Letters: Springfield, [Ill.], 1850-1852.

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Letters: Springfield, [Ill.], 1850-1852.

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November 16, 1850 (1851?) letter to J. B. Turner discusses board of the insane asylum at Jacksonville, Illinois; facsimile of September 25, 1851 letter to J. G. Norwood concerns state geological survey; March 10, 1852 letter concerns appointment at the penitentary.

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Jacksonville State Hospital (Jacksonville, Ill.)

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Turner, J. B. (Jonathan Baldwin), 1805-1899

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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...

Norwood, J. G. (Joseph Granville), 1807-1895

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