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Papers, 1900-1905.

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Letters discussing Abraham Lincoln's involvement in William Kellogg's resolution before congress on extending slavery, February 1861. Includes letters from Paul Selby, Isaac N. Phillips, reporter of the Illinois Supreme Court and Lincoln biographer and Leonard F. Ross, a Colonel in the Civil War, involved in Democratic politics and son of the founder of Lewistown, Ill. Also a statement from A.M. Swan who had been a political writer for the Galesburg Free Democrat during the time of the Kellogg resolution. Also one letter from Roderic M. Cole regarding a daguerotype he took of Lincoln.

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Phillips, Isaac N. (Isaac Newton)

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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...

Selby, Paul, 1825-1913

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Selby, a Jacksonville, Illinois newspaper editor, later lived in Chicago and wrote and edited various county histories. From the description of Letters, 1854, 1910, and 1912. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 426921424 Illinois newspaper editor who at the time of the Anti-Nebraska Editorial Convention in 1856 was editing the Jacksonville Journal. From the description of Letters, March 12, 15, 1886. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library)....

Ross, Leonard F. (Leonard Fulton), 1823-1901

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Leonard Fulton Ross (1823-1901), Union general. He raised the 17th Regiment of Illinois Infantry, and was commissioned Colonel in May of 1861, leading it in Kentucky and Missouri. He commanded 3rd Brigade, 1st Division of the Army of Tennessee. On Apr. 25, 1862, he was promoted Brigadier General of U.S Volunteers. Ross commanded the 2nd Division of the District of Corinth, 8th Division, Left Wing and 13th Division of the XIII Corps. He resigned on July 22, 1863, and later was active in the Repub...

McCulloch, David, 1832-

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Judge of the Circuit Court, Peoria, Illinois and historian of Peoria County co-authoring The History of Peoria County with Newton Bateman and Paul Selby. From the description of Papers, 1900-1905. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52576667 ...

Kellogg, William Pitt, 1831-1918.

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William Pitt Kellogg was admitted to the bar in 1853 and practiced law in Canton, Ill. He was collector of the port of New Orleans (1865-1868), U.S. Senator for Louisiana (1868-1872, 1877-1883), governor of Louisiana (1873-1877), and U.S. Representative for Louisiana (1883-1885). From the description of William Pitt Kellogg letter, 1916 June 15. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 179865130 From the description of William P. Kellogg letter, 1874. (Louisiana Sta...