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Agreement between Thomas C. Sharp and Thomas Gregg
Collection — Box: 95
Identifier: MS-SC1617
Scope and Contents
Agreement for Gregg to edit the newspaper, Warsaw Signal, for which Sharp agrees to pay one-half of all fees received in his practice of law and to take Gregg on as a student of the law. Agreement to last as long as Gregg edits the paper. Agreement for one year or until mutually agreed to end. Receipts for Abraham Lincoln and Edward D. Baker for 2 year subscriptions to the Warsaw Signal, signed by Sharp.
Dates:
Created: May 14, 1841
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Aichinger, Elizabeth B. Williams
Collection — Box: 244
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 3265
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Aiden, Charles H.
Collection — Box: 195
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 2399
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Aiken, Sarah D.
Collection — Box: 119
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 1925
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Aikman, Samuel L.
Collection — Box: 195
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 2396
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Alan J. Dixon Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC744
Abstract
Belleville police magistrate, 1949; assistant state attorney, St. Clair County, IL, 1950; member, Illinois State House of Representatives, 1951-1963; member, Illinois State Senate, 1963-1971, serving as a minority whip, 1964-1970; Illinois State Treasurer, 1971-1977; Illinois Secretary of State, 1977-1981; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1980; reelected in 1986 and served from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 1993; unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1992. At the...
Dates:
1981 - 1992
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albert Chipman (76th IL Infantry) papers
Collection
Identifier: BC114
Abstract
Farmer from Yellowhead Township, Kankakee County, IL who served in Company H, 76th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. He was born in Canada. He came to Illinois and in 1849 he and Sophronia Joyner were married. They had two sons, Azel and Frank. He joined the Infantry in 1862 and was made 3rd Sergeant, Company H, of the 76th Regiment in August of 1862. His regiment served in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. They spent much time around Vicksburg. At the end of the war, Albert who...
Dates:
1862 - 1893; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albert E. Plattenburg letter
Collection — Box: 67
Identifier: MS-SC1186
Scope and Contents
Transcript of a letter to his mother discusses recent elections in Fulton County, the defeat of the Democrats there and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
Dates:
Created: November 13, 1866
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albert G. Parker funeral address for James C. Allen
Collection — Box: 65
Identifier: MS-SC1142
Scope and Contents
Funeral address recounting the life, character and successes of Judge James Cameron Allen.
Dates:
Created: February 1, 1912
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albert G. Wolford letter
Collection — Box: 99
Identifier: MS-SC1680-A
Scope and Contents
Letter, May 7, 1861, to his brother in Louisville, Kentucky, commenting on military activities in Alton and Cairo, Illinois and on his familiarity with Abraham Lincoln: " I have known him for twenty three years, and he means what he says."
Dates:
Created: May 7, 1861
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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