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... Land Office and a high officer in the state militia . The relationship that young Sloo bore to him is indicated by the fact that Findlay refers to him as his " friend and sheet anchor . " Findlay left his affairs in Sloo's hands while ...
... Land Office and a high officer in the state militia . The relationship that young Sloo bore to him is indicated by the fact that Findlay refers to him as his " friend and sheet anchor . " Findlay left his affairs in Sloo's hands while ...
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... rence Papers , passim and the volumes of the Quarterly of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio . This is shown by references in the Torrence Papers as late as 1828 . States Land Offices at Kaskaskia and Shawneetown , Ill . 28.
... rence Papers , passim and the volumes of the Quarterly of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio . This is shown by references in the Torrence Papers as late as 1828 . States Land Offices at Kaskaskia and Shawneetown , Ill . 28.
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... lands in Illinois and in Missouri.2 With his father and brothers living in Illinois and with land claims located near Shawnee- town and along the lower Ohio , where H. L. Webb and Dr. William Alexander were attempting to develop a ...
... lands in Illinois and in Missouri.2 With his father and brothers living in Illinois and with land claims located near Shawnee- town and along the lower Ohio , where H. L. Webb and Dr. William Alexander were attempting to develop a ...
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... lands in Illinois , paying taxes upon the 1 Torrence Papers , Box 36 , No. 14 and also Davidson and Stuvé , p . 343 . Loc cit , 203. In a letter to the writer Dr. Snyder states that Ex - Governor John Reynolds is his au- thority for ...
... lands in Illinois , paying taxes upon the 1 Torrence Papers , Box 36 , No. 14 and also Davidson and Stuvé , p . 343 . Loc cit , 203. In a letter to the writer Dr. Snyder states that Ex - Governor John Reynolds is his au- thority for ...
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... land holdings in Illinois and . his debt to the Branch Bank , that he took some part , although it does not just appear what , in the exceedingly exciting convention campaign of this same year , and that he was considerably exercised ...
... land holdings in Illinois and . his debt to the Branch Bank , that he took some part , although it does not just appear what , in the exceedingly exciting convention campaign of this same year , and that he was considerably exercised ...
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