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... Early Illinois .. PAGE . III VII IX 3 6 9 13 14 ****** 21 26 11. Walter Colyer - The Fordhams and La Serres of the English Settlement in Edwards County 43 12. Christopher B. Coleman - The Development of State Constitutions .. 13. Oliver ...
... Early Illinois .. PAGE . III VII IX 3 6 9 13 14 ****** 21 26 11. Walter Colyer - The Fordhams and La Serres of the English Settlement in Edwards County 43 12. Christopher B. Coleman - The Development of State Constitutions .. 13. Oliver ...
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... early French posts . A joint resolution has been passed authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Historical Library to decide upon the route traveled by the family of Mr. Lincoln in its migration from Kentucky to Illinois by the way of ...
... early French posts . A joint resolution has been passed authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Historical Library to decide upon the route traveled by the family of Mr. Lincoln in its migration from Kentucky to Illinois by the way of ...
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... early conditions in the localities of the State , the pioneers ' manner of living , modes of transportation , cost of commodities , etc. If you know of any such local material we will be glad to be informed of it . We will gladly have ...
... early conditions in the localities of the State , the pioneers ' manner of living , modes of transportation , cost of commodities , etc. If you know of any such local material we will be glad to be informed of it . We will gladly have ...
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... Early documents relating to , 1783 , 1811. Also document on the order in France , published by the Rhode Island Society , 1905 . Gifts of Family Histories to the Library : History of the Foote Family . dere , Ill . Gift of Mr. John ...
... Early documents relating to , 1783 , 1811. Also document on the order in France , published by the Rhode Island Society , 1905 . Gifts of Family Histories to the Library : History of the Foote Family . dere , Ill . Gift of Mr. John ...
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... Early Illinois " -Isaac J. Cox , Professor in the University of Cincinnati . Paper " The Fordhams and La Serres of the English Settlement in Edwards County , Illinois " -Walter Colyer , Albion , Ill . Paper " The Development of the ...
... Early Illinois " -Isaac J. Cox , Professor in the University of Cincinnati . Paper " The Fordhams and La Serres of the English Settlement in Edwards County , Illinois " -Walter Colyer , Albion , Ill . Paper " The Development of the ...
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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.