King Hostick collection of Illinois county records, ca. 1766- 1933 (bulk 1800-1890)

Menard, Pierre, 1766-1844

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Illinois' first Lieutenant-Governor (1818-1822). Menard was an early French Canadian resident of Kaskaskia, Randolph County, related by marriage to the Saucier and Chouteau families. A trader and merchant, Menard invested in trapping and exploring expeditions. He was involved in territorial politics, appointed judge in Randolph County courts, 1801; elected representative to the Indiana Territorial Legislature at Vincennes, 1806-1807; representative to the Illinois Territorial Legislature 1812-18...

Integral Phalanx (Sangamon County, Ill.)

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Hostick, King V., 1914-1993,

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Springfield, Illinois, collector of rare books and manuscripts, and an authority on Abraham Lincoln. U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, Hostick was also a former journalist. He became interested in manuscript collecting as an employee of Illinois Governor Henry Horner during the 1930s, whom Hostick helped collect a formidable collection of Lincolniana which later became the basis of the Illinois State Historical Library's Lincoln Collection. Hostick served as an officer ...

Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899

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Ingersoll: unmarried lawyer in Peoria, Ill. From the description of Letter : Peoria, Ill., to Miss Han Selby, Smithland, Ky., 1859 Sept. 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 41986349 Ingersoll: lawyer, author, lecturer, well-known proponent of agnosticism. Hackley (1837-1905): businessman & philanthropist from Muskegon, Mich. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to Mr. [Charles Henry?] Hackley, 1897 July 21. (Abraham L...

Edwards, Ninian, 1775-1833

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Edwards was governor of Illinois. Sloane was a representative from Ohio. From the description of Letter : Belleville, Ill., to [John] Sloan[e], Ohio, 1828 Oct. 25. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52249240 From the description of Letter : Belleville, Ill., to [John] Sloan[e], Ohio, 1828 Oct. 25. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 83279239 Lawyer, judge; Kentucky state representative, 1796-1797; governor, Illinois Territory, 1809...

Bond, Shadrach, 1773-1832

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First governor of Illinois, 1818-1822; member, Indiana terrritorial legislature, 1805-1808; delegate from Illinois Territory, U.S. House of Representatives, 1812-1814; receiver, Kaskaskia land office, 1814-1818; helped found Illinois and Michigan Canal Company, 1825; register, Kaskaskia land office, 1823-1832. From the description of Legal document: 1823 Oct. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418020 First governor of Illinois, 1818-1822; membe...

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...

Cartwright, Peter, 1785-1872

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Cartwright was a circuit-riding Methodist minister in Illinois and other states, as well as an Illinois legislator. From the description of Land document, November 13, 1833. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 665070303 Methodist minister and circuit rider in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois; member of Illinois House of Representatives (1828-1830, 1832-1834); resident of Sangamon County, Illinois. From the description of Gu...

Pope, Nathaniel, 1784-1850

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Born in Louisville, Kentucky came to Illinois settled in Kaskaskia and became territorial delegate to Congress and instrumental in Illinois becoming a state with its boundaries as they are. Served as U.S. district judge, 1819-1850. From the description of Papers, 1819, 1824, 1835. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53882398 Pope, who settled in Kaskaskia, Illinois, served as territorial secretary and territorial delegate before becoming U. S. distric...

Edwardsville Library

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Bank of Edwardsville (Ill.)

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Davis, David, 1815-1886

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Illinois state legislator and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. senator from Illinois. From the description of Papers of David Davis, 1861-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070696 Bloomington, Illinois lawyer; member of Illinois House of Representatives (1844-1846); judge 8th judicial circuit (1848-1862); U.S. Supreme Court justice (1862-1877); U.S. Senator (1877-1883). From the description of Receipt for judgment costs, February ...

Kane, Elias Kent, 1794-1835

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