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Daniel S. Dickinson Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dickinson
Abstract Daniel S. Dickinson was a prominent Civil War politician from New York, a conservative Democrat who worked toward compromise before the war began. During the war, he sought to quash Union internal political disagreement and after the war he remained in politics. He was commended by the public and politicians on both sides of the conflict for his oratorical skills and genial manner. This collection is mainly composed of correspondence to that effect, as well as some letters on the subjects of...
Dates: 1799-1892; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1860

Milo Kendall papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

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Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Compromise of 1850 1
Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Debtor and creditor -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Divorce -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Divorce suits -- Illinois 1
Elections -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Correspondence 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Invitations 1
Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Leases -- Illinois 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legal instruments -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Legislators -- United States 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion 1
New York (State) 1
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Political parties -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
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Practice of law -- Illinois -- Princeton -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History 1
Princeton (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroad accidents -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroad law -- Illinois -- Cases 1
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Railroads -- Right of way -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History 1
Real estate business -- Illinois 1
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Scrapbooks 1
Slavery 1
Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Temperance -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Texas -- Annexation to the United States 1
United States -- Confederate States of America 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 1
Wilmot proviso 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891 1
Bouck, William C., 1786-1859 1
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 1
Bright, Jesse D. (Jesse David), 1812-1875 1