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Stephen A. Douglass, A. Brockenbrough; James McKinney promise to pay School Commissioner John T. Jones $50 plus interest for land purchased.

John Hanks places his mark to this note promising to pay John Carter $100 with interest.

James Lee promises to pay James B. Lincoln twenty five bushels of corn on or before November 20, 1835.

Stephen A. Douglass, Joseph Heslep, and James L. James promise to pay School Commissioner John T. Jones $212.50 plus interest for land purchased.

James Bradford Lincoln signs this note in which he promises to pay Walter Huston $8 by lifting note of Thomas Owens for $8.25.

James Bradford Linicoln promises to pay John S. Foushee $7.845 with interest.

James B. Lincoln promises to pay Mary A. Coalter $7.43.

Abrham Lincoln completes a promissory note on behalf of Isaac Lindsay who signs the note promising to pay Lincoln $600 at 10% annual interest. On the reverse side of the note is a detailed record of Lindsay's repayment of the debt which began prior…

C.W. Price promises to pay William H. Herndon $25 at ten per cent interest. Herndon records interest and payment history on the reverse side of the note.

Achilles Morris promises to pay Stephen T. Logan $200 with interest. Logan writes the note and Morris signs it. Repayment history is on the back of the note.

As a result of the failure of the Berry and Lincoln store in New Salem, Abraham Lincoln, William F. Berry, and William Green promise to pay Reuben Radford $379.82 with interest. Lincoln referred to this as his "national debt." On the back of the note…

Thomas Jonathan Burrill served as Professor of Botany and Horticulture from 1868-1882, University Vice President from 1882-1891, and acting president from 1891-1894 at Illinois Industrial University.

Professor Stillman Williams Robinson taught Mechanical Engineering and Physics at Illinois Industrial University from 1870-1878, serving as Dean of the College of Engineering in 1878. He also taught at the University of Michigan (1866-1870) and Ohio…

Colonel Samuel W. Shattuck served as professor of mathematics Illinois Industrial University beginning in 1868 after resigning his position as acting president of Norwich University. In 1873, Shattuck became acting regent of the school for six months…

Illinois Industrial University Professor Parker poses for a portrait.

Professor J. Burkitt Webb taught Civil Engineering at Illinois Industrial Universityfrom 1873-1880.

Don Carlos Taft, professor of Geology at Illinois Industrial University, poses for a portrait.

Professor Ambrose Pascal Sevilon Stuart served as Chair of Chemistry at Illinois Industrial University from 1868-1874.

A grocer shows a customer a bunch of grapes while standing next to bins of fruit and vegetables during the Christmas season.

An advertisement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers valuable "information on the raising and care of poultry and eggs."

Private Ralph Villano of Company G, 131st Infantry Regiment, standing with rifle outside a house in Luxembourg. The caption reads: "Wounded Oct 9-18 and Captured Oct-10-18 over the Muse [sic]River." Villano was wounded and captured during the…

Ernest Talmage Ball, a private in Company G of the 131st Infantry during World War I, standing on a street in Luxembourg. The caption at the top of the photograph reads, "Captured Oct.9.18 at Consonvoy wounded same date." Originally from Milton, West…