Papers, 1860-1925.

Selby, Paul, 1825-1913

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Selby, a Jacksonville, Illinois newspaper editor, later lived in Chicago and wrote and edited various county histories. From the description of Letters, 1854, 1910, and 1912. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 426921424 Illinois newspaper editor who at the time of the Anti-Nebraska Editorial Convention in 1856 was editing the Jacksonville Journal. From the description of Letters, March 12, 15, 1886. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library)....

Bailhache, William Henry, 1826-1905.

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Buel, Clarence Clough, 1850-1933

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Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

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Ida M. Tarbell was an investigative journalist best known from her The History of the Standard Oil Company published in 1904. She wrote for American Magazine, which she also co-owned and co-edited, from 1906 to 1915. From the guide to the Ida M. Tarbell papers, 1916-1930, (Ohio University) Historian, journalist, lecturer, and muckraker, (Allegheny College, A.B., 1880). For further information, see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of The nationa...

Bailhache, Ada (Sarah Adaline Brayman), 1839-1923.

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Springfield, Illinois, resident; wife of William H. Bailhache. From the description of Letter: Springfield, Ill., to mother [Mary Williams Brayman], 1860 Nov. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26815203 ...

Brayman, Mason, 1813-1895

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Brayman was born in Buffalo, New York on May 23, 1813. Raised with a Calvinist outlook and a hatred of liquor, he was apprenticed to a printer at the age of 17. Five years later he became editor of a local newspaper. In addition to his work with newspapers, he studied law and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1836. The year after his admission to the bar, Brayman married his wife, Mary. She was a direct descendant of Roger Williams and the union produced two daughters and a son. Following h...

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Backenstos, Jacob B. (Jacob Benjamin), 1811-1857

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Illinois state representative, 1844-1846; sheriff of Hancock County, Illinois, and Mormom sympathizer during the Mormon War, 1845-1846; lieutenant, Mexican War. From the description of Receipt and notes, 1842, 1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26677574 Illinois state representative, 1844-1846; sheriff of Hancock County, Illinois, and Mormon sympathizer during the Mormon War, 1845-1846; lieutenant, Mexican War. From the description ...

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...

Arnold, T. W.

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Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923

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Bartlett was an American author who wrote books and articles about artists and art movements. From the description of Collection on Auguste Rodin, 1886-1913. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367704 Truman Howe Bartlett (1835-1923) was a sculptor in Boston, Mass. From the description of Truman Howe Bartlett scrapbook, circa 1880-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646402695 ...

Bailhache family.

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Family of John and Mary Elizabeth Heath Bailhache who immigrated to Alton, Illinois, from Ohio in 1837. Bailhache was an editor, publisher and politician. Son William H. became co-editor of the Illinois State Journal in Springfield, Illinois, was in the quartermaster corps in the Civil War, and later was a treasury agent and customs inspector in the West. Son Preston H. was a physician in Springfield, was imprisoned at Andersonville during the Civil War, and later worked...