Papers, 1848-1866.

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Papers, 1848-1866.

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Many letters from Sabrina and her sons to their father while he was in California. A few letters from Hale to his family. They give news of the family both in Illinois and New York. The farm, William's work as telegrapher and Edwin's as teacher. They discuss their friends in Lockport and Joliet. William frequently gives the political news both state and national, whether California will be a state, the Free Soilers, the Fugitive Slave Law, the Whig party and local political elections and leaders. There is a discussion of a Congregational Church fight re: Rev. Ichabod Codding. There are a number of letters from Edwin to his wife and then to his daughter Ella and a number from Ella to her father. A letter of reference from Owen Lovejoy to Governor Yates re: Edwin a job. Several letters from the Civil War from George and from George Codding. Occasional mentions of William Gooding and one letter from him re: the Illinois Michigan Canal.

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Mason, Hale S., 1804-

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Codding, Ichabod, 1810-1866

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Ichabod Codding, a Congregational minister, was active in the anti-slavery movement. He was born in New York, and attended Middlebury College. He moved to the midwest in 1842, and was involved in politics in Illinois. From the description of Papers, 1830-1901. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 30315399 Abolitionist, orator, preacher, temperance advocate, editor and politician. Codding lectured in New England, New York and the Midwest and was involved in ...

Mason, William.

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Mason, Edwin

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Dixon, Illinois lawyer in partnership with George W. Chase. Mason came to Illinois from Vermont and his wife and son remain there. From the description of Letter, July 5, 1840. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52707976 ...

Codding family.

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Gooding, William, 1803-1878

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Lovejoy, Owen, 1811-1864

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Came to Princeton, Illinois in 1838 as minister of the Congregational Church and strong abolitionist. His home there was a stop on the Underground Railroad. He was elected to the state legislature in 1854 and to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1856, where he served five terms. He was the brother of slain abolitionist, Elijah Lovejoy. From the description of Letters, 1837, 1858, 1863. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52538367 ...

Mason Family.

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The family of Hale S. Mason, who came to Will County, Illinois, from Ontario County, New York, in 1834 with his wife Sabrina Codding Mason and their 3 young sons Hale, Edwin and William. After settling near Lockport and starting a boot and shoe business with his brother, he and Sabrina had four more sons, Stephen, John, Charles and George. In 1849 he left for California to find gold, leaving his family behind. George was a baby. He remained away for several years. He had started a nursery busine...

United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 14th (1861-1865)

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