Walker, Edwin Sawyer, 1828-1908.

Copy of a sermon (95 p.) delivered on October 9, 1898 at the Central Baptist Church and titled "The Uses of Wealth" and based on Matthew 16: 26 and 22:21, for the Thomas Strawbridge Foundation. Handwritten bound copy of his "The Story of My Ancestors in America" includes chapters on the Walker, Sawyer, Gile and Gilkey families. Autographed article on the organization of the Illinois State Historical Society.

From the description of Papers, 1895, 1898. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56089370