Papers, 1869-1895.

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Papers, 1869-1895.

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Mostly correspondence, especially about judicial elections and appointments, patronage requests, legal matters, and Wall's business investments. Some material concerns the Illinois Central Railroad, the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company, coal mining, Illinois College (Jacksonville), and the Jacksonville Female Academy. Correspondents include: P. Daggy, William Ralls Morrison, John H. Mulkey, W.K. Murphy, George W. Parker, George Trumbull, and Wall's children. A little business and printed material.

.63 linear feet (1 1/2 boxes)

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Wall, George Willard, 1839-1922.

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DuQuoin, Illinois lawyer and Third Judicial District judge. From the description of Papers, 1869-1895. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 57937288 Wall, a student at McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois in 1855 and at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857, became a DuQuoin, Illinois lawyer and Third Judicial Circuit judge. From the description of Papers, 1855, 1857, 1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record i...

Wall, George W. (George Willard), 1839-1922.

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Morrison, William R. (William Ralls), 1825-1909

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Served in the Illinois legislature, 1854-1860 and 1870-1871, as a Colonel in the Civil War, in the U.S. Congress,1863-1865 and 1873-1887, as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856, 1868, 1884 and 1888 and appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by both President Cleveland and President Harrison, serving from 1887-1897. Helped form the 49th Illinois Infantry. Was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee Committee. Authored the horizontal reduction tariff bill. Cons...