Walker family papers 1832-1910 1838-1880 Walker family papers

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Walker family papers 1832-1910 1838-1880 Walker family papers

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The Walker family papers (1,962 items) contain the 19th-century letters and documents of the Walker family of Vermont, Illinois, and Minnesota. The bulk of the papers relate to Houghton Walker's mercantile businesses in Illinois. Other topics covered include the Civil War, the Mexican War, migration and settlement in Illinois and Wisconsin, Indian affairs, and religion.

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William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392123

William L. Clements Library

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Collins, Charles B.

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Walker, George, 1820-1864.

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Walker, Juliette, 1808-1895.

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Peck, Charles

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Gilman, William, b. 1807

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Walker, Emeline Augusta Frost, 1822-1910.

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Peck, E. (Ebenezer), 1805-1881

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Peck was a Chicago lawyer, supporter of Abraham Lincoln, member of the Illinois state senate (1838-1840) and state house (1840-1842, 1858-1860), Illinois supreme court clerk (1842-1848) and reporter (1849-1863), and judge of the federal court of claims (1863-1878). From the description of Wedding reception invitation, April 16, 1879. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 569534751 ...

Walker, Charles Frost, b. 1846.

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Neely, Alexander.

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Minnesota. Constitution, 1857

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Hamlin, N. B.

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Walker, Joel Hamilton, 1813-1849.

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Walker, Joel, Jr., 1780-1855.

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Walker family

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This collection documents the 19th-century personal, business, and genealogical papers of the Walker family. In the late 1830s, most of the family moved west from New England to Illinois, and were founding citizens of Belvidere, Illinois. Colonel Joel Walker, Jr. (1780-1855), the father of many of the Walkers represented in this collection, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He owned a shop in Peacham, Vermont, and in 1805 married Alice Houghton (1781-1874), of Keene...

Walker, William, 1808-1897.

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Walker, Francis, 1818-1844.

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Chicago and North Western Railway Company

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Walker, Alice Houghton, 1781-1874.

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Walker, Houghton Chester, 1815-1890.

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Peck, Caroline Walker, 1806-1877

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Walker, Lucius, 1823-1862.

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Walker, Francis Houghton, b. 1844.

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Wright, Sarah Peck.

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