The George Dixon collection, George C. Loveland estate, 1685-1966.

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The George Dixon collection, George C. Loveland estate, 1685-1966.

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Numerous correspondence of John Dixon and documents from his career and land deals signed by various presidents and governors. Plats of Dixon. Reminiscences about and by John Dixon concerning Illinois, the Indians he dealt with in business, the Black Hawk War, the Rock River and his life in New York. George Dixon's correspondence with Frank Stevens, William Barge and others to verify facts and exchange information. Numerous news clippings re: Dixon family. Booklets, letters, reports and news clippings about Dixon, Lee County and Rock River. Programs, handbills, brochures and documents related to the civic and social organizations in Dixon. Records from the Mead, Puterbaugh, Minuse, Bethea, Baker and Reed family bibles. Political material related to the campaigns of 1910, 1912, 1924, the 1863 Constitutional Convention and the Republican Party. Letters from Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Dawes, Shelby Cullom, Frank Lowden, Joseph Fifer, John and Henry Dement. Many of the letters are to Solomon Hicks Bethea, several from Dawes and Cullom discuss Bethea's work on the "beef trust case" and the possibility of him being named Federal Judge by Roosevelt. Account books, ledgers, docket books, estray books, and Thomas Hubbard's diary.

5.68 linear feet (11 boxes + 4 bound v.)

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951

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Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Born in Marietta, Ohio, Dawes attended Cincinnati Law School before beginning a legal career in Lincoln, Nebraska. After serving as a gas plant executive, he managed William M...

Dixon, John, 1784-1876

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Early settler, Fancy Creek, Illinois; clerk, Peoria County, Illinois, 1825-1830; founder of Dixon, Illinois. From the description of Documents, 1825-1829. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29551831 From the description of Document : Peoria County, Ill., 1826 Dec. 25. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29551822 ...

Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914

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Springfield (Sangamon Co.), Ill. republican politician. From the description of Papers, 1910. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38386302 U.S. senator and representative from and governor of Illinois. From the description of Shelby M. Cullom correspondence, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984527 Governor of Illinois, 1877-1883, and U.S. Senator, 1883-1913. From the description of Autograph. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Lib...

Bethea, Solomon H. (Solomon Hicks)

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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...

Puterbaugh family.

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Reed family.

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Stevens, Frank Everett, 1856-

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Illinois born lawyer, banker, newspaper editor, historian and author who wrote The Black Hawk War. From the description of Papers, 1832-1939. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56511141 Historian, collector and author. From the description of Papers on Alexander Pope Field, 1902-1918. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30463398 Editor of the Sycamore Tribune and historian from Sycamore, Ill. Wrote mostly ...

Dixon, George, 1881-1966.

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Mead family.

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Republican Party (Ill.)

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Dixon family.

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Minuse family.

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Bethea family.

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Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943

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Lawyer, politician, landowner. A.B., University of Iowa, 1885. LL. D., Union College of Law, 1887. Congressman from Illinois, 1906-1911. Governor of Illinois, 1916-1921. Advocate for scientific farming and farmers' interests. From the description of Papers, 1885-1943 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 55818931 U. S. Congressman from Illinois (1906-1911) and Illinois governor (1917-1921). From the description of Letter, January 9, 19...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...