Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames' copies of source materials, ca. 1730s-1940s.

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Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames' copies of source materials, ca. 1730s-1940s.

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Primarily a volume containing photostatic copies of original manuscripts from 1730s-1880s, including correspondence, financial records, essays, deeds, political pamphlets, and other documents from the personal collections of members of the Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Topics include early Illinois settlements, New England, London, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, protestant religious denominations, and more. Collection also includes materials (accn. 1995.0054) produced by the Colonial Dames to promote Americanization in the Chicago Public Schools; and documentation of bronze tablets placed by the Colonial Dames at various Illinois historic sites in the years immediately following World War I.

2 linear ft. (1 v.)2 folders. (accn. 1995.0054).

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