Richard Yates (1815-1873) correspondence, 1861-1865.

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Richard Yates (1815-1873) correspondence, 1861-1865.

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Correspondence chiefly concerns matters relating to the conduct of the Civil War such as home protection, battles, weapons and supplies, the Board of Army Auditors, hospital boats, war charities, Southern sympathizers, "rebels" and "traitors." Other letters discuss the administration of civil government on matters of prisons, pardons, requisitions for return of fugitives, insane asylums, education, commissions and appointments, issuance of land patents, the state constitution, and the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Scattered through the file are letters about the Governor's vetoes, personal charities, and family. Incoming letters include those from legislators, General Land Office administrators, private citizens, lawyers, out-of-state government officials, soldiers' wives pleading for assistance, and state's attorneys. Outgoing letters include those to military officers, U. S. War Department officials, bankers, doctors, and judges. The correspondence also contains lists of recipients of railroad passes issued by Governor Yates.

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Yates, Richard, 1815-1873

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Richard Yates (1815-1873), Civil War Governor of Illinois (1861-1865), was born in Warsaw, Ky. on Jan. 18, 1815. His family moved to Illinois settling first in Springfield (1831) and later at Berlin, Sangamon County. Yates graduated from Illinois College (1835) and subsequently read law with Col. John J. Hardin at Jacksonville. On July 11, 1839, he married Catherine Geers in Jacksonville, Ill. Yates was a state Representative from Morgan County (1842-1850)and with his victory over Thomas L. Harr...