Documents, 1838, 1852.

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Documents, 1838, 1852.

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Document, 1838, concerns title to land in the Military Tract, purchased by Duncan; and deed, 1852, for land in Warsaw, Illinois, owned by the Warsaw Land Company, of which Duncan had been president.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Duncan, Joseph, 1794-1844

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From Jacksonville, Illinois, sixth governor of the state, had previously served in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the state legislature, and U.S. Congress. Born in Paris, Kentucky, came to Illinois, where his brother Matthew was the publisher of the Kaskaskia "Herald", after the War of 1812. He married Elizabeth Caldwell Smith in 1828 and the couple moved to Jacksonville, Ill. Duncan had been quite wealthy, but due to financial problems within the state and a corrupt relative, he died leav...

Warsaw Land Company (Warsaw, Ill.)

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