Letters: Springfield, [Ill.], to [Almeron] Wheat, 1847 April 24 and May 21.
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French, Augustus C., 1808-1864
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Lawyer who came from New York to Illinois in 1832 and was elected to the state legislature in 1836, and to the governor's office in 1846 after which he was appointed state bank commissioner and taught law at McKendree College. During his tenure as governor he gained Illinois a reputation for fiscal integrity by paying state debts accrued by internal improvements such as the Illinois-Michigan Canal and the Illinois Central Railroad. He also worked to build the Jacksonville Insane Asylum. Dealt wi...
Wheat, Almeron, 1813-1895,
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Quincy, Illinois, lawyer. From the description of Mormon trial notes, [1845] May 29. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34495217 ...
Cooley, Horace S., 1806-1850,
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Adams County, Illinois, lawyer; quartermaster general, Illinois militia, 1841; Illinois secretary of state, 1846-1850. From the description of Letter: Springfield, [Ill.], to M[adison] Y. Johnson, Galena, Ill., [18]46 Dec. 16. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28448040 From the description of Letters: Springfield, [Ill.], to [Almeron] Wheat, 1847 April 24 and May 21. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28448046 ...
