James and John Dunlop Papers, 1818-1853.

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James and John Dunlop Papers, 1818-1853.

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Correspondence and records concerning land investments in the United States, managed by Robert Leslie, of Petersburg, Virginia. Includes correspondence between Leslie and David Robson, Albion, Illinois, E. B. Webb, Carmi, Illinois, and John Hinton, Rockport, Missouri. Also includes land descriptions, accounts and Illinois map. Robson's letters mention Morris Birkbeck, George Flower and concern over slavery in Illinois.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Robson, David, d. 1831?

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Webb, Edwin B., 1814-1856.

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Hinton, John.

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Flower, George, 1780-1862.

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Founder of Albion, Ill., an English settlement, came from England in 1816, landed in New York and traveled through that state to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. A trip to choose a suitable place for settling his friends and family. Traveled to the major cities in those states learning as much as he could through observation and talking to many people, some of whom he had known in England. In Virginia he met Thomas Jefferson and his family and stayed at Monticello. He met br...

Dunlop, James, merchant

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British land speculator who, in partnership with John Dunlop, owned property in Illinois, Ohio and Missouri. From the description of James and John Dunlop Papers, 1818-1853. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29761078 ...

Leslie, Robert.

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Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825

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Pioneer, farmer, author, and state official of Illinois. From the description of Morris Birkbeck treatise and scrapbook, 1619-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123913404 Epithet: of Add MS 33112 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x0002af Founder of English settlement of Wanborough, Illinois, 1818; Illinois secretary of state, 1824. From the description of Letter : Englis...

Dunlop, John S.

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