An edition of A history of Illinois (1854)
A history of Illinois
from its commencement as a state in 1818 to 1847. Containing a full account of the Black Hawk War, the rise, progress, and fall of Mormonism, the Alton and Lovejoy riots, and other important and interesting events
By Ford, Thomas
Publish Date
1854
Publisher
Published by S.C. Griggs & Co., 111 Lake Street,Ivison & Phinney
Language
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Pages
447
Description:
This volume is as much autobiography as history. Governor Thomas Ford was a close observer and then a participant in Illinois State politics throughout much of the period covered in this book. Thomas Ford’s widowed mother took her seven children from Pennsylvania to New Design, Monroe Co, Illinois when he was a small boy. Although the family was very poor, his older half-brother succeeded as a lawyer and politician, and helped Thomas to get an education and, eventually, an appointment as State’s Attorney. In 1835 the State Legislature elected him a Circuit Court Judge, where he remained until his election as a State Supreme Court Judge in 1840. He served as Governor from 1842 to 1846, and wrote this ‘history’ immediately afterward.
subjects: History, Mormons, Black Hawk War, 1832, Illinois, history
People: Illinois Governor Thomas Ford
Places: Illinois
Times: 1778-1865