Author: John W. SmithPublisher:
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Category : Macon County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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History of Macon County, Illinois, from Its Organization to 1876
Author: John W. SmithPublisher:
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Category : Macon County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Lincoln Day by Day
Author: United States. Lincoln Sesquicentennial CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"When, thirty-five years ago, the Lincoln Centennial Association of Springfield, Illinois changed its character from a local organization celebrating Lincoln's birthday with an annual banquet to a research organization, the first project undertaken was an attempt to discover where Lincoln was and what he did every day of his life. In 1926 the pioneering result, a slim pamphlet, now a collector's item, Lincoln in the Year 1858, was published. Six others appeared at regular intervals (1859 and 1860 in 1927, 1854 in 1928, 1855 in 1929, 1856 and 1857 in 1930) ... The seven pamphlets, revised, were brought together in 1933 in Lincoln 1854-1861, Being the Day-by-Day Activities of Abraham Lincoln from January 1, 1854 to March 4, 1861, by Paul M. Angle, executive secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association. The following eight years carried the chronology back to Lincoln's birth with three more volumes -- Lincoln 1847-1853 by Benjamin P. Thomas, 1936; and Lincoln 1840-1846 and Lincoln 1809-1839 by Harry E. Pratt, 1939 and 1941 -- and the series became known as one of the most useful reference works in the entire range of Lincoln scholarship. Lincoln's daily activities were chronicled by using every authentic source. In the resulting mountain of material, three sources proved most fruitful: Lincoln's writings; newspapers; and Illinois court records. The opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln Papers in July, 1947, provided much new material, and The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, in nine volumes, appearing in 1953, almost doubled the number of known compositions from Lincoln's pen. Revising and reprinting the chronology was a project often discussed by Abraham Lincoln Association officials, but never accomplished, as the undertaking would be large and expensive, particularly if carried through Lincoln's years as President. The Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, after considering other possibilities, recognized the revision and enlargement of Lincoln Day-by-Day as a research tool indispensable to future generations of students. It is singularly appropriate that an idea conceived by an organization formed to celebrate Lincoln's Centennial should be completed by an agency created by Congress to celebrate Lincoln's Sesquicentennial. The Abraham Lincoln Association generously transferred its copyright to the Commission"--Preface.
A History of Lake County, Illinois
Author: John J. HalseyPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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The History of Peoria, Illinois
Author: Charles BallancePublisher:
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Category : Peoria (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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History of Cook County
Author: Newton BatemanPublisher:
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Category : Cook County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Past and Present of the City of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois
Author: Charles A. ChurchPublisher:
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Category : Rockford (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Early History and Pioneers of Champaign County
Author: Milton W. MathewsPublisher:
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Category : Champaign County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County, Illinois
Author: History of Ford County, Illinois
Author: Ernest Arthur GardnerPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
History of the Chenoweth Family
Author: Cora Chenoweth HiattPublisher:
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"John Chinoweth, Gent., blacksmith and surveyor, was born at St. Martins in Menage, Cornwall Co., Wales--now England about 1682-3 ... John Chinoweth and Mary Calvert, daughter of Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore were married about 1705 ..."--Page 39. John came to America, date unknown, and " ... settled on Gunpowder River, near Joppa, Baltimore County, Maryland, on an estate belonging to the Calverts which was called "Gunpowder Manor."--Page 39. "In Frederick County, Virginia, on April 11, 1746, John Chinoweth, blacksmith, made his will, probated May 6, 1746." ... From this will it is shown that he must have been visiting his sons in Virginia, for there are no land grants, patents, or deeds showing that he ever purchased land there ..."--Page 40. Descendants lived in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Iowa, South Dakota, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Arizona and elsewhere.