Letter, July 8, 1836.

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Letter, July 8, 1836.

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Letter to John Russell, a writer and editor, in Bluffdale, Illinois discusses Russell's "suggestions relative to your article for publication", the possibility of buying land in Illinois and his difficulties with Judge James Hall including the Judge's resignation from Western Monthly Magazine. Mentions his own success with "the F Magazine."

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Russell, J. (John), 1793-1863

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Noted early Illinois literary figure, school teacher, author and editor. Russell and his wife Laura Ann Spencer Russell were early settlers of Bluffdale, Greene County, Illinois. From the description of Papers, 1792-1927. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 23007629 John Russell was born in Cavendish, Vt., on July 31, 1793, his parents being John and Lucretia (Preston) Russell. He graduated from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. (1818) and was mar...

Taylor, Elizabeth J.

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Eli Taylor of Cincinnati, Ohio published The Family Magazine, a small monthly, was also for a time publisher of the anti-Catholic and anti-slavery Cincinnati Journal. Judge James Hall who had done active service in the war of 1812 was a lawyer, judge, treasurer of the State of Illinois, and an editor of several newspapers and magazines. From the description of Letter, July 8, 1836. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768330 Elizabeth Taylor was a st...

Hall, James, 1793-1868

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Author, jurist, banker, newspaper editor; Illinois state treasurer, 1828. From the description of Letter : Com[mercia]l Bank of Cincinnati, [Ohio], to W[illiam] Rianhard, Urbana, Ohio, 1841 Dec. 9. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32725982 ...