Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society, Issue 16Illinois State Historical Society., 1913 - Illinois |
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... Appointed by the Last General Assembly on the Construction of the New Build- ing for the Historical Society and Library . WM . A. MEESE , Moline , Chairman . Charles H. Rammelkamp Otto L. Schmidt Richard V. Carpenter Jacksonville ...
... Appointed by the Last General Assembly on the Construction of the New Build- ing for the Historical Society and Library . WM . A. MEESE , Moline , Chairman . Charles H. Rammelkamp Otto L. Schmidt Richard V. Carpenter Jacksonville ...
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... appointed to prepare suitable memorial to Mr. Collins , and that it be reported as part of the minutes of this meeting at the annual meeting . Professor Greene moved and Mr. Meese seconded the motion that the vacancy on the Board of ...
... appointed to prepare suitable memorial to Mr. Collins , and that it be reported as part of the minutes of this meeting at the annual meeting . Professor Greene moved and Mr. Meese seconded the motion that the vacancy on the Board of ...
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... appointed to consider a plan for such special meetings . The Secretary of the Society attended the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the organi- zation of Woodford County . This was held under the auspices of the Woodford County ...
... appointed to consider a plan for such special meetings . The Secretary of the Society attended the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the organi- zation of Woodford County . This was held under the auspices of the Woodford County ...
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... appointed more than a year ago to report a plan of action upon the important subject of the archaeology of Illinois , beg leave to make a partial report , which if adopted , may be the basis for some more definite plans to be matured by ...
... appointed more than a year ago to report a plan of action upon the important subject of the archaeology of Illinois , beg leave to make a partial report , which if adopted , may be the basis for some more definite plans to be matured by ...
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... appointed as agent of the Quarter- master General's Department for Cincinnati ,, Newport , and vicinity.5 Somewhat earlier in this year he married his second wife , Miss Rebecca Smith Findlay , a niece this time of General James Findlay ...
... appointed as agent of the Quarter- master General's Department for Cincinnati ,, Newport , and vicinity.5 Somewhat earlier in this year he married his second wife , Miss Rebecca Smith Findlay , a niece this time of General James Findlay ...
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Page 81 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 87 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 71 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 15 - History of the first New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Revolution.
Page 69 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 71 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 71 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. There is no death!
Page 80 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 15 - The Siege of Charleston by the British fleet and army under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, which terminated with the Surrender of that Place on the 12th of May, 1780.
Page 71 - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.