John Wood correspondence, 1860-1861.

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John Wood correspondence, 1860-1861.

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File contains only incoming correspondence which concerns cattle disease; state banks; pleas for pardons or for government employment, particularly judgeships and the Commissioner of Deeds position; recommendations; and resignations. Correspondents primarily include private citizens, state's attorneys, out-of-state government officials, Illinois county officials and lawyers.

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Wood, John, 1798-1880.

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Founder of Quincy, Illinois and lieutenant governor of Illinois, who became governor on March 21, 1860 upon the death of William H. Bissell, and served until January 14, 1861. From the description of Affidavit for witnesses fees, October 31, 1826. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 739953329 ...

Illinois. Office of the Governor

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The Board of Fund Commissioners was created by l. 1837, p. 121. Board contracted for and negotiated all loans authorized by General Assembly for internal improvements and signed and executed all bonds or stock certificates issued for such loans. Monies received from proceeds of loans were deposited at State Bank of Illinois and Bank of Illinois at Shawneetown. These deposits were used to pay drafts issued on Fund Commissioners by Board of Commissioners of Public Works for expenditur...

Illinois. Governor (1860-1861 : Wood)

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John Wood (1798-1880), Republican Governor of Illinois (1860-1861), was born at Moravia, N. Y. on Dec. 20, 1798. Wood moved to Adams Co., Ill., building the first log cabin in Quincy where he married Ann M. Streeter on Jan. 25, 1826. He served as state Senator (1852-1856) and was elected Lt. Governor on the same ticket with Governor Bissell (1856), whose unexpired term Wood completed (1860-1861). In Feb. 1861, Wood was one of five Illinois commissioners to the unsuccessful Washington Peace Confe...