[Collection], 1859-1886.

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[Collection], 1859-1886.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247139303

This collection consists primarily of Dillon's historical notes on people and events relating to the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest. Also, included is: a scrapbook of his letters published in newspapers on the Civil War, the Republican Party, and Indiana history; letters concerning the Indiana Historical Society, the Indiana Sanitary Fair (1864); and a memorial by John Coburn on the life of Dillon.

2 ms. boxes.

Indiana State Library - ISL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7136420

Indiana State Library - ISL

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Indiana State Library

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Indiana Historical Society.

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Indiana Sanitary Fair.

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Dillon, John B. (John Brown), 1808?-1879

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Historian from Indiana, later worked as a civil servant in Washington, D.C. From the description of Diary, 1864-1865, 1868. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663620 John Brown Dillon was the editor of Logansport, Cass County Canal Telegraph (1834-1842, the Indiana State librarian (1845-1851), the secretary for the State Board of Agriculture (1850's), a clerk in the U.S. Dept. of the Interior (1863-1871) and the House Military Affairs Committee (18...

Republican Party (Ind.)

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