Scrapbooks, 1844-1931.

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Scrapbooks, 1844-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49700209

Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings mostly from the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Democrat, but also others, and mostly related to the political situation prior to the Civil War and the first year of the Civil War. Numerous stories on Lincoln and Douglas, slavery and also on copperheads, Marion County Democrats, John McClernand and John C. Fremont. There are also articles on topics unrelated to politics or war from that time period and later articles have family news in them.

3 v. ; 31 cm.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890

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John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a US Senator from California, and in 1856 was the first Republican nominee for President of the United States. A native of Georgia, Frémont acquired male protectors after his father's death, and became proficient in mathematics, science, and surveying. During the 1840s, he led five expeditions into the Western United States and became known as "The Pathfinder". During the...

O'Melveny, H. K. S.

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Lawyer who came to Central City, Illinois from Kentucky, started a practice there in 1853 and by 1860 had been elected a district judge. In 1869 moved his family to California where he was elected district judge in 1873 and appointed to the Superior Court in 1887. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1844-1931. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49700209 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

O'Melveny family.

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McClernand, John A. (John Alexander), 1812-1900

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Illinois politician and soldier. From the description of Report, 1861 Nov. 12. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49252333 Prior to his appointment as Brigadier General of the volunteers by Abraham Lincoln, McClernand had served in the Black Hawk War, studied law and passed the bar, been elected to the Illinois legislature and to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served under Grant at Belmont, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Arkansas Post, until ...