Papers, 1789-1936.

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Papers, 1789-1936.

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Correspondence, scrapbooks, notebooks, letterpress books, genealogy notes, manuscripts, speeches, news clippings, legal documents and pamphlets. Letters from many important political figures of the Civil War period including Lincoln, Grant, Herndon, Seward, Stanton, McClernand, Logan, Ingersoll, Dubois, Koerner, David Davis, Jesse Fell, Lyman Trumbull, O.H. Browning, and Augustus French. Also many letters from enlisted men and their families. Letters from Holly Springs, Chattanooga, New Orleans, Vicksburg and Corinth. Also Yates letters to his wife while he was in Washington, D.C. Richard, Jr.'s include letters to his friend, Chicago lawyer James E. Babb, often discussing his political career. Letters from John Palmer, William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. Also letters to and from distant relatives discussing genealogy. Copies of speeches for both men. Scrapbooks of political clippings and family news. Bound volumes of accounts, letters, congressional material and campaign material. Unpublished biography of Yates, Sr. by L.U. Reavis.

14.9 linear feet 35 1/2 boxes.

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Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891

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Son of the Civil War governor of the same name, Yates was an Illinois judge, governor (1901-1905), and congressman. From the description of Letter, June 17, 1906. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 698776893 Governor of Illinois, 1901-1905, and son of the earlier Governor Richard Yates. From the description of Autograph, February 19, 1902. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 739953323 ...

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