Lyman Trumbull papers, 1855-1872, [microform].

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Lyman Trumbull papers, 1855-1872, [microform].

The papers consist of letters received by Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois. Subjects are mainly political and include the elections of 1856, 1860, 1866, and 1872, Illinois state politics, appointments and patronage, the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, secession, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the civil rights bill, and the Liberal Republican movement of 1872.

22 reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6698325

Yale University Library

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Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896

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Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842); Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880). From the description of Letter, September 29, 1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 71275513 Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); S...