Ninian Edwards papers, 1798-1833.

Wirt, William, 1772-1834

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William Wirt (November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. He was the longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history. He was also the Anti-Masonic nominee for president in the 1832 election. Wirt grew up in Maryland but pursued a legal career in Virginia, passing the Virginia bar in 1792. After holding various positions, he served as the prosecutor in Aaron Burr's...

King, Rufus, 1755-1827

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Rufus King (March 24, 1755 – April 29, 1827) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and was one of the signers of the United States Constitution in 1787. After formation of the new Congress he represented New York in the United States Senate. He emerged as a leading member of the Federalist Party, serving as the party's last presidential nominee in the 1816 presidential election. The son...

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Reynolds, John, 1788-1865

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Reynolds was an early Illinois settler, state legislator, congressman, and governor (1830-1834). From the description of Papers, 1819-1850. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 748842485 From the description of Letter, June 26, 1830. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 698775126 Illinois' fourth governor was born in Montgomery County, Penn. and came to Illinois in 1800 with his parents, settling near Kaskaskia. He serve...

Street, Joseph Montfort, 1782-1840

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General Joseph Montfort Street was a lawyer, merchant, U.S. Army officer, and U.S. Indian agent born in 1782 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He studied law in Henry Clay's office in Kentucky, and subsequently practiced in that state and Tennessee. In 1806 he became editor of the "The Western World" in Frankfort, Kentucky, a newspaper that helped expose Aaron Burr's conspiracy to sieze and detach U.S. lands from the Union. From 1827-1835 Street served as U.S. Indian agent to the Winnebago at Prair...

Field, Alexander Pope, 1800-1876,

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Lawyer; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1822-1824, 1826-1830; Illinois secretary of state, 1829-1940; moved to Wisconsin, St. Louis, Missouri, and eventually settled in New Orleans, Louisiana. From the description of Letter : Vandalia, [Ill.], to A.F. Grant, Shawneetown, Ill., 1831 May 31. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30463391 ...

McLean, John, 1791-1830

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Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

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Diplomat and U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Albert Gallatin papers, 1783-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919649 Albert Gallatin was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1790-1792), a U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1795-1801), Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1815-1823) and Great Britain (1826-1827). From the description of Albert Gallatin letter, 1803 Oct....

Eustis, William, 1753-1825

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Revolutionary War veteran, politician, and secretary of war. From the description of Letter, 1818 Oct. 20. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49215753 William Eustis was born in Cambridge, Mass., and graduated from Harvard College in 1772. He served as a surgeon during the American Revolutionary War and in the Massachusetts General Court (1788-1794). Eustis was a U.S. Representative for Massachusetts (1801-1804, 1820-1823), Secretary of War (1809-1813), Am...

Pope, John, 1770-1845

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Epithet: sherman, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00016d Epithet: of Cauldon, county Staffordshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00016c John Pope was born in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1770. After studying law, he moved to Springfield, Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar. Pope served in...

Edwards, Ninian, 1775-1833

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Edwards was governor of Illinois. Sloane was a representative from Ohio. From the description of Letter : Belleville, Ill., to [John] Sloan[e], Ohio, 1828 Oct. 25. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52249240 From the description of Letter : Belleville, Ill., to [John] Sloan[e], Ohio, 1828 Oct. 25. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 83279239 Lawyer, judge; Kentucky state representative, 1796-1797; governor, Illinois Territory, 1809...

Baker, David Jewett, 1792-1869.

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Lawyer, Kaskaskia, Illinois; judge, Randolph County, 1827-1830; United States senator, November and December 1830; United States attorney, District of Illinois, 1833-1841. From the description of Letters: to his wife Sarah, 1830-1831. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26677757 From the description of Letters and essay: 1860-1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26677766 From the description of Letter: Kaskaskia, ...

Warren, Hooper, 1790-1864

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Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878

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Lawyer, Kaskaskia, Illinois; U.S. district attorney, 1827-1829; lieutenant colonel, Black Hawk War; U.S. senator, 1843-1845; Illinois House of Representatives, 1851-1852; Illinois Supreme Court justice, 1841-1843, 1857-1878. From the description of Letters, 1845, 1851, 1875. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418211 From the description of Papers re: election of 1858, 1849-1858. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418204 ...

Cook, Daniel Pope, 1795-1827

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Lawyer, Kaskaskia and Edwardsville, Illinois; editor, Illinois Intelligencer, 1816; auditor of public accounts, 1816; first attorney general of Illinois, 1819; Illinois congressman, 1819-1827. From the description of Documents, 1816-1822. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28448026 From the description of Papers, 1820-1914. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28448024 ...

Ingham, Samuel D. (Samuel Delucenna), 1779-1860

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Ingham served as Secretary of the Treasury, 1829-1831, under Pres. Andrew Jackson; staunch supporter of the Second Bank of the United States; helped develop inland canal navigation, railroad transportation, anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania; died, 1860, in Trenton, N.J. From the description of Substance of a conversation with Samuel D. Ingham, 1831 Mar. 22. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30713434 Samuel D. Ingham was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvan...

Green, Duff, 1791-1875

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Journalist, politician, and industrial promoter. From the description of Papers of Duff Green, 1810-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070528 Businessman, publisher, printer for U.S. Congress, 1827-1833. From the description of Letter : Washington, to W.R. Smith, 1834 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22456195 From the description of Letter : Dalton, Ga., to H. Maynard, 1874 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22456215 Editor, indus...

Clark, William, 1770-1838

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Explorer, governor of the Territory of Missouri, army officer, and the U.S. superintendent of Indian Affairs. From the description of William Clark papers, 1816-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452648 Explorer. From the description of [Codicil to will] 1837. (Denver Museum of Nature & Science). WorldCat record id: 29305311 Army officer best known for partnership in the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1794, he was Lieutenant in the 4th sub-legion...

Bond, Shadrach, 1773-1832

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First governor of Illinois, 1818-1822; member, Indiana terrritorial legislature, 1805-1808; delegate from Illinois Territory, U.S. House of Representatives, 1812-1814; receiver, Kaskaskia land office, 1814-1818; helped found Illinois and Michigan Canal Company, 1825; register, Kaskaskia land office, 1823-1832. From the description of Legal document: 1823 Oct. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418020 First governor of Illinois, 1818-1822; membe...

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Forquer, George, 1794-1837.

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Forquer was an Illinois businessman, lawyer, and politician, who served as Illinois secretary of state, attorney general, state senator from Sangamon County, and register of the land office. From the description of Letter, January 16, 1832. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443060768 ...