Executive Series (The Governors' Letter-Books 1840-1853)

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Author(s): Evarts Boutell Greene, Charles Manfred Thompson (ed.)
Publisher: Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library
Year: 1911

Language: English
Pages: 1167
City: Springfield, IL

General Introduction
By Evarts Boutell Greene
A Study of the Administration of Governor Thomas Ford
By Charles Manfred Thompson
I. Nomination and Election ....
II. Conditions in 1842 . . ...
III. State Banks
IV. Internal Improvement System and State Finances
V. Illinois ?tnd Michigan Canal . . . .
VI. The Mormons in Illinois ....
VII. The Mexican War
- VIII. An Estimate of Ford and His Histoiy of Illinois
Chapter I. Executive Letter-Book of Thomas Carlin
1840-41 ........
Chapter II. Executive Letter-Book of Thomas Ford
1842-45
Chapter III. Executive Letter-Book of Augustus C
French and Joel A. Matteson, 1840-53
Chapter IV. Letters of Wadsworth and Sheldon to
Governor French, 1847-53 ....
List of Letters
Bibliography .
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Index
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