Papers, 1835-1861, 1876.

Missouri historical society

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Bissell, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1860

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Belleville, Illinois, lawyer; colonel, 2nd Illinois Regiment, Mexican War; Illinois congressman, 1848-1852; governor of Illinois, 1857-1860. From the description of Legal documents: 1857. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159161 From the description of Letter: Washin[gton, D.C.], to W[illia]m Martin, 1850 Feb. 5. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159147 From the description of Letters: 1849-1859. (Abraham Linco...

Hardin, John J., 1810-1847

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Lawyer, Jacksonville, Illinois; Whig politician; Illinois House of Representatives, 1836-1842; served in Black Hawk War; killed in action, Mexican War. From the description of Letter: Vandalia, [Ill.], to Daniel Webster, Washington City, D.C., 1839 Jan. 22. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 33195880 From the description of Letter: Jacksonville, [Ill.], to [Joseph?] Heslep, 1840 June 25. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 331...

Henry, Anson G., 1804-1865

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Dr. Anson Gordon Henry was born in 1804, in Richfield, New York. After graduating from medical school, he moved to Springfield, Illinois to begin a medical practice and soon became acquainted with Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. In 1852, Henry and his family moved to Oregon and he was eventually appointed by President Lincoln as the surveyor general for the Washington Territory. He was in Washington, D.C. attempting to secure another political appointment when the assassination of Lincoln occurre...

Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896

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Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842); Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880). From the description of Letter, September 29, 1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 71275513 Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); S...

Williams, Archibald, 1801-1863

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Butterfield, Justin, 1790-1855

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Butterfield, an Illinois Whig politician, had been appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office in Washington, D.C. From the description of Letter, July 31,1851. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 694182282 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Edwards, Cyrus, 1793-1877.

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Linder, Usher F., 1809-1876

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Browning, Orville Hickman, 1806-1881

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From Quincy, Illinois served as state senator, 1836-1841 and state representative, 1842-1843, delegate to the anti-Nebraska convention in Bloomington, Ill. in 1856 and to the Republican National Convention in 1860, appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill Stephen A. Douglas' seat when he died, and appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Johnson. Formed a law firm in Washington, D.C. in 1863 and practice there until 1866. Returned to Quincy, Ill. in 1869 to practice there. From t...

Gillespie, Joseph, 1809-1885

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Edwardsville, Illinois, lawyer; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1840-1842 and Illinois Senate, 1846-1858. From the description of Papers, 1835-1861, 1876. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31156809 From the description of Letters, 1848, 1876. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31156799 From the description of Letter: to Osborn H. Oldroyd, [1882] (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: ...