. An 1866 letter from J.P. Vaughn from France discusses the arrangements for "hiding T." there during his "temporary banishment" also gives vivid description of his trip through Italy. Family letters include many from relatives in Kentucky and Virginia including the Holloway, McClanahan, Wedderburn, Bayse and Clay families that discuss relatives, family news, travels, politics and business. Many letters to Ann and the Thornton daughters letters. Numerous deeds to property, promissory notes to Thornton, tax information on his bank and some legal documents. Notes for political speeches, probably written by Thornton. Copies of speeches by Thornton, Stephen Douglas and others. Newsclippings on politics.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear feet (2 boxes)

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McClernand, John A. (John Alexander), 1812-1900. Letter : Springfield, Ill., to H[enry] W[ager] Halleck, n.p., 1862 Dec. 16.

Title: Letter : Springfield, Ill., to H[enry] W[ager] Halleck, n.p., 1862 Dec. 16.

Letter signed. McClernand informs Major General Halleck that he has completed his assignment in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa and is now ready to take command of the Mississippi expedition.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.).

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Pana, Springfield and North Western Railroad Company. Minutes, April 1865-Dec. 1866.

Title: Minutes, April 1865-Dec. 1866.

Minutes of the meetings of the board of directors from the first meeting until its demise. Discussions of finances, land procured, the hiring of engineers for the planning and construction and their attempts to save the company.

ArchivalResource: 14 p. ; 38 cm.

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Lee, Albert Lindley, 1834-1907. Letter : New York, to George A. Sanders, n.p., 1885 Apr. 30.

Title: Letter : New York, to George A. Sanders, n.p., 1885 Apr. 30.

Autograph letter signed. Lee describes his participation in the Vicksburg campaign.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.)

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French, Augustus C., 1808-1864. Papers, 1841-1852.

Title: Papers, 1841-1852.

300 letters from state financial agents in New York and London, England re: debt. 100 letters re: Illinois-Michigan Canal. 50 letters dealing with Illinois Central Railroad. 50 letters dealing with the St. Louis dike. 20 letters re: problems in Massac County. A series of letters dealing with administrative problems at the Jacksonville Asylum. Several letters re: violence at Bishop Hill colony including a sworn statement from the abused woman, who the troublemakers demanded be returned to her husband. Other topics include building a state university, housing women in the Alton prison, the sale of Quincy House, the return of a French-Negro kidnapped and taken to Missouri as a slave, Illinois as a place for German immigrants, David Dale Owens as head of the Geological Survey, Reverend Chiniquy and Canadian emigrants in Iroquois County, one letter from Dorothea Dix re: Alton Prison and the Jacksonville Asylum. Political commentary in many letters including those from John Wentworth, Sidney Breese, Stephen A. Douglas, Orlando B. Ficklin, Philip Fouke, Thomas L. Harris, John Hogan, William Jackson, Joel A. Matteson, John A. McClernand, Elam Rust, Peter Sweatt, James Shields, Lyman Trumbull, Elijah Wilcox, Timothy Roberts Young and C. Zarley.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear feet (2 boxes)

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849,. Petition : to James K. Polk, Washington, 1846 May 16.

Title: Petition : to James K. Polk, Washington, 1846 May 16.

Members of the Illinois congressional delegation request that Jacob B. Backenstos be appointed captain of a new regiment to be raised in their state. Signed by senators James Semple and Sidney Breese (whose name was later crossed out) and congressmen Stephen A. Douglas, John Wentworth, Orlando B. Ficklin, John A. McClernand (who later withdrew his name), Joseph P. Hoge, and Robert Smith. A note on the verso confirms that the appointment was granted.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.

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Mahon, James, 1808-1853. Papers, 1830-1863.

Title: Papers, 1830-1863.

The majority of the collection is family letters of Mahon, his wife, sons, step-daughter and brother-in-law. Six excellent letters from Mahon to his wife from the Mexican War. Transcript of Mexican War diary, Sept. 1846-Jan. 1847. Eight letters, 1843-1852, from John A. McClernand discuss Democratic Party politics. One letter each from John M. Palmer, Augustus French, John Reynolds, Gustav Koerner and others to President Franklin Pierce recommending Mahon for the U.S. consulate in Ireland. Several letters discuss the practice of medicine in Ohio and Iowa.

ArchivalResource: .63 linear feet (1 1/2 boxes)