Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar Forty Years Ago: Lincoln and Douglas as Orators and Lawyers A great Whig Convention was held in this City during Court, and the people came in throngs from every part of the State. Chicago sent a large delegation, at the head Of which were John H. Kinzie, Gurdon S. Hubbard, Geo. W. Dole, and others, and, as the representatives of the commercial capital of the State, they brought with them a full-rigged ship on wheels. It was the first full-rigged ship that many of the natives ...
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Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar Forty Years Ago: Lincoln and Douglas as Orators and Lawyers A great Whig Convention was held in this City during Court, and the people came in throngs from every part of the State. Chicago sent a large delegation, at the head Of which were John H. Kinzie, Gurdon S. Hubbard, Geo. W. Dole, and others, and, as the representatives of the commercial capital of the State, they brought with them a full-rigged ship on wheels. It was the first full-rigged ship that many of the natives Of the interior Of Illinois had ever seen, and it was, of course, a great curiosity. The delegation were supplied with tents and provisions with plenty Of good cider, and camped out at night upon the prairies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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