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Lieut Augustus Hoyer of the Artillery Company of the 14 Regiment Ills was commended his excellency the Governor of the State of Illinois and has from the time of receiving his commission acting as Aid de Camp for me
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                    <text>&lt;p&gt;[Letterhead]
State of Illinois
Executive Department.
Springfield Feby 1. 1862
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Col. W. H. Lamon
Washington D.C.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I recd your letter of date January 13th, requesting me “to state the circumstances under which you obtained the 39th Illinois Regiment” and “whether I did not know at the time you received the order that you had authority from the War Department to raise a Brigade.”,  and also “whether you made any representations to me that you were a Brigadier General”.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I will state the facts to the best of my recollection –sometime in the latter part of September, you applied to me for the privilege of raising men in Illinois for a Brigade, which I understood from you verbally, you had authority from the War Department to raise – I think, you said, you had already raised some men
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&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;in Chicago, and perhaps in DeWitt and other counties- I replied to you that you could not take men out of Illinois to be put in Regiments out of the State, because it was contrary to my Proclamation, and would have the effect to deprive Illinois of the credit of all the troops which she might have in the field; I however, voluntarily offered to furnish you the 39th Regiment, known as the Yates Phalanx, then already organized and officered and numbered as an Illinois Regiment.  I think you then stated to me, that you did not want men already raised, but wanted to recruit them yourself.  You finally agreed however that if the Phalanx could be had, you would take it.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shortly after this conversation, I went to Washington, and in the mean time the Phalanx was ordered by Gen. Fremont to St. Louis
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On my return, I gave you strong letters to Gen. Fremont, requesting him to let you have the Phalanx, which he did.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You did not, as I remember, claim to be a Brigadier General.  I saw nothing in your conduct in the least derogatory to the high estimation, in which you were always held here as a citizen and a gentleman.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very Respectfully
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richd. Yates
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Governor 
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                <text>&lt;p&gt;[Letterhead] State of Illinois Executive Department. Springfield Feby 1. 1862&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Col. W. H. Lamon Washington D.C.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;I recd your letter of date January 13th, requesting me &amp;ldquo;to state the circumstances under which you obtained the 39th Illinois Regiment&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;whether I did not know at the time you received the order that you had authority from the War Department to raise a Brigade.&amp;rdquo;, and also &amp;ldquo;whether you made any representations to me that you were a Brigadier General&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;I will state the facts to the best of my recollection &amp;ndash;sometime in the latter part of September, you applied to me for the privilege of raising men in Illinois for a Brigade, which I understood from you verbally, you had authority from the War Department to raise &amp;ndash; I think, you said, you had already raised some men&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;in Chicago, and perhaps in DeWitt and other counties- I replied to you that you could not take men out of Illinois to be put in Regiments out of the State, because it was contrary to my Proclamation, and would have the effect to deprive Illinois of the credit of all the troops which she might have in the field; I however, voluntarily offered to furnish you the 39th Regiment, known as the Yates Phalanx, then already organized and officered and numbered as an Illinois Regiment. I think you then stated to me, that you did not want men already raised, but wanted to recruit them yourself. You finally agreed however that if the Phalanx could be had, you would take it.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Shortly after this conversation, I went to Washington, and in the mean time the Phalanx was ordered by Gen. Fremont to St. Louis&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;On my return, I gave you strong letters to Gen. Fremont, requesting him to let you have the Phalanx, which he did.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;You did not, as I remember, claim to be a Brigadier General. I saw nothing in your conduct in the least derogatory to the high estimation, in which you were always held here as a citizen and a gentleman.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Very Respectfully&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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                    <text>&lt;p&gt;DeWitt Ills
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Feb 2nd /62
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To His Excellency Hon Richard Yates
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gov of the State of Illinois
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In pursuance of the many private
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;private citizen of DeWitt County &amp;amp; State of Ills to
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to ask of you an answer to the few interrog
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;gations that I shall submit in the following Epistle
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I shall approach you as the chief Executive of this
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;answer the few Broken Interrogations of an
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;humble Farmer Citizen. First, therefore, we feel the
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;unusual Pressure in businefs in consequence of the
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;present Rebellion against our Great &amp;amp; good Government
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and in consequence thereof those of us who under
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;more favorable circumstances have involved ourselves in
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Debt to a greater of lefs degree &amp;amp; now there are perhaps
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four-fifths of our Community thus unable to Pay our
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;debts under the present state of affairs. Although our
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;harvests have been abundant the prices of Produce
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;are so extremely low that the amounts realized are
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;insufficient to defray the necessary Expenses of living
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp; the payment of Taxes that are necessary to be paid
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;for the purpose of Putting down this Treasonable
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;rebellion. There are a few Tyranical Capitalists who are
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;purposed to encourage the forced sales of all kinds of
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;property by Law and are anxious to purchase the
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Same at a Sacrifice of at least Nine-tenths its real
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;value to the holder and are making their boasts
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;that they intend Making their fortunes thus off the
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;many poor honest men who are unable to Extricate
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;themselves from this dilemma in which they are
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;unfortunately placed &amp;amp; no fault of theirs either
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&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can there be no remedy for to save the property [illegible]
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to your Excellency's Satisfaction
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With these few Broken Suggestions I now
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have the Honor to be
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;your humble Solicitor in
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;behalf of Many Citizens
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;D. Cheney
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To the Hon Richard Yates
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                <text>&lt;p&gt;DeWitt Ills
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Feb 2nd /62
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To His Excellency Hon Richard Yates
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gov of the State of Illinois
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In pursuance of the many private
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp; public opinions exprefsed by the citizens of
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;this &amp;amp; surrounding vicinities I beg leave as a
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;private citizen of DeWitt County &amp;amp; State of Ills to
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to ask of you an answer to the few interrog
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;gations that I shall submit in the following Epistle
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I shall approach you as the chief Executive of this
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;State &amp;amp; hope that your dignity may condescend to
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;answer the few Broken Interrogations of an
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;humble Farmer Citizen. First, therefore, we feel the
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;unusual Pressure in businefs in consequence of the
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;present Rebellion against our Great &amp;amp; good Government
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and in consequence thereof those of us who under
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;more favorable circumstances have involved ourselves in
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Debt to a greater of lefs degree &amp;amp; now there are perhaps
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four-fifths of our Community thus unable to Pay our
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;debts under the present state of affairs. Although our
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;harvests have been abundant the prices of Produce
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;are so extremely low that the amounts realized are
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;insufficient to defray the necessary Expenses of living
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can there be no remedy for to save the property [illegible]
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;of the many very many poor honest citizens who
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;are toiling day &amp;amp; night through Sunshine &amp;amp; storm
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why Sir If your honor please through all our Country
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fair and beautiful State which under more favourable
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;your humble Solicitor in
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;behalf of Many Citizens
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;D. Cheney
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To the Hon Richard Yates
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gov of Ills
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Direct your reply to DeWitt P.O.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DeWitt Co
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In answer to your Resolution of the 23rd January ult, requesting the Governor to communicate to your Honorable body "any information in his possession, respecting the disposition of a certain suit at law pending in 1859, wherein W.H. Swift of Boston was plaintiff, and David Leavitt defendant, in relation to the Canal loan of $1.600.000, and the commission of $40.000 allowed said Leavitt thereon"; I have the honor to state, that all the information, I have as to the disposition of said suit, is in a pamphlet denominated "Circular No 14, being for the year ending November 30th 1861" &amp;amp;c, and "published by order of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal for the information of the Subscribers to the loan of $1.600.000 and the holders of Canal Bonds, registered under the law of February 1843." 
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The Claim of David Leavitt of $40.000: the history of which is set forth in the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees for the year ending Nov. 30. 1858, is still pending. By agreement of parties and under an order of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, where the suit was entered, the case is to be placed in the hands of two arbitrators for settlement, with power to call in an umpire in case of disagreement in opinion.
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                    <text>&lt;p&gt;Philadelphia Februay 4th 1862
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear Governor,  
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I arrived here on Monday morning after leaving Springfield Friday night.  I was detained in Pittsburgh on account of missing the train.  I should have been here Sunday Evening.  I called immediately on Mr Sarmiento &amp;amp;Co. and showed them the sample of the goods I brot with me from Govr Wood. I [tried?] the Goods they have on hand and are making and have been making for some days are in every respect as to workmanship, materials and trimmings equal and I think superior to the Samples I left with them from Col &amp;amp; Hopkins.  It is a mystery to them all how they came to buy the goods out of which the garments were made that were sent West. They all insist that the goods that had not been examined when I left Springfield will turn out better than those that were rejected and that there ought not to be any trouble in passing inspection with the great majority of the goods they have sent. Mr. Sarmiento telegraphed Govr Wood to day to examine the balance and that any garment that was inferior to the Cole &amp;amp; Hopkins sample to box them up and store them subject to their order.  These parties all seem to be very sorry about the whole thing and insist that hey do not wish Govr Wood to ask to have one single inferior garment of theirs passed out to the Government or Illinois
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&lt;p&gt;soldiers.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dr Filbert Mr Simons and in fact the whole of these gentlemen feel for you personally in the matter of assuming the difference for the State of Ills. between the Govt price and their contract price. They send to Washington to night to have the Quarter Master Genl. order them to deliver their goods on these contracts to the Government Inspector and store keepers here waiving the difference between Ills goods and regular Army goods.  In fact they are very willing to have the contract changed and the quatity of the good reduced to Army stands only and Army prices as fixed for you by General Meigs.  I shall remain here until they return from Washington and Know the result, in the event the make the change, tho State will not have to pay the difference on more than about one hundred thousands Dollars worth of goods. Which will about consume the goods equal to Sample already made and now cut out and in hands for completion I feel very certain that they will be able to effect this arrangement at Washington.  Illinois will loose the difference when Soldiers between extra good clothing and Army clothing, but your enemies who have pursued you with their hellish designs, will have lent there occupation
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&lt;pre&gt;or flimsy excuse for their abuses.  I will
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&lt;p&gt;write you again to morrow.  They said they would write Govr Wood in their Dispatch to him. But I told Mr S. that I was writing to you and I would request you to show this to Govr Wood and when they Know more of their success in the Washington matter they will write to Govr Wood and also send some one to Springfield to look after the goods that are rejected.  
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