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VOL. 9 APRIL, 1916 NO. 1

JOURNAL

OF THE

Illinois State Historical Society

Published Quarterly by the Illinois State Historical Society Springfield, Illinois

Entered at Washington, D. C, as Second Class Matter under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894.

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JOURNAL

OP THE

ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Jessie Palmer Weber, Editor.

Associate Editors: J. H. Burnham George W. Smith

William A. Meese Andrew Russel

H. W. Clendenin Edward C. Page

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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

Honorary President Hon. Clark E. Carr Galesburg

President Dr. Otto L. Schmidt Chicago

First Vice-President Hon. W. T. Norton Alton

Second Vice-President Hon. L. Y. Sherman Springfield

Third Vice-President Hon. Richard Yates Springfield

Fourth V ice-President Hon. George A. Lawrence Galesburg

Directors Edmund J. James Urbana-Champaign

President University of Illinois. J. H. Burnham JBloomington E. B. Greene Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois. Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber Springfield Charles H. Rammelkamp Jacksonville

President Illinois College. J. 0. Cunningham Urbana George W. Smith: Carbondale

Southern Illinois State Normal University. William A. Meese Moline Richard V. Carpenter Belvidere Edward C. Page DeKalb

Northern Illinois State Normal School. J. W. Clinton Polo Andrew Russel Jacksonville Walter Colyer Albion James A. James Evanston

Northwestern University. H. W. Clendenin Springfield

Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber Springfield

Honorary Vice-Presidents The Presidents of Local Historical Societies throughout the

State of Illinois.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Abraham Lincoln. Governor Edward F. Dunne 7

A Modern Knight Errant. Edward Dickinson Baker, James H. Matheny 23

Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois. Mrs. Edwin S. Walker .'. 43

Some Interesting Old Letters : John P. Richardson to P. P. Enos 46 Daniel P. Cook to P. P. Enos 47 Ninian Edwards to P. P. Enos 48

Journey from Urbana, Illinois, to Cooke County, Texas, in the Spring of 1846. William R. Strong 49

Early Settlement of Walnut Grove. William E. Epler 61

EDITORIAL: Seventeenth Annual Meeting, Illinois State Historical

Society, May 11-12, 1916 69 Illinois Centennial Celebration 70 Indiana Centennial Celebration 76 St. Clair County Historical Society 76 Gifts of Books, Letters and Manuscripts to the Illinois

State Historical Library and Society 77

Necrology: F.M.Woolard 81 Dr. William Jayne 82 Charles E. Hay 95 Alba Honeywell 96

Henry Talbott 102

Publications Illinois State Historical Library and Society 105

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NECROLOGY

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