Saint Clair County (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Engelmann-Kircher Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC190
Abstract
The Engelmanns were a family of German emigrants who came to America in 1833 and settled on a farm near Shiloh in St. Clair County, Illinois. The collection consists of the letters and personal papers of brothers Theodore and Adolph Engelmann and their brother-in-law, Henry Kircher of Belleville, Illinois. The bulk of the collection is correspondence.
Dates:
Created: 1779-1932; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1946
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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Engelmann-Kircher Family Papers
Lyman Trumbull Family Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-BC640
Abstract
Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842), Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880).
Dates:
Created: 1821-1917; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1963
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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Lyman Trumbull Family Papers
Mildred Conrad Horner Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-BC461
Abstract
The Mildred Conrad Horner Collection was compiled by Mrs. Horner (d. 1942) in preparation for writing a biography of Charles S. Deneen, two term Republican Governor of Illinois. Mrs. Horner, a resident of Chicago, was a long-time school teacher, writer and genealogist.
Dates:
Created: 1799-1940; Other: Majority of material found in 1892-1940; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1943
Riggin Family papers
Collection — Box 71
Identifier: MS-SC1272
Scope and Contents
Early letters between Harry and James discuss business in Sangamon and Madison County, local and national politics and the election of 1822. The majority of letters are to Augustus from James, James Jr., William and Betsy. There are a few from him. The letters between the young men discuss attending school at McKendree and Illinois colleges, social activities, studies and family news. Some letters refer to Augustus teaching in Middletown, Beardstown, and Petersburg and then his run for office....
Dates:
Created: 1822 - 1903
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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Riggin Family papers
Saint Clair County, Illinois indentures
Collection — Box 75
Identifier: MS-SC1320
Scope and Contents
Indenture, 1820, between William A. Baird, sheriff of St. Clair County and Thomas Estes, signed by these two with John Messinger and John Hay witnessing. Copy, 1825, of an indenture made in 1815 between Robert Chenney and Calep "a Negro man aged about forty years" and Lucey "a Negro wench aged about 20 years" for them to apprentice to him for twenty years, for which he will provide them with "good and wholesome meat and drink, lodging apparel, necessary and fit for such an apprentice during the...
Dates:
Created: 1820 - 1825