Stock subscription book : Springfield, [Ill.], 1847 May 20.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...
Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company.
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Railroad chartered in 1847, connecting Springfield, Illinois, with Alton, Illinois. Built by Benjamin Godfrey. From the description of Stock subscription book : Springfield, [Ill.], 1847 May 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26507594 ...
Godfrey, Benjamin, 1794-1862.
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Merchant, financier, philanthropist; merchant marine, War of 1812; founded Monticello Female Seminary, Godfrey, Illinois, 1833; president, Alton and Sangamon Railroad, 1847. From the description of Letter: Monticello [Godfrey, Ill.], to William Martin, Edwardsville, Ill., 1843 Nov. 27. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31595284 From the description of Letter: Vandalia, [Ill.], to Theron Baldwin, Jacksonville, Ill., 1837 Jan. 5. (Abraham Lincoln Pres...
