The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

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showing the Illinois of the past as we'll
as the State as it is to-day. But the value
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wherein the topics are arranged in adj
Illinois does not date back to the earlier
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continued to hold it's advanced position
through all the years since. Well may the
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patriotism, the marvellous development of
IT'S resources, the number of distinguished
statesmen, generals, and jurists it has furn-
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ecord in the exciting and perilous con
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tough fought =. and nd, won, before the marshalled
hosts Of 1861 entered the field. There are
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men Of prominence. Besides the biogra-
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800 population. Then there are longer ar.
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whole, the work fully merits the dignity
of its title. The publishers are entitled to
the thanks of those interested in State
history for their enterprise in bringing out
so complete and handsome a volume