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John Meyer of Cook County sits for a portrait. Meyer was a Republican Representative of the 4th District in the 36th General Assembly of Illinois.

John Mason Peck was a Baptist missionary in Illinois and Missouri, an anti-slavery advocate, author, educator, and founder of the Rock Spring Seminary. The seminary relocated to Alton in the 1830s and changed its name to Shurtleff College in 1836 to…

On verso: "Given me by Rev. J. M. Peck D. D.; M. Brayman: Signature from letter to E. Rodgers. Jany 1, 1843"