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Portrait of John Milton Hay at age sixteen. Hay was an assistant and private secretary to Abraham Lincoln and served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

Portrait of Henry Horner, who was a lawyer, judge, and the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois, 1933-1940. Horner's extensive collection of Lincolniana became the foundation of the Illinois State Historical Library's (now the Abraham Lincoln…

Portrait of Jane Carlyle Johnstone, wife of Dr. Andrew Johnstone.

Zephaniah K. Hutchinson and his wife Elizabeth Nettleton, with whom he had two children. Zephaniah was previously married to Abigail Perkins, with whom he had four children. The Hutchinson Family Singers were a popular American singing group who…

Portrait of Mary Frances Hutchinson, daughter of Zephaniah K. Hutchinson and Elizabeth Nettleton. The Hutchinson Family Singers were a popular American singing group who toured the United States and Great Britain in the 1840s.

Portrait of Dr. Andrew Johnstone, husband of Jane Carlyle Johnstone.

Portrait of John W. Hutchinson, brother of Zephaniah K. Hutchinson. The Hutchinson Family Singers were a popular American singing group who toured the United States and Great Britain in the 1840s.

Portrait of George B. Jones.

Portrait of two young girls, Lucy Matheny and Eleanor Matheny.

Portrait of Alexander Massey, a southern Illinois reverend.

Portrait of two young women, Sarah Myers and Emily Crookshank.

Portrait of Richard James Oglesby, who was an Army officer during the Mexican-American War, major general during the American Civil War, U.S. Senator, and twice Governor of Illinois, 1865-1869 and 1885-1889.

Portrait of William Nightwine and Malinda McKisson Nightwine of Bloomington.

Portrait drawing of Charlotte Griffith Prickett, wife of David Prickett, and mother of five children in Springfield.

Portrait of John Reynolds, who was a veteran of the War of 1812, one of the original four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives, and the fourth Governor of…

Portrait of Enoch Rawalt, a veteran of the American Civil War.

Portrait of Elizabeth Ridgeway.

Portrait of Martin B. Rowan, husband to Mary Ann Baker Rowan, both of whom died from cholera in Bloomington in July, 1855.

Portrait of Adam Wilson Snyder, who was a member of the Illinois Senate, the 25th U.S. Congress, and a captain in the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War. A lock of Snyder's hair is contained within an encasement on the reverse side of the…

Portrait of Virginia Lockwood Stuart.

Portrait of Reverend Evan J. Thomas.

Portrait of a member of the Wide Awakes, a paramilitary political organization that was affiliated with the Republican Party during the 1860 presidential election.

Portrait of Richard Yates, who was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the thirteenth Governor of Illinois, 1861-1865. Yates served as governor during most of the American Civil War.

Political satire titled, "Public Sale! Closing Out Sale of the Grand Old Party," which includes several humorous references related to the 1932 Presidential Election.

Announcement from the Little Sower Recruiting Commission of Schuyler County that Perry Hobbs has been appointed recruiting officer in the "Sunday School Army."