Shadrach Bond correspondence, 1818-1820.

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Shadrach Bond correspondence, 1818-1820.

Correspondence concerns such topics as the salt industry, state bank loans, public land, Cahokia township, criminal proceedings, the transmission and exchange of laws and resolutions with other states, the Indiana boundary, and the Wabash River. Incoming letters include those from private citizens, presidential electors, U.S. congressmen, and General Land Office administrators. Outgoing letters include those to county official, legislators, judges, bankers, administrators in other state governments and officers in the U.S. Army or in the Illinois militia.

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