Document : Springfield, [Ill.], 1847 Jan. 1.

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Document : Springfield, [Ill.], 1847 Jan. 1.

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Commission of Isaac P. Canan as colonel of cavalry of the Illinois State Militia. Also signed by Horace S. Cooley, secretary of state. With state seal.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Canan, Isaac P.

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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...

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 ...