Shelby Moore Cullom correspondence, 1877-1883.

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Shelby Moore Cullom correspondence, 1877-1883.

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Correspondence concerns naturalizations, politics, rewards for the capture of criminals, pardons, extraditions, pleas from convicts, an industrial school for girls, military funds, swamp lands, the Illinois Central Railroad, the appointment of Governor Cullom to the U. S. Senate, and the distribution of state documents. Most of the correspondence involves requests for appointments to such posts as Commissioner for the Improvement of Rivers and Canals, Public Administrator, Justice of the Peace, and Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner. Correspondents include local, state, and national government officials and private citizens. File also includes a partial listing of appointments made by the Governor which includes each appointee's name, position, date the appointment was approved or rejected by the Genral Assembly, length of term and date of expiration, and predecessor's name.

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