Edward F. Dunne correspondence, 1913-1917.

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Edward F. Dunne correspondence, 1913-1917.

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File primarily contains material relating to the administration of the Spanish-American War Veterans' Fund which was set up in 1899 by Congress to compensate underpaid members of the Illinois National Guard activated during the conflict. In 1908, the fund account was transferred to the state with the Governor acting personally as the trustee. File includes a bank account book in the Governor's name, bank balance notifications, interest statements, statements of deposits and withdrawls, names of veterans who received payments, and amounts and dates of payments. The Auditor of Public Accounts and bank officials were primary correspondents.

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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...

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Edward F. Dunne (1853-1937), Democratic Governor of Illinois (1913-1917), was born on Oct. 12, 1853 at Waterville, Conn. His family moved to Peoria, Ill., where he was educated in the Peoria public schools before entering Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. However Dunne, who was honor man in his Trinity class, was unable to graduate because his father's business reversals forced him to return to Peoria. Dunne worked for a year in his father's mill but he also read law before beginning a systema...

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Dunne, Edward F. (Edward Fitzsimons), 1853-1937

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Mayor of Chicago (1905-1907) and governor of Illinois (1913-1917). From the description of Papers, 1913-1916. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 123416154 ...

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