Letters : Washington, D.C., to R[obert] L. Dulaney, 1855 Dec. 23-1856 June 29.

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Letters : Washington, D.C., to R[obert] L. Dulaney, 1855 Dec. 23-1856 June 29.

Illinois politics and Archer's contested congressional election; Abraham Lincoln for vice president; attack on Senator Sumner; Kansas affairs; railroad construction in Clark County, Illinois.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

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...

Dulaney, Robert Leroy, 1818-1903,

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Marshall, Illinois, lawyer; founder, Dulaney National Bank; member, board of directors, Vandalia Rail Road. From the description of Incoming correspondence, 1844-1864. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29761076 ...

Archer, William Beaty, 1792-1870

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Illinois state representative, 1824-1826; state senator, 1826-1834; commissioner, Illinois-Michigan Canal, 1836-1837; colonel, Black Hawk War; co-founder and resident Marshall, Illinois. From the description of Papers, 1832-1833, 1902 (bulk 1832-1833) (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26507814 Illinois state representative, 1824-1826; state senator, 1826-1834; commissioner, Illinois-Michigan Canal, 1836-1837; colonel, Black Hawk War; co-founder and ...