Papers, 1845-1938.

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Papers, 1845-1938.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51297871

The majority of the collection is correspondence but also includes military papers, reports, dispatches, drafts of speeches, petitions, agreements, recommendations, notes, legal documents, tax receipts, business papers, and letterpress books. Also includes Emma Gillett Oglesby's correspondence, family scrapbooks and a scrapbook for their first child, Countess Emma Oglesby Cenci.

32.2 linear feet (68 boxes + 29 bound volumes + 8 oversize items)

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Oglesby, Emma (Emma Gillett Keays), 1845-1928.

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Grand Army of the Republic

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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...

Schwab, Michael, 1853-

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Oglesby family.

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Richard J. Oglesby, elected governor of Illinois in 1864, 1872 and 1884, appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1873 and his son John G. Oglesby elected Illinois lieutenant governor in 1908 and 1916, made the Oglesby family active in politics for almost a century. From the description of Papers, 1845-1938. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 51297871 ...

Fielden, Samuel, 1847-

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Illinois. Governor

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In 1809, Illinois became a territory of the United States and, as such, had its governors appointed by the President of the United States. The territorial governor was Ninian Edwards who was succeeded by Shadrach Bond when Illinois became a state in 1818. When the Governor was out of the territory, the territorial Secretary served as acting Governor, and maintained the gubernatorial correspondence. From the description of Correspondence, 1809-1816. (Illinois State Archive). WorldCat ...

Oglesby, John G. (John Gillett), 1878-1938.

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Oglesby, Richard J. (Richard James), 1824-1899

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American soldier and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to G.H. Williams, 1873 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611451 Richard J. Ogelsby was an officer in the Civil War and seriously wounded, eventually promoted to major general, elected to governor of Illinois in 1864, 1872 and 1884, and ten days after his 1885 term began, resigned after being chosen by the Illinois Republican party for the senate. He had been an orphan and ...