1 25 48 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/e5e50dfdb7029a740e08ab51d56aa82a.pdf ca10bce87027a67edc506ba81f5693e8 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. [1860] Saturday evening Hon Richard Yates My dear sir your kind note came to hand this evening. I cannot doubt that you are quite right in characterizing the [questions?] of the races as "the great [questions?]" It will be found "the great [questions?]" practically, whether we look at it as philosophers, as statesmen or as divines. And in my humble opinion as you move these intricate, no [means?] will be found prepared to act with his hart in either capacity - in any part of the civilized world till he has most deeply pondered these great questions of the ages: the question of the races. But with us Americans in every relation & hope of social life, it is, one might almost say the only question: for we have practically solved nearly all others. Shall we then solve this also? I know given both heart and head will say with [illegible] - "yes - yes we will - God willing we will" - Therefore <hr /> most deeply regretted that the efforts of your family [illegible] goes from the lecture and that I was [illegible] deprived of the benefit of conferring with you in regard to it as I had desired. As to my [manuscript?] it was written in a space of two or three evenings in a single week and is so mixed up & peculiar in its structure (designed only for myself) that I do not think it could be of use enough to you to keep the trouble of deciphering it. And as regards repeating the lecture here it seems to me that having once without disguise urged the subject upon the notice and consideration or actions of my friends, it would be liable to injurious misconstriction should I attempt to repeat it - and even if my friends should request it, I fear that others might construe it into a sort of partisan effort on their part, to force the thing upon the public mind. Still I suppose that the subject might possibly be put in such a shape that no ill use <hr /> or ill influence could arise from it. While on my own part I do not disguise the fact that I am still very anxious that yourself and Dr. [Fesiley?] and several other gentleman of high intelligence who were not present before should hear it, and consider that practical use, if any, can now be made of it, or if the general thought which it suggests nor am I at all unwilling to gratify any who may wish to hear it again - should their numbers be sufficient to justify it, and the influences against misuse & misconstruction properly guarded against - For whether this view of the slavery questions is true or false - I am fully convinced that it is the view in substance of the all that lies in reality at the bottom of the American heart - and that the political heart that bases its action and effort [honestly? and heartily?] upon it will swoop up two thirds of the votes of the whole people both north & south, in spite of all their opponents can do - and furnish the [illegible] at the [illegible] the most [illegible] & hopeful solutions of the slavery questions that the nature of the case <hr /> admits of - shall that party be the Republican party ? I hope so: for I think they deserve it - but if so now is the time for them to be [illegible] the minds of the people. With there principles of [philosophy?] & statesmanship, which is the next campaign they will need to put to practical and triumphant use - Now I say - is the time to begin - the public mind is quiet and [illegible] and open to convictions - And the true [philosophy?] of the whole subject may with little effort be put through the land, if all good men will take hold of it, without opposition or alarm - I can of course do [but?] very little. But that little I am willing I hope to do. But if I do a little, and you do a little and all do a little it will amount to a great deal before the next election & we shall revolutionise the evils of our country & truly & [philosophically?] & humanely save the Union - not [illegible] & [illegible]. I shall [deliver?] this discussion in Hillsboro by request on the 7 of April and should a way open on my return on the 8 of April could do so in Springfield if desirable. Most truly yours J B. Turner Along edge of paper - PS Do I [illegible] of [illegible] hand on this [puddle?] of words? I thought when I sat down to write but a word as Mr. [illegible] had spoken to me this evening on the same topic. I shall send that [advice?] by him Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource J. B. Turner to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-XX-XX Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514244 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. [1860] Saturday evening Hon Richard Yates My dear sir your kind note came to hand this evening. I cannot doubt that you are quite right in characterizing the [questions?] of the races as "the great [questions?]" It will be found "the great [questions?]" practically, whether we look at it as philosophers, as statesmen or as divines. And in my humble opinion as you move these intricate, no [means?] will be found prepared to act with his hart in either capacity - in any part of the civilized world till he has most deeply pondered these great questions of the ages: the question of the races. But with us Americans in every relation & hope of social life, it is, one might almost say the only question: for we have practically solved nearly all others. Shall we then solve this also? I know given both heart and head will say with [illegible] - "yes - yes we will - God willing we will" - Therefore <hr /> most deeply regretted that the efforts of your family [illegible] goes from the lecture and that I was [illegible] deprived of the benefit of conferring with you in regard to it as I had desired. As to my [manuscript?] it was written in a space of two or three evenings in a single week and is so mixed up & peculiar in its structure (designed only for myself) that I do not think it could be of use enough to you to keep the trouble of deciphering it. And as regards repeating the lecture here it seems to me that having once without disguise urged the subject upon the notice and consideration or actions of my friends, it would be liable to injurious misconstriction should I attempt to repeat it - and even if my friends should request it, I fear that others might construe it into a sort of partisan effort on their part, to force the thing upon the public mind. Still I suppose that the subject might possibly be put in such a shape that no ill use <hr /> or ill influence could arise from it. While on my own part I do not disguise the fact that I am still very anxious that yourself and Dr. [Fesiley?] and several other gentleman of high intelligence who were not present before should hear it, and consider that practical use, if any, can now be made of it, or if the general thought which it suggests nor am I at all unwilling to gratify any who may wish to hear it again - should their numbers be sufficient to justify it, and the influences against misuse & misconstruction properly guarded against - For whether this view of the slavery questions is true or false - I am fully convinced that it is the view in substance of the all that lies in reality at the bottom of the American heart - and that the political heart that bases its action and effort [honestly? and heartily?] upon it will swoop up two thirds of the votes of the whole people both north & south, in spite of all their opponents can do - and furnish the [illegible] at the [illegible] the most [illegible] & hopeful solutions of the slavery questions that the nature of the case <hr /> admits of - shall that party be the Republican party ? I hope so: for I think they deserve it - but if so now is the time for them to be [illegible] the minds of the people. With there principles of [philosophy?] & statesmanship, which is the next campaign they will need to put to practical and triumphant use - Now I say - is the time to begin - the public mind is quiet and [illegible] and open to convictions - And the true [philosophy?] of the whole subject may with little effort be put through the land, if all good men will take hold of it, without opposition or alarm - I can of course do [but?] very little. But that little I am willing I hope to do. But if I do a little, and you do a little and all do a little it will amount to a great deal before the next election & we shall revolutionise the evils of our country & truly & [philosophically?] & humanely save the Union - not [illegible] & [illegible]. I shall [deliver?] this discussion in Hillsboro by request on the 7 of April and should a way open on my return on the 8 of April could do so in Springfield if desirable. Most truly yours J B. Turner Along edge of paper - PS Do I [illegible] of [illegible] hand on this [puddle?] of words? I thought when I sat down to write but a word as Mr. [illegible] had spoken to me this evening on the same topic. I shall send that [advice?] by him Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/c350581a675ece28b3f09e4815ffcd07.pdf 3d0ac451fe378a287c1d65d6cfdaf4f6 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. 89' Mr. Richd Yates 1860 In a/c [?] with R Hockenhull Jan 1 To ams of alo [?] 1859 94 20 <pre> 21 Lard Oil 05 1/4 " Glue 05 10 3 1 Bot. Frangipanni 75 16 1 Chlo. Lime 15 19 Lard Oil 05 24 Twine 10 30 Hillg Prestn 30 Cough Candy 10 40 </pre> Feb 7 1 Sqr 20/28 Glass cat 50 <pre> 1 " Putty 10 60 10 1 Bot. D. Cement 25 15 Mucilage 10 17 1/2 Pt. Cologne 40 1 Bot H. [Restner?] 140 22 Borax 05 Oil Cloves 05 10 28 1 Pr. Scissors 60 </pre> Mar 7 1 Hair Brush 80 <pre> 13 1 oz [Bucher?] 10 19 Bucher 10 Spts Nitre 10 20 1 Bs C. C. Pills 25 45 22 1 Pocket Knife 150 Gum Paste 10 160 23 1 Be Sein[?] Powders 30 24 G. Arabic 05 Bucher[?] 10 15 </pre> Apr 9 " 05 " 10 15 <pre> Quatio[?] 05 16 Gum Tragaeanth [?] 10 20 Hillg [?] 2 Prestws[?] 1 28 1 Cake Honey Soap 25 Castile Soap 20 45 </pre> May11 1 Ou 20/26 Glass 575 <pre> 29 1 Bot. Turpentine 10 </pre> June 5 1 Be [?] Pills 20 <pre> 15 Oil Cloves 05 16 1 Pk. Arrow Root 20 1 H. Oil Cloves 10 18 Vanilla Bean 10 20 Oil Cloves 10 26 Lemon Syrup 15 28 15 Pills Opium 15 </pre> July 2 1 Pk. Arrow Root 20 <pre> 6 Court [?] Plaster [?] 05 17 1 Be [?] Pills 15 1 Sh. [?] Plaster 25 40 18 Paregoric 20 </pre> Amo card ford 11110 <hr /> Amo Brot up 11110 July 18 2 oz Gum Arabic 10 <pre> 20 1 Tl Syr. Rhei [?] 15 8 Pr 5 in P Butts [?] 106 1 Gro. 1 1/4 in Screws 43 149 27 1 Pr. 5 in P Ba'lts [?] 15 28 1 Vl (vial) Laudanum 15 </pre> Aug 15 4 oz Sweet Oil 10 <pre> 18 2 Door Bolts 40 21 Laudanum 10 Iujabo Pasto[?] 05 15 22 1 Staples 125 25 2 oz Cinnamon 10 27 2 " Staples[?] 60 29 Tooth Drops 15 30 Oil Cloves 10 3 Gro. 1 1/2 in 12 Screws 165 175 31 3 H Pr bin P Butts[?] 7 </pre> Sept 19 Tooth Picks 10 <pre> 22 " Putty 10 3 Sqr 16/21/ Glass Cut 105 115 </pre> Oct 1 1 Sqr 12/16 Fr.[?] Glass 25 <pre> 2 Magnesia 10 8 Oil Cloves 05 12 1 Be Froches [?] 25 1 oz Quicksilver 15 Szr N. Cherry 15 55 15 Geisn Tragger & Boush [?] 15 16 3 M. K. Latches 105 27 Whiting 05 Lequince 05 [?] 10 Irish Moss 15 25 30 1 Pak Magnesia [?] 10 </pre> Nov 2 2 Sqr 8/10 Glass + P [?] 13 <pre> 6 Seidletz Powders [?] 05 7 1 Bot. Ext Lemon 25 Oil Cloves 05 17 Magnesia 10 19 1 H. Turf Boush [?] 10 21 1 Putty Knife 25 1 10/12 Glass 05 30 1 Sqr 9/12 Glass 05 Liquorice 05 10 </pre> Dec 3 Magnesia 10 <pre> 5 4 oz H. Syr. Sars. [?] 25 6 1 Pa(ck) Large Tacks 15 12 Liniment + Laud (short for laudenum) 25 Paregoric + Al Sassafras [?] 20 45 14 4 oz Syr. Sars. [?] 20 1 H. Tr. Valerian [?] 15 </pre> Amo card up 13022 <hr /> Amo Brot up 13022 Dec 15 1 Bot Tooth Syrup 25 <pre> 15 8 oz H. To. Gentian 35 1 Bocust Prush [?] 150 17 9 oz Cologne 45 18 1 Bot. L. S. Oil 15 22 1 H. Showgr. [?] 25 1 Bot G. Cordial 10 2 Tr. Butts + Scrs [?] 15 50 1 Bot Perfume 30 24 1 Female Syringe [?] 35 Couch Plaster [?] 05 27 1 Rubber Syringe 150 1 Bu Basilicon [?] 10 160 $ 13572 </pre> <hr /> Richd Yates in a/c with Robt Hockenhall Paid Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource R. Hockenhull to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-30 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514243 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. 89' Mr. Richd Yates 1860 In a/c [?] with R Hockenhull Jan 1 To ams of alo [?] 1859 94 20 <pre> 21 Lard Oil 05 1/4 " Glue 05 10 3 1 Bot. Frangipanni 75 16 1 Chlo. Lime 15 19 Lard Oil 05 24 Twine 10 30 Hillg Prestn 30 Cough Candy 10 40 </pre> Feb 7 1 Sqr 20/28 Glass cat 50 <pre> 1 " Putty 10 60 10 1 Bot. D. Cement 25 15 Mucilage 10 17 1/2 Pt. Cologne 40 1 Bot H. [Restner?] 140 22 Borax 05 Oil Cloves 05 10 28 1 Pr. Scissors 60 </pre> Mar 7 1 Hair Brush 80 <pre> 13 1 oz [Bucher?] 10 19 Bucher 10 Spts Nitre 10 20 1 Bs C. C. Pills 25 45 22 1 Pocket Knife 150 Gum Paste 10 160 23 1 Be Sein[?] Powders 30 24 G. Arabic 05 Bucher[?] 10 15 </pre> Apr 9 " 05 " 10 15 <pre> Quatio[?] 05 16 Gum Tragaeanth [?] 10 20 Hillg [?] 2 Prestws[?] 1 28 1 Cake Honey Soap 25 Castile Soap 20 45 </pre> May11 1 Ou 20/26 Glass 575 <pre> 29 1 Bot. Turpentine 10 </pre> June 5 1 Be [?] Pills 20 <pre> 15 Oil Cloves 05 16 1 Pk. Arrow Root 20 1 H. Oil Cloves 10 18 Vanilla Bean 10 20 Oil Cloves 10 26 Lemon Syrup 15 28 15 Pills Opium 15 </pre> July 2 1 Pk. Arrow Root 20 <pre> 6 Court [?] Plaster [?] 05 17 1 Be [?] Pills 15 1 Sh. [?] Plaster 25 40 18 Paregoric 20 </pre> Amo card ford 11110 <hr /> Amo Brot up 11110 July 18 2 oz Gum Arabic 10 <pre> 20 1 Tl Syr. Rhei [?] 15 8 Pr 5 in P Butts [?] 106 1 Gro. 1 1/4 in Screws 43 149 27 1 Pr. 5 in P Ba'lts [?] 15 28 1 Vl (vial) Laudanum 15 </pre> Aug 15 4 oz Sweet Oil 10 <pre> 18 2 Door Bolts 40 21 Laudanum 10 Iujabo Pasto[?] 05 15 22 1 Staples 125 25 2 oz Cinnamon 10 27 2 " Staples[?] 60 29 Tooth Drops 15 30 Oil Cloves 10 3 Gro. 1 1/2 in 12 Screws 165 175 31 3 H Pr bin P Butts[?] 7 </pre> Sept 19 Tooth Picks 10 <pre> 22 " Putty 10 3 Sqr 16/21/ Glass Cut 105 115 </pre> Oct 1 1 Sqr 12/16 Fr.[?] Glass 25 <pre> 2 Magnesia 10 8 Oil Cloves 05 12 1 Be Froches [?] 25 1 oz Quicksilver 15 Szr N. Cherry 15 55 15 Geisn Tragger & Boush [?] 15 16 3 M. K. Latches 105 27 Whiting 05 Lequince 05 [?] 10 Irish Moss 15 25 30 1 Pak Magnesia [?] 10 </pre> Nov 2 2 Sqr 8/10 Glass + P [?] 13 <pre> 6 Seidletz Powders [?] 05 7 1 Bot. Ext Lemon 25 Oil Cloves 05 17 Magnesia 10 19 1 H. Turf Boush [?] 10 21 1 Putty Knife 25 1 10/12 Glass 05 30 1 Sqr 9/12 Glass 05 Liquorice 05 10 </pre> Dec 3 Magnesia 10 <pre> 5 4 oz H. Syr. Sars. [?] 25 6 1 Pa(ck) Large Tacks 15 12 Liniment + Laud (short for laudenum) 25 Paregoric + Al Sassafras [?] 20 45 14 4 oz Syr. Sars. [?] 20 1 H. Tr. Valerian [?] 15 </pre> Amo card up 13022 <hr /> Amo Brot up 13022 Dec 15 1 Bot Tooth Syrup 25 <pre> 15 8 oz H. To. Gentian 35 1 Bocust Prush [?] 150 17 9 oz Cologne 45 18 1 Bot. L. S. Oil 15 22 1 H. Showgr. [?] 25 1 Bot G. Cordial 10 2 Tr. Butts + Scrs [?] 15 50 1 Bot Perfume 30 24 1 Female Syringe [?] 35 Couch Plaster [?] 05 27 1 Rubber Syringe 150 1 Bu Basilicon [?] 10 160 $ 13572 </pre> <hr /> Richd Yates in a/c with Robt Hockenhall Paid Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/f8b8e398a5536d71a2ad630fe5d3a85a.pdf 4bd185c84e2620d274c8dfc6eebf96a1 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Report of J.C. Allen's Speech. He commenced by saying that having been chosen as the standard bearer of his party for the Chief Executive Office in the State, he proposed from time to time to discufs the political questions of the day before the people of Illinois. He did not intend, however, on this occasion to speak in relation to our State affairs, but simply contented himself with say ing, that, if called to preside over the people of Ills. he should endeavor to act, as he had always done in all his public functions, so as to [subserve?] the interests of the state. He next proceeded to say that he would discufs some of the great questions that agita ted the people of the country. "The scenes pass ing around us are of no ordinary character and no common occurrence. They have a deep and abiding interest." Heretofore, he said, there had been a lack of interest on the part of the people in public questions, but it is not so now. "A spirit of inquiry was abroad in the land" of the most marked and unusual character. "The question of the Union and its perpetuation is commanding, & ought to command the serious attention of every citizen and patriot." It is different in this country from what it is in other countries: there the power generally rests in the hands of a King, here it rests upon the <hr /> shoulders of all the people alike. "The ques tion of slavery is the controlling question of the day, the one which overrides all other questions, and upon the settlement of which the exis tence of the Union depends." "Permit me here, however, to say that I am no slavery propagandist. I repeat that I am no slavery propagandist. The fact that I have preferred to settle in a Free State, is evidence that I prefer a Free State to a Slave State. But I do not believe that be cause I am a citizen of a Free State with such feelings I have a right to inter meddle in the local affairs and institutions of Sister States. I have no bus inefs to meddle with the affairs of my neigh bors. The Doctrine of Non Intervention is the great doctrine of the Constitution" and the Union can only be maintained and peace preserved by adhering to that doctrine. Our Republican friends pretend to follow the doctrines of Madison, Jefferson and others of the earlier & more peaceful times of the Republic. "Now that is not so. I deny that from the adoption of the Constitution down to 1819 & 1820 there was any intervention of Congress either to prohibit to establish slavery in the Territories of the United States, I repeat the assertion, and I defy successful contradiction of that proposition." Our Re publican friends reply that Congrefs did intervene <hr /> in the matter, because it accepted the grant of the North Western Territory from Virginia with a clause in the deed of cession excluding slavery from that Territory. Now the answer to that assertion is plain and easy. When that grant was made by Virginia, it was before the present Constitution was framed, and under the old Congrefs of the Confederation and therefore proves nothing at all. But the Republicans say that Congrefs after the adoption of our present Constitution ratified that ordinance of 1787 which had ex cluded slavery. Now that is not so. (A voice calls out for proof &c) "I was saying that when the Republicans claim that the ordinance of 1787 was ratified by the Govern ment of the United States, it was not borne out by the record of history. The act to which they refer, does not bear any such con struction, does not sustain their assertions and cannot be so construed by any rational man." Again the Republicans claim that they stand with Jefferson upon the question of slavery in the Territories. "They claim that the Federal Government has the con stitutional power, and ought to exercise it, to prohibit slavery in the Territories. Now I admit that Jefferson was opposed to the insti tuition of slavery, and that many of the other good and great men of the past (i.e. of Jefferson's time) were also opponents of the <hr /> Institution of slavery. So are thousands of others good & great men of the present time: but that is a very different thing from op posing the Constitution of the United States! Jefferson their apostle, tells us that the pas sage of the Missouri Compromise (the first inter vention of Congrefs with slavery) came upon him the sound of a Fire Bell in the night & that it tended to produce sectional parties sectional jealousy, sectional discords. That is in the 7th Vol. of Jefferson's [illegible] Yet Republicans say (grand flourish of trum pets, wagging & shaking of his head) that they stand upon the same ground with Jefferson & Madison. In 1819 & 1820, Congrefs did Intervene in the question of slavery in the Territories by the passage of the Missouri Compromise. Previous to that time, the North & South had got along harmoniously and on terms of peace & good will with each other. Since then we have had agitation and sectional strife. The earlier times of the [Country?] had been marked by peace & harmony. Afterwards we had agitation, and such men as Giddings & Lovejoy. As we have had no peace & harmony between the North & the South since the old policy was changed (i.e. Non Intervention) so we shall have none until the that policy is returned to & restored. <hr /> In 1850 the old policy was reestablished by the efforts of patriotic Whigs and Dem ocrats, of a Clay, a Webster and a [name?] &c. Then the abolitionists of the North were put down "and the Seccefsionists of the South, who opposed these Compromise Measures, were over whelmingly defeated." ([illegible] Johnson particularly by Howell Cobb) But the Republicans say the occupy the [active?] posi tion of Henry Clay upon the slavery question. Now no man who has sense enough to know what Clay's opinions were upon that question will say so. Clay denounced the Wilmot Proviso, its authors and those who advocated it. He opposed any such policy of Intervention with slavery ei ther North or South of any line, & declared that it ought to be left to the people of each [illegible] to be settled ac cording to their interests & feelings & according to the dictates of experience. This was in 1850. That was the position of Clay and it was the position of the Whig Party in 1850. It is true that Clay said that slavery did not exist in Utah or New Mexico, and could not exist there without municipal law to protect it. I doubt not that Clay was opposed to the institution of slavery, that I believe is generally admitted, but he did <hr /> not advocate Congressional Intervention against slavery (illegible] Clay on Mexican laws, Missouri Compromise, tribute to Ord of 1787 & Bill to abolish slave trade in Dist. Col. in 1850) Allen next quotes Fillmore and his Albany speech in 1856 to show that Fillmore then regarded the Reps as an aggressive, sectional party & to be condemned by all good citizens. His position not right. Is there any thing, he asks, in the conduct of the Republican Party during the past 4 years, to cause Fillmore men to change their position & attitude toward the Republican Party? To cause them to join this Sectional Party of the North? The Reps talk about preserving the Union, and in their Platform at Chicago say the Union must & shall be preserved (Allen speaks of this with derision). They also declare for a Protective Tariff for the sick Ironmongers of Pennsylvania & for the Wool [Growers?] of the West. They try thus to catch men of all opinions, interests & sentiments. About Jefferson again - Allen returns to him in no logical order or connection, & says that "Jefferson advocated the dis [illegible] of slavery over a large Territory, because it tended in his opinion to amelior ate & extinguish the Institution. But the Reps say, as Senator Wilson says they want to restrict slavery, on order that they may <hr /> "smother it out". The Reps want Republican Congressmen to pass laws for the Territories, but the people can much better regulate their affairs for themselves. Yet Reps deny this position. Still they know Congrefs permits the Territories to pafs laws about larceny, robbery, & other crimes, about the relation of husband & wife, guardian & Ward, & they don't object to it. But they contend that the people of the same Territories are not fit to determine what relations shall subsist between a white & a nigger"! (Big point and crazy applause among the "Bare Foots") But the Reps say slavery is aggressive and must be checked. Yet when the Union was formed there were 12 Slave States and only one Free State. Why did not the 12 Slave States "crush out" the single Free State? Now we have 18 Free States & but 15 Slave States. Does that look oppres sive? Most of our emigration goes to the Territories from the North & will do so. "My competitor, Yates, a good fellow by the way, I am glad to say, but I believe not much of a Politician, charges that the South tried to force slavery upon Kansas through Atchinson & the Blue Lodges of Mo! but the fact is that anti Slavery men from the North went there with Sharpe's Rifles to drive Pro slavery men out & Fire Eaters from the <hr /> South with Revolvers to drive the Abolitionists out. "And Lincoln who had no word of praise for our gallant soldiers in Mexico, and who de nounced the Mexican War in which they fought as unjust & unconstitutional and all our brave soldiers as mur ders by implication (exact words) could subscribe $50 to help "Jim Lane" drive the Pro Slavery men out of Kansas! But he could neither thank nor give money to our suffering & destitute soldiers! Allen now eulogizes Douglas to the skies, and says that after the ordeal through which Douglas has passed since '54, [illegible] no man, no Republican can doubt his integrity, his sincerity in his public cause. On this point, Allen gets off much [illegible] gas, & bombastic high falutin that "ne'er can be repeated". Gates says the Demo cratic Party is dead. That is an old story, and was told when Jefferson lived, & Jackson & Polk & Pierce. It has been pro nounced dead many times, but it still lives yet. "Its principles are eternal as truth itself". (Here Allen clapped the Cli max, got choked for more eloquence to finish his sentence, & stopped short!) Yates says Jackson went in for Liberty, Equal ity & Fraternity, & that such was Democracy then in his time. So it is now. <hr /> When the Reps go in for Liberty, Equality & Fraternity, they mean Liberty, Equality and Fraternity with the "niggers" & not with their own race: but the Democrats go in for these doctrines for white men. (noisy applause & drunken yells here) He does not intend to attack Yates personally or say any thing disrespectful of him, but in 1849 Yates was elected to Legislature from Morgan County. He took an oath to support the Constitution of Ills. which required the Legislature to pafs a law excluding Negroes from the state yet he voted against a law to carry into effect this provision of the Constitution which he had sworn to support. "A [name?] [illegible] offered resolutions denouncing our Free Negro or Black laws as unchristian and disgrace ful, and Yates voted for it. Yet these laws! Kept negroes from voting, sitting on Juries, intermarrying with whites &c! He (Yates) made a speech in Congrefs in which he denounced the slave holders of the South as robbers and guilty of almost every species of crime! "If these facts do not prove Yates to be an Abolitionist, then there never was one" After making such a speech in Congrefs he came back to this District with 10,000 Republican majority & was rejected. The rest of the speech was made up of ridicule of [illegible] and of his [illegible] &c &c J. C. Allen Speech at Jacksonville Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Report on James C. Allen Speech Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-XX-XX Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514242 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Jacksonville, Illinois Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Report of J.C. Allen's Speech. He commenced by saying that having been chosen as the standard bearer of his party for the Chief Executive Office in the State, he proposed from time to time to discufs the political questions of the day before the people of Illinois. He did not intend, however, on this occasion to speak in relation to our State affairs, but simply contented himself with say ing, that, if called to preside over the people of Ills. he should endeavor to act, as he had always done in all his public functions, so as to [subserve?] the interests of the state. He next proceeded to say that he would discufs some of the great questions that agita ted the people of the country. "The scenes pass ing around us are of no ordinary character and no common occurrence. They have a deep and abiding interest." Heretofore, he said, there had been a lack of interest on the part of the people in public questions, but it is not so now. "A spirit of inquiry was abroad in the land" of the most marked and unusual character. "The question of the Union and its perpetuation is commanding, & ought to command the serious attention of every citizen and patriot." It is different in this country from what it is in other countries: there the power generally rests in the hands of a King, here it rests upon the <hr /> shoulders of all the people alike. "The ques tion of slavery is the controlling question of the day, the one which overrides all other questions, and upon the settlement of which the exis tence of the Union depends." "Permit me here, however, to say that I am no slavery propagandist. I repeat that I am no slavery propagandist. The fact that I have preferred to settle in a Free State, is evidence that I prefer a Free State to a Slave State. But I do not believe that be cause I am a citizen of a Free State with such feelings I have a right to inter meddle in the local affairs and institutions of Sister States. I have no bus inefs to meddle with the affairs of my neigh bors. The Doctrine of Non Intervention is the great doctrine of the Constitution" and the Union can only be maintained and peace preserved by adhering to that doctrine. Our Republican friends pretend to follow the doctrines of Madison, Jefferson and others of the earlier & more peaceful times of the Republic. "Now that is not so. I deny that from the adoption of the Constitution down to 1819 & 1820 there was any intervention of Congress either to prohibit to establish slavery in the Territories of the United States, I repeat the assertion, and I defy successful contradiction of that proposition." Our Re publican friends reply that Congrefs did intervene <hr /> in the matter, because it accepted the grant of the North Western Territory from Virginia with a clause in the deed of cession excluding slavery from that Territory. Now the answer to that assertion is plain and easy. When that grant was made by Virginia, it was before the present Constitution was framed, and under the old Congrefs of the Confederation and therefore proves nothing at all. But the Republicans say that Congrefs after the adoption of our present Constitution ratified that ordinance of 1787 which had ex cluded slavery. Now that is not so. (A voice calls out for proof &c) "I was saying that when the Republicans claim that the ordinance of 1787 was ratified by the Govern ment of the United States, it was not borne out by the record of history. The act to which they refer, does not bear any such con struction, does not sustain their assertions and cannot be so construed by any rational man." Again the Republicans claim that they stand with Jefferson upon the question of slavery in the Territories. "They claim that the Federal Government has the con stitutional power, and ought to exercise it, to prohibit slavery in the Territories. Now I admit that Jefferson was opposed to the insti tuition of slavery, and that many of the other good and great men of the past (i.e. of Jefferson's time) were also opponents of the <hr /> Institution of slavery. So are thousands of others good & great men of the present time: but that is a very different thing from op posing the Constitution of the United States! Jefferson their apostle, tells us that the pas sage of the Missouri Compromise (the first inter vention of Congrefs with slavery) came upon him the sound of a Fire Bell in the night & that it tended to produce sectional parties sectional jealousy, sectional discords. That is in the 7th Vol. of Jefferson's [illegible] Yet Republicans say (grand flourish of trum pets, wagging & shaking of his head) that they stand upon the same ground with Jefferson & Madison. In 1819 & 1820, Congrefs did Intervene in the question of slavery in the Territories by the passage of the Missouri Compromise. Previous to that time, the North & South had got along harmoniously and on terms of peace & good will with each other. Since then we have had agitation and sectional strife. The earlier times of the [Country?] had been marked by peace & harmony. Afterwards we had agitation, and such men as Giddings & Lovejoy. As we have had no peace & harmony between the North & the South since the old policy was changed (i.e. Non Intervention) so we shall have none until the that policy is returned to & restored. <hr /> In 1850 the old policy was reestablished by the efforts of patriotic Whigs and Dem ocrats, of a Clay, a Webster and a [name?] &c. Then the abolitionists of the North were put down "and the Seccefsionists of the South, who opposed these Compromise Measures, were over whelmingly defeated." ([illegible] Johnson particularly by Howell Cobb) But the Republicans say the occupy the [active?] posi tion of Henry Clay upon the slavery question. Now no man who has sense enough to know what Clay's opinions were upon that question will say so. Clay denounced the Wilmot Proviso, its authors and those who advocated it. He opposed any such policy of Intervention with slavery ei ther North or South of any line, & declared that it ought to be left to the people of each [illegible] to be settled ac cording to their interests & feelings & according to the dictates of experience. This was in 1850. That was the position of Clay and it was the position of the Whig Party in 1850. It is true that Clay said that slavery did not exist in Utah or New Mexico, and could not exist there without municipal law to protect it. I doubt not that Clay was opposed to the institution of slavery, that I believe is generally admitted, but he did <hr /> not advocate Congressional Intervention against slavery (illegible] Clay on Mexican laws, Missouri Compromise, tribute to Ord of 1787 & Bill to abolish slave trade in Dist. Col. in 1850) Allen next quotes Fillmore and his Albany speech in 1856 to show that Fillmore then regarded the Reps as an aggressive, sectional party & to be condemned by all good citizens. His position not right. Is there any thing, he asks, in the conduct of the Republican Party during the past 4 years, to cause Fillmore men to change their position & attitude toward the Republican Party? To cause them to join this Sectional Party of the North? The Reps talk about preserving the Union, and in their Platform at Chicago say the Union must & shall be preserved (Allen speaks of this with derision). They also declare for a Protective Tariff for the sick Ironmongers of Pennsylvania & for the Wool [Growers?] of the West. They try thus to catch men of all opinions, interests & sentiments. About Jefferson again - Allen returns to him in no logical order or connection, & says that "Jefferson advocated the dis [illegible] of slavery over a large Territory, because it tended in his opinion to amelior ate & extinguish the Institution. But the Reps say, as Senator Wilson says they want to restrict slavery, on order that they may <hr /> "smother it out". The Reps want Republican Congressmen to pass laws for the Territories, but the people can much better regulate their affairs for themselves. Yet Reps deny this position. Still they know Congrefs permits the Territories to pafs laws about larceny, robbery, & other crimes, about the relation of husband & wife, guardian & Ward, & they don't object to it. But they contend that the people of the same Territories are not fit to determine what relations shall subsist between a white & a nigger"! (Big point and crazy applause among the "Bare Foots") But the Reps say slavery is aggressive and must be checked. Yet when the Union was formed there were 12 Slave States and only one Free State. Why did not the 12 Slave States "crush out" the single Free State? Now we have 18 Free States & but 15 Slave States. Does that look oppres sive? Most of our emigration goes to the Territories from the North & will do so. "My competitor, Yates, a good fellow by the way, I am glad to say, but I believe not much of a Politician, charges that the South tried to force slavery upon Kansas through Atchinson & the Blue Lodges of Mo! but the fact is that anti Slavery men from the North went there with Sharpe's Rifles to drive Pro slavery men out & Fire Eaters from the <hr /> South with Revolvers to drive the Abolitionists out. "And Lincoln who had no word of praise for our gallant soldiers in Mexico, and who de nounced the Mexican War in which they fought as unjust & unconstitutional and all our brave soldiers as mur ders by implication (exact words) could subscribe $50 to help "Jim Lane" drive the Pro Slavery men out of Kansas! But he could neither thank nor give money to our suffering & destitute soldiers! Allen now eulogizes Douglas to the skies, and says that after the ordeal through which Douglas has passed since '54, [illegible] no man, no Republican can doubt his integrity, his sincerity in his public cause. On this point, Allen gets off much [illegible] gas, & bombastic high falutin that "ne'er can be repeated". Gates says the Demo cratic Party is dead. That is an old story, and was told when Jefferson lived, & Jackson & Polk & Pierce. It has been pro nounced dead many times, but it still lives yet. "Its principles are eternal as truth itself". (Here Allen clapped the Cli max, got choked for more eloquence to finish his sentence, & stopped short!) Yates says Jackson went in for Liberty, Equal ity & Fraternity, & that such was Democracy then in his time. So it is now. <hr /> When the Reps go in for Liberty, Equality & Fraternity, they mean Liberty, Equality and Fraternity with the "niggers" & not with their own race: but the Democrats go in for these doctrines for white men. (noisy applause & drunken yells here) He does not intend to attack Yates personally or say any thing disrespectful of him, but in 1849 Yates was elected to Legislature from Morgan County. He took an oath to support the Constitution of Ills. which required the Legislature to pafs a law excluding Negroes from the state yet he voted against a law to carry into effect this provision of the Constitution which he had sworn to support. "A [name?] [illegible] offered resolutions denouncing our Free Negro or Black laws as unchristian and disgrace ful, and Yates voted for it. Yet these laws! Kept negroes from voting, sitting on Juries, intermarrying with whites &c! He (Yates) made a speech in Congrefs in which he denounced the slave holders of the South as robbers and guilty of almost every species of crime! "If these facts do not prove Yates to be an Abolitionist, then there never was one" After making such a speech in Congrefs he came back to this District with 10,000 Republican majority & was rejected. The rest of the speech was made up of ridicule of [illegible] and of his [illegible] &c &c J. C. Allen Speech at Jacksonville Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/d4bddda332cf6fd278fd92bfc2d07c2b.pdf 7b4b65abd3480e923dff918724b2f771 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Jacksonville, Ill. December 31st, 1860. Richard Yates, Esquire To Sample & Springer Dr. 1860. Dec. 31. To amount of meat a/c from 6th Aug. to date $21.83 <pre> Receive Payment Sample & Springer </pre> <hr /> Sample & <pre> Springer Marketing Rect. </pre> Dec. 31, 1860. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sample and Springer to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-31 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514241 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Jacksonville, Ill. December 31st, 1860. Richard Yates, Esquire To Sample & Springer Dr. 1860. Dec. 31. To amount of meat a/c from 6th Aug. to date $21.83 <pre> Receive Payment Sample & Springer </pre> <hr /> Sample & <pre> Springer Marketing Rect. </pre> Dec. 31, 1860. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/9a010b51792db5277a34a459d5f590a9.pdf badc621d7435fb9c3f53a60e31ff677c Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. <pre> Belvidere Dec 30 1864 </pre> Governor Yates <pre> My Dear Sir: </pre> <pre> In my last I believe I wrote you that I would be in Chicago last week and would write you from there and make such suggestions as occurred to me on the subject of our present defective banking laws? I have just returned from there but had no time while there to write you and I do so now with a full appreciation of the difficulties which surround the subject. That our present banking laws are radically defective does not admit of doubt. Any law which permits, much less encourages, a set of irresponsible adventurers to put afloat as money millions of these "circulation" at remote and unknown parts of the state and which practically requires the bill holder to see to its redemption instead of the parties who issue it must of course be politically dangerous to the commercial and agricultural interest of the state. There can be no real prosperity where such </pre> <hr /> <pre> 2 (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> a law exists because no man who holds a hundred dollars of this "circulation" knows whether it is worth sixty dollars or eighty dollars, but all do know it is not worth what it pretends to be. While in Chicago I spent quietly two days in endeavoring to ascertain the wishes and (illegible) of the masses who are not interested in profit. Noting this state of things and I find there is great unanimity upon the following propositions; 1. That U.S. & Illinois stocks should only be hereafter secured as security and that the present ten per cent margin should be adhered to. 2. That none but bona fide owners of these stocks and who own them over and above all debts & incumbrances should be allowed to deposit them and receive circulatory notes. 3. That some increased facilities should be provided for protesting delinquent banks and to that end severe punishment should be provided for obstructing persons in making demand & protesting: and banks having 4 no place of business liable to protest any where. The protest to specify facts and the Auditor <hr /> <pre> 3 (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> to be at liberty to enquire into the sufficiency of the facts set forth as ground of protest. 5. In addition to redemption at home, banks to be at liberty to establish agencies of redemption at Chicago, Springfield or Alton and on redemption made at either of these points to be allowed from one half to one per cent. Banks establishing such agencies liable to demand these, and protest these & immediate liquidation if protested there. Such banks known to have thirty days after protest at their Counties and all others ten days as now provided on paying twelve per cent int. 6. Quarterly examination to be made by the officers of the Banks if their stocks deposited with Auditor and some promises to be made against their negociability in case they are abstracted. <pre> These propositions cover the principal points which they desire incorporated in amendments to our present laws & include some suggestions which I made to them. A great many other schemes are on foot which I do not remember. The main </pre> <hr /> <pre> (4) (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> features of these proposed amendments I think correct. The 2nd, 4th & 5th I have not sufficiently considered to feel confident about but the principle involved in them I think sound. I do not claim to be a practical banker in the fashionable acceptation of that term and therefore do not pretend to have that profound insight into the workings of any system that some have. I never was directly or indirectly interested in any bank note except as holder nor ever shall be no matter what our laws may be. I am only interested therefore in the banks redeeming their issue at par and without any unnecessary delay. This the people demand shall be done & they will crush out any system, banks or party who stand in the way of this thing. <pre> I am vain enough to believe that I could prepare a reasonably good banking law for our state if we had no banks now in existence but the great difficulty in now inaugurating a new system growing out of the fact that we have word afloat about twelve millions of currency issued under the present defective laws. The fact is undeniable that our circulation </pre> <hr /> <pre> 5 (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> now is actually more than we require to transact our business. "It is as it is" & the loss of driving our present banks to the wall would face not upon the banks of issue, as ought to be the case, but upon the bill holders - the farmer - merchants & business men of the state. Here is the net. Now what shall be done? After considerable anxious reflection and examination, if I was Governor I would recommend to the Legislature. 1st That a law should be immediately proposed preventing the issuing of any more bank notes under the present laws. This would stop the evil and give time for the Legislature to produce some laws to meet the exigency of the times. 2nd That none but U S. & Illinois stocks should be received as security and that the ten per cent margin should be preserved. 3 That effect should be given to the 4th sec. of Article 10 of the Constitution respecting the individual liability of stockholders by providing in what manner that liabil- <hr /> <pre> 6 (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> ity shall be as contained and at what time it shall be deemed to exist and during what time it shall continue. The 38th section of the act of 1857 is inadequate and cumbersome & expensive to enforce. All transfers of stock done amid this liability should be declared void and all possibility of irresponsible and nominal holders of stock guarded against: and stock holders should be made liable for the interest drop created during the time they hold the stock. And I am inclined to think that the bill holder should have a right of action against the stockholder before all the assetts of the bank are exhausted with the privilege of having powers, the judgement or decree against him discharged by turning out to the office majority of the Corporation. 3 That banks hereafter and those now in existence who come into the "new arrangement" or conform to the principles of the new law shall have the right to take the same interest as is or may be hereafter allowed to be taken by other persons and no more 4th The banks should be made to redeem at some accessible points in the State <hr /> <pre> 7 (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> at some reasonable discount say 3/4 of one per cent which would make exchange one per cent on New York and this rate for some years to come would I think be realistically to the Commercial interest of the State. And they should be allowed if they desired to remove their nominal place of business to such points and these redeem at par. Many of them now have no place of business and they are not required by law to keep open doors during any particular hours of the day.This is wrong & should be remedied. This plan of a central redemption I should insist on unless they can be compelled always to redeem at their Counties & I think it is fair of the banks providing they are paid for it, in a reasonable discount. 5th Frequent examination of the securities should be required to be made by the offices of the Banks to see that their Bonds & Stocks are actually on hand. This to protect themselves as well as bill holders. If we knew we should always have as honest and capable Treasurer & Auditor as we now have this would not be necessary, but <hr /> <pre> 8 (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> legislature should all look to possible contingencies. 6th Some businesses should be made to guard against "abstractions" I think they call it. I call it 'stealings' The recent robbery of the Indian Hand at Washington has again impressed me with the necessity of having some stamp affixed to these securities to prevent there being negociated unless they are lawfully and honestly withdrawn, which lawful withdrawal may be indicated also by a proper stamp or seal. <pre> These suggestions are thrown out for what they may be worth. They do not of course go into details because details are matters for the Legislature. I should be glad to have you recommend them or such parts of them as are thought proper, to the Legislature, for these reasons. First because I think them just and expedient and secondly because I think the people would sustain you in doing so. If I Know my own thoughts I desire to see your administration made honorable and profitable to the state </pre> <hr /> <pre> 9 (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> of which we are so jointly proud. We have labored long and hard to have an opportunity of inaugurating a Republican state policy here. To do this the error and corruption of the part should be corrected and explored and a repetition most vigilantly guarded against. In these perilous times on which we have fallen on coming into power, we should make our main interest - state prosperity - the subject of our most anxious thoughts and watchful care. In the recent brilliant success you have made of the state you have justified the expectations of your most devoted and admiring personal friends. By directing the energies and power of your administration to restore public confidence in our state finances: in averting the further growth of an evil resulting from unguarded banking laws - an evil now felt by every citizen of the state -: and in being true to the sacred cause of liberty and humanity with which your name for the last six years has been specially identified, you will add strength and honor to the party which has placed you in power and be a blessing to the commercial and industrial interest of our people. <hr /> <pre> (10) (Dec. 30, 1860) In addition to National politics you have already my poor opinion that usually the less said about them in Governors messages the better. Recent developments known have convinced me that the Country will justly expect something from you on this subject. Your position known on this point is one of great delicacy as a matter of policy and should not I think be taken without careful consultation with Mr Lincoln. Whatever you say as to our federal relations will be understood by the Country as reflecting Mr Lincolns views and policy In view of the unparalleled embarrassments which surround him the less he is committed until he is actually in power the better: and then I say let him hourly remember his official oath and trust in God and the patriotism of the American people. Until (illegible) a few days I had hoped that the madness which rules the house would soon give way and reason would control the conduct of our southern bretheren. Hence I appeared more of a Conservative while at Springfield than I </pre> <hr /> <pre> (11) (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> really felt. But present appearances too plainly indicate that the die is cast and that blood must flow before this treason of the south comes to an end. They must retrace their steps or conquer us or we must conquer them! There seems to be now no alternative left. The high and holy mission of our party now seems to be to protect the Constitution and maintain the integrity of our government. What high and holy patriotism should this thought inspire! The nation is now called upon to dedicate itself and to determine whether we have a government strong enough to maintain its friends against its internal enemies. <pre> Our position as a State will be most critical. Wedged in between two slave states we shall have a double frontier to protect: and, in case of War, or civil insurrection, our whole state will soon be involved in the struggle. The South I think will be in sixty days united against us. Much as the southern slave states desire to avoid alliances with the Cotton States I do not think they can long avoid it. The force of circumstances will </pre> ____ <pre> 12 (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> soon dragg them in and we must prepare ourselves when this does. <pre> Without therefore saying any thing to exasperate I would recommend an immediate enrollment of the militia of the state. Let it be done thoroughly and without delay. There is no time to be lost for raw recruits cannot be drilled for service short of two or three months. But I cannot dwell. My letter is already too long and my soul is filled with more grief than anger. May God preserve You Richard Yates and the cause you represent! </pre> <pre> Truly Your Friend Allen C. Fuller </pre> P.S. I will write you to-morrow on the other subject mentioned in your last letter -- Please remember me to Mr. Lincoln, not because I am or expect to be an office seeker at his party nor because he knows any thing about me, but because I am a man & his friend -- <hr /> A.C. Fuller Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Allen C. Fuller to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-30 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514240 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. <pre> Belvidere Dec 30 1864 </pre> Governor Yates <pre> My Dear Sir: </pre> <pre> In my last I believe I wrote you that I would be in Chicago last week and would write you from there and make such suggestions as occurred to me on the subject of our present defective banking laws? I have just returned from there but had no time while there to write you and I do so now with a full appreciation of the difficulties which surround the subject. That our present banking laws are radically defective does not admit of doubt. Any law which permits, much less encourages, a set of irresponsible adventurers to put afloat as money millions of these "circulation" at remote and unknown parts of the state and which practically requires the bill holder to see to its redemption instead of the parties who issue it must of course be politically dangerous to the commercial and agricultural interest of the state. There can be no real prosperity where such </pre> <hr /> <pre> 2 (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> a law exists because no man who holds a hundred dollars of this "circulation" knows whether it is worth sixty dollars or eighty dollars, but all do know it is not worth what it pretends to be. While in Chicago I spent quietly two days in endeavoring to ascertain the wishes and (illegible) of the masses who are not interested in profit. Noting this state of things and I find there is great unanimity upon the following propositions; 1. That U.S. & Illinois stocks should only be hereafter secured as security and that the present ten per cent margin should be adhered to. 2. That none but bona fide owners of these stocks and who own them over and above all debts & incumbrances should be allowed to deposit them and receive circulatory notes. 3. That some increased facilities should be provided for protesting delinquent banks and to that end severe punishment should be provided for obstructing persons in making demand & protesting: and banks having 4 no place of business liable to protest any where. The protest to specify facts and the Auditor <hr /> <pre> 3 (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> to be at liberty to enquire into the sufficiency of the facts set forth as ground of protest. 5. In addition to redemption at home, banks to be at liberty to establish agencies of redemption at Chicago, Springfield or Alton and on redemption made at either of these points to be allowed from one half to one per cent. Banks establishing such agencies liable to demand these, and protest these & immediate liquidation if protested there. Such banks known to have thirty days after protest at their Counties and all others ten days as now provided on paying twelve per cent int. 6. Quarterly examination to be made by the officers of the Banks if their stocks deposited with Auditor and some promises to be made against their negociability in case they are abstracted. <pre> These propositions cover the principal points which they desire incorporated in amendments to our present laws & include some suggestions which I made to them. A great many other schemes are on foot which I do not remember. The main </pre> <hr /> <pre> (4) (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> features of these proposed amendments I think correct. The 2nd, 4th & 5th I have not sufficiently considered to feel confident about but the principle involved in them I think sound. I do not claim to be a practical banker in the fashionable acceptation of that term and therefore do not pretend to have that profound insight into the workings of any system that some have. I never was directly or indirectly interested in any bank note except as holder nor ever shall be no matter what our laws may be. I am only interested therefore in the banks redeeming their issue at par and without any unnecessary delay. This the people demand shall be done & they will crush out any system, banks or party who stand in the way of this thing. <pre> I am vain enough to believe that I could prepare a reasonably good banking law for our state if we had no banks now in existence but the great difficulty in now inaugurating a new system growing out of the fact that we have word afloat about twelve millions of currency issued under the present defective laws. The fact is undeniable that our circulation </pre> <hr /> <pre> 5 (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> now is actually more than we require to transact our business. "It is as it is" & the loss of driving our present banks to the wall would face not upon the banks of issue, as ought to be the case, but upon the bill holders - the farmer - merchants & business men of the state. Here is the net. Now what shall be done? After considerable anxious reflection and examination, if I was Governor I would recommend to the Legislature. 1st That a law should be immediately proposed preventing the issuing of any more bank notes under the present laws. This would stop the evil and give time for the Legislature to produce some laws to meet the exigency of the times. 2nd That none but U S. & Illinois stocks should be received as security and that the ten per cent margin should be preserved. 3 That effect should be given to the 4th sec. of Article 10 of the Constitution respecting the individual liability of stockholders by providing in what manner that liabil- <hr /> <pre> 6 (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> ity shall be as contained and at what time it shall be deemed to exist and during what time it shall continue. The 38th section of the act of 1857 is inadequate and cumbersome & expensive to enforce. All transfers of stock done amid this liability should be declared void and all possibility of irresponsible and nominal holders of stock guarded against: and stock holders should be made liable for the interest drop created during the time they hold the stock. And I am inclined to think that the bill holder should have a right of action against the stockholder before all the assetts of the bank are exhausted with the privilege of having powers, the judgement or decree against him discharged by turning out to the office majority of the Corporation. 3 That banks hereafter and those now in existence who come into the "new arrangement" or conform to the principles of the new law shall have the right to take the same interest as is or may be hereafter allowed to be taken by other persons and no more 4th The banks should be made to redeem at some accessible points in the State <hr /> <pre> 7 (Dec 30, 1860) </pre> at some reasonable discount say 3/4 of one per cent which would make exchange one per cent on New York and this rate for some years to come would I think be realistically to the Commercial interest of the State. And they should be allowed if they desired to remove their nominal place of business to such points and these redeem at par. Many of them now have no place of business and they are not required by law to keep open doors during any particular hours of the day.This is wrong & should be remedied. This plan of a central redemption I should insist on unless they can be compelled always to redeem at their Counties & I think it is fair of the banks providing they are paid for it, in a reasonable discount. 5th Frequent examination of the securities should be required to be made by the offices of the Banks to see that their Bonds & Stocks are actually on hand. This to protect themselves as well as bill holders. If we knew we should always have as honest and capable Treasurer & Auditor as we now have this would not be necessary, but <hr /> <pre> 8 (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> legislature should all look to possible contingencies. 6th Some businesses should be made to guard against "abstractions" I think they call it. I call it 'stealings' The recent robbery of the Indian Hand at Washington has again impressed me with the necessity of having some stamp affixed to these securities to prevent there being negociated unless they are lawfully and honestly withdrawn, which lawful withdrawal may be indicated also by a proper stamp or seal. <pre> These suggestions are thrown out for what they may be worth. They do not of course go into details because details are matters for the Legislature. I should be glad to have you recommend them or such parts of them as are thought proper, to the Legislature, for these reasons. First because I think them just and expedient and secondly because I think the people would sustain you in doing so. If I Know my own thoughts I desire to see your administration made honorable and profitable to the state </pre> <hr /> <pre> 9 (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> of which we are so jointly proud. We have labored long and hard to have an opportunity of inaugurating a Republican state policy here. To do this the error and corruption of the part should be corrected and explored and a repetition most vigilantly guarded against. In these perilous times on which we have fallen on coming into power, we should make our main interest - state prosperity - the subject of our most anxious thoughts and watchful care. In the recent brilliant success you have made of the state you have justified the expectations of your most devoted and admiring personal friends. By directing the energies and power of your administration to restore public confidence in our state finances: in averting the further growth of an evil resulting from unguarded banking laws - an evil now felt by every citizen of the state -: and in being true to the sacred cause of liberty and humanity with which your name for the last six years has been specially identified, you will add strength and honor to the party which has placed you in power and be a blessing to the commercial and industrial interest of our people. <hr /> <pre> (10) (Dec. 30, 1860) In addition to National politics you have already my poor opinion that usually the less said about them in Governors messages the better. Recent developments known have convinced me that the Country will justly expect something from you on this subject. Your position known on this point is one of great delicacy as a matter of policy and should not I think be taken without careful consultation with Mr Lincoln. Whatever you say as to our federal relations will be understood by the Country as reflecting Mr Lincolns views and policy In view of the unparalleled embarrassments which surround him the less he is committed until he is actually in power the better: and then I say let him hourly remember his official oath and trust in God and the patriotism of the American people. Until (illegible) a few days I had hoped that the madness which rules the house would soon give way and reason would control the conduct of our southern bretheren. Hence I appeared more of a Conservative while at Springfield than I </pre> <hr /> <pre> (11) (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> really felt. But present appearances too plainly indicate that the die is cast and that blood must flow before this treason of the south comes to an end. They must retrace their steps or conquer us or we must conquer them! There seems to be now no alternative left. The high and holy mission of our party now seems to be to protect the Constitution and maintain the integrity of our government. What high and holy patriotism should this thought inspire! The nation is now called upon to dedicate itself and to determine whether we have a government strong enough to maintain its friends against its internal enemies. <pre> Our position as a State will be most critical. Wedged in between two slave states we shall have a double frontier to protect: and, in case of War, or civil insurrection, our whole state will soon be involved in the struggle. The South I think will be in sixty days united against us. Much as the southern slave states desire to avoid alliances with the Cotton States I do not think they can long avoid it. The force of circumstances will </pre> ____ <pre> 12 (Dec. 30, 1860) </pre> soon dragg them in and we must prepare ourselves when this does. <pre> Without therefore saying any thing to exasperate I would recommend an immediate enrollment of the militia of the state. Let it be done thoroughly and without delay. There is no time to be lost for raw recruits cannot be drilled for service short of two or three months. But I cannot dwell. My letter is already too long and my soul is filled with more grief than anger. May God preserve You Richard Yates and the cause you represent! </pre> <pre> Truly Your Friend Allen C. Fuller </pre> P.S. I will write you to-morrow on the other subject mentioned in your last letter -- Please remember me to Mr. Lincoln, not because I am or expect to be an office seeker at his party nor because he knows any thing about me, but because I am a man & his friend -- <hr /> A.C. Fuller Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/0bf47114de7623583fce9a268e8b5f94.pdf 6465a0c3afd229700296cd16e31bde66 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Marine Bank of Chicago. Chicago, Dec 27, 1860 Hon. Richard Yates, Jacksonville, Ill My dear sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 23rd. My opinion is that there is not so much fault in our present law as in its misconstruction, perversion, and nonenforcement. Yet there are amendments which are indispensable for the protection of the public. 1st we need to have a requirement that all bonds shall have such an endorsement upon them when [deposited?] as to destroy their negotiability, as long as they shall remain on deposit, with a provision that they cannot be taken out of the Treasurer's hands without an order of Court, which may be made at any time by the Judge in [vacation?] as well as as [illegible] [illegible] but to be entered arrears. We need this in order to prevent the bonds being stolen or abstracted. We have thus far been fortunate in having honest officers and clerks in the Treasurer's Office, but there is no security that this will continue so. 2nd.. We want to amend the law so as to require a redemption in Springfield or Chicago, at a fair rate, say from 1/2 to 1 percent discount. 3d. We want the law amended so that the formal liability clause may be made <hr /> available and in order to do this, we want the law so amended that no new bank can be established without the actual cash capital of at least $50,000 as required by the law. My opinion is that we should tax the bank for their actual capital, or presumed capital of $50,000 each and for any surplus of capital they may actually have, if any and for the circulation, if any, above actual capital, require them to pay into the State Treasury 1/2 of one percent. I think too, that the bond deposited for circulation should be confined to Illinois & U.S. Stock or nearly so, and the coupon upon the bonds of banks which have not a ten percent margin should be retained by the Auditor, or exchanged only for returned circulation until they have the same margin as the new banks. But after all, the main difficulty is that the banking law has been so construed as to encourage banking without capital and what we want is to frame the law as to encourage banking upon capital and discourage it where there is no capital. If the law was enforced requiring actual capital, and actual banks instead of more circulation machines, we should have less difficulty; but the provision of the 34th Section requiring the bank to report the debts owing to the association, and the date and amount of each bill or note discounted, and that the same should be published in a newspaper, without precluding any bank doing a discount <hr /> business. No bank would thus expose its own and customers affairs. This provision should be repealed. The Auditor and Treasurer should be made Bank Commissioners with a Superintendent to be the Chairman of the Board, and if you could appoint some man of as much decision of character as William [Thomas?], as Chairman of the Bank Commissioners who could see the law enforced, we could soon have our currency in right shape. It may be objected to this legislation that the banks have vested rights. This is not so, except in a few instances, as their [pretended?] capital, is all sham and their affidavits perjured, and they cannot resist liquidation in the enforcement of amendments. I am for making such amendments to the law as will secure the bill [illegible], and the public, and at the same time encourage banking. I think this can be done. I note what you say about the present national crisis. I hope you will recommend a revision of our militia laws and the maintenance in each county, and especially in our cities of sufficient military organizations to secure the enforcement of the laws and the suppression of mobs and illegal violence. I do not despair of so much of the Union <hr /> as can be of any use to us. If the Cotton States could get out of the Union peaceably and honorably, I am not sure that it would not be a great deal better for us. But the laws must be enforced, and it will not do for the Republican party to show any fear or weakness in the knees, or to back down at all. It is right, and upon its platform it can maintain itself. Any concessions or [illegible] will only destroy it, without doing any good to the country. If the South are not willing to abide by the Constitution as our fathers formed and administered it, let them quit, if they can; but let us do all we can to maintain and preserve our inheritance and escape the hole in which Tyler & Fillmore fell. Truly yours J Tony Scammon J.T. Scammon Bank Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource J. Tony Scammon to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-27 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514239 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Marine Bank of Chicago. Chicago, Dec 27, 1860 Hon. Richard Yates, Jacksonville, Ill My dear sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 23rd. My opinion is that there is not so much fault in our present law as in its misconstruction, perversion, and nonenforcement. Yet there are amendments which are indispensable for the protection of the public. 1st we need to have a requirement that all bonds shall have such an endorsement upon them when [deposited?] as to destroy their negotiability, as long as they shall remain on deposit, with a provision that they cannot be taken out of the Treasurer's hands without an order of Court, which may be made at any time by the Judge in [vacation?] as well as as [illegible] [illegible] but to be entered arrears. We need this in order to prevent the bonds being stolen or abstracted. We have thus far been fortunate in having honest officers and clerks in the Treasurer's Office, but there is no security that this will continue so. 2nd.. We want to amend the law so as to require a redemption in Springfield or Chicago, at a fair rate, say from 1/2 to 1 percent discount. 3d. We want the law amended so that the formal liability clause may be made <hr /> available and in order to do this, we want the law so amended that no new bank can be established without the actual cash capital of at least $50,000 as required by the law. My opinion is that we should tax the bank for their actual capital, or presumed capital of $50,000 each and for any surplus of capital they may actually have, if any and for the circulation, if any, above actual capital, require them to pay into the State Treasury 1/2 of one percent. I think too, that the bond deposited for circulation should be confined to Illinois & U.S. Stock or nearly so, and the coupon upon the bonds of banks which have not a ten percent margin should be retained by the Auditor, or exchanged only for returned circulation until they have the same margin as the new banks. But after all, the main difficulty is that the banking law has been so construed as to encourage banking without capital and what we want is to frame the law as to encourage banking upon capital and discourage it where there is no capital. If the law was enforced requiring actual capital, and actual banks instead of more circulation machines, we should have less difficulty; but the provision of the 34th Section requiring the bank to report the debts owing to the association, and the date and amount of each bill or note discounted, and that the same should be published in a newspaper, without precluding any bank doing a discount <hr /> business. No bank would thus expose its own and customers affairs. This provision should be repealed. The Auditor and Treasurer should be made Bank Commissioners with a Superintendent to be the Chairman of the Board, and if you could appoint some man of as much decision of character as William [Thomas?], as Chairman of the Bank Commissioners who could see the law enforced, we could soon have our currency in right shape. It may be objected to this legislation that the banks have vested rights. This is not so, except in a few instances, as their [pretended?] capital, is all sham and their affidavits perjured, and they cannot resist liquidation in the enforcement of amendments. I am for making such amendments to the law as will secure the bill [illegible], and the public, and at the same time encourage banking. I think this can be done. I note what you say about the present national crisis. I hope you will recommend a revision of our militia laws and the maintenance in each county, and especially in our cities of sufficient military organizations to secure the enforcement of the laws and the suppression of mobs and illegal violence. I do not despair of so much of the Union <hr /> as can be of any use to us. If the Cotton States could get out of the Union peaceably and honorably, I am not sure that it would not be a great deal better for us. But the laws must be enforced, and it will not do for the Republican party to show any fear or weakness in the knees, or to back down at all. It is right, and upon its platform it can maintain itself. Any concessions or [illegible] will only destroy it, without doing any good to the country. If the South are not willing to abide by the Constitution as our fathers formed and administered it, let them quit, if they can; but let us do all we can to maintain and preserve our inheritance and escape the hole in which Tyler & Fillmore fell. Truly yours J Tony Scammon J.T. Scammon Bank Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/9d532575ea66c518bde29866c4cfaa5d.pdf 47fc8c12e63790c6c4d46382ea7b23cd Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Freeport Decm 22 1860 Friend Yates Below find a list of names that I think are first class names. I would of sent a list sooner but there was a number of these whose P.O. I did not know and I thought best to take time and be sure that I sent the names of men who will do to bet on. Jo Davies Co James Currie P.O. Dunlieth Wm Passmore Council Hill Abel Proctor Scales Mound C. Mackey ditto Wm Taylor Apple River Jas Jeffrey Hanover J W White ditto Geo Hass Jr Derinda Orange Gray Wards Grove Geo Townsend Rush H.S. Townsend ditto M Claypool ditto W. H. Leland Nora L. P. Woodruff Warren Dr. Champion ditto H DeJager Galena W R Rowley ditto A. L. Chettain ditto B H Campbell Jo Davies Co. Dr. W.A. Little Elizabeth Carroll County L H Bowen Savanna S. Porter ditto J.J. Cunningham Brookville D.Z. Herb ditto Miller [?] Smith Mt Carroll James Shaw ditto Volney Armour ditto J P Emmert ditto M [?] Landon ditto B.P. Shirk ditto Israel Jones Cherry Grove Henry Puterbaugh ditto Ogle County H A Mix Oregon F.G. Petrie ditto M W Smith ditto R C Burchell ditto M B Light ditto <hr /> Ogle Co P.O. Solon Cummins Grand DeTour J W Carpenter Polo M D Swift ditto S Z Pierce ditto C D Williams ditto J D Stevenson ditto V.A. Bogue ditto Prof Pope Mt Morris Hon D J Pinckney ditto Thos F Winston ditto F B Brayton ditto Geo W Hewett Forreston Saml B Kaufman Adeline Winnebago County P.O M Smith Esq Rockford Dr Wm Lyman ditto M B Derrick ditto J Marsh ditto Hon S M Church ditto Hon A S Miller ditto David Jewet Harrison Dr. Leffingwell ditto Robt J Cross Roscoe A D Lawrance ditto Peter Mabie ditto Wm C Prontie Peckatonica Wm H Welch ditto Frederick Brown ditto Winnebago Continued A J Betts Durand D H Smith ditto L V Cleveland Laona H Putnam ditto Lemuel Fisk Shirland Hazen Chandler ditto Wm H Yates ditto Henry Shiblee Rockton Wait Talcott ditto Geo H Hollister ditto A Johnson Cherry Valley Eli F Roberts ditto W H Johnson Kishwaukee J K Bingham Winnebago Joseph Birmingham Tyler Boon Co P.O. John B Fisher Belvidere J R Mudge ditto J S Nichols ditto N H Hotchiss ditto Isaac Miller ditto A C Fuller Es & Hon. & Judge etc. Luther Linderman Manchester M. Y. Gilbert Caledonia T.W. Humphrey Hicks Mills McHenry Co P.O. Geo T Stewart Woodstock Wm H Stewart ditto Harley Wayne Union <hr /> McHenry continued P.O. A .B. Coon Marengo C Lansing ditto E A Lacy Richmond John Sibley ditto Henry T Rice Hartland T B Wakeman Harvard Josiah St John Riley Stephenson Co J H C Burchard Freeport S. D. Atkins ditto W. S. Gray ditto T J Turner ditto M P Sweet ditto J.A. Clark ditto Wm M Buckly ditto Geo Woolbrecht ditto B. Wassaseiger ditto O.P. Duncan Rock Grove B P Bellknap Orangeville C M Shaffer ditto Cyrus Howe Oneco Phil Sweeley Winslow Wm Cox ditto D.S. Bogar New Pennsylvania J M Smith Buena Vista Doc Hays ditto continued Jackson Richart Cedervill Josiah Clingham ditto S F Dodds Lena A W Hull ditto Jacob Gable Kent Peter Kleckner ditto J.G. Devore Yellow Creek Saml Hays Loran John Ternure Jackson C VanBrocklin ditto James Taggart Ridot John Swanzy ditto John A Davis Rock Run Robt Lashell ditto S. J. Davis Davis Dr. Brennaman ditto Wm Young Freeport W Merrill ditto P. L. Wright ditto H R Wheeler ditto O. B. Munn ditto Wm Peters ditto R V Aukney ditto W A Youngman parties living in country who gets their mail in Tenn [written diagonally across from Merrill to Youngman] David Graham Rock Run <hr /> There I have given you names enough to save the country -- I hope to see you this winter if I can get time to come to Springfield. I wrote you some days ago in regard to Commissionship for Clark. When you have positively concluded upon the man you agoing to appoint if you think it proper let me know it as Mr Clark would like to know how the matter stands as soon as possible. In your message give the [secessionists?] h-ll they deserve to be put through. I see Bates goes into the Cabinet that suits me first rate hope the others will be as good men. Now Dick if there is anything more I can do for you remember you can command me. Allways Your friend J W Shaffer J W Shaffer List of Names S Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource J. W. Shaffer to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-22 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514238 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Freeport Decm 22 1860 Friend Yates Below find a list of names that I think are first class names. I would of sent a list sooner but there was a number of these whose P.O. I did not know and I thought best to take time and be sure that I sent the names of men who will do to bet on. Jo Davies Co James Currie P.O. Dunlieth Wm Passmore Council Hill Abel Proctor Scales Mound C. Mackey ditto Wm Taylor Apple River Jas Jeffrey Hanover J W White ditto Geo Hass Jr Derinda Orange Gray Wards Grove Geo Townsend Rush H.S. Townsend ditto M Claypool ditto W. H. Leland Nora L. P. Woodruff Warren Dr. Champion ditto H DeJager Galena W R Rowley ditto A. L. Chettain ditto B H Campbell Jo Davies Co. Dr. W.A. Little Elizabeth Carroll County L H Bowen Savanna S. Porter ditto J.J. Cunningham Brookville D.Z. Herb ditto Miller [?] Smith Mt Carroll James Shaw ditto Volney Armour ditto J P Emmert ditto M [?] Landon ditto B.P. Shirk ditto Israel Jones Cherry Grove Henry Puterbaugh ditto Ogle County H A Mix Oregon F.G. Petrie ditto M W Smith ditto R C Burchell ditto M B Light ditto <hr /> Ogle Co P.O. Solon Cummins Grand DeTour J W Carpenter Polo M D Swift ditto S Z Pierce ditto C D Williams ditto J D Stevenson ditto V.A. Bogue ditto Prof Pope Mt Morris Hon D J Pinckney ditto Thos F Winston ditto F B Brayton ditto Geo W Hewett Forreston Saml B Kaufman Adeline Winnebago County P.O M Smith Esq Rockford Dr Wm Lyman ditto M B Derrick ditto J Marsh ditto Hon S M Church ditto Hon A S Miller ditto David Jewet Harrison Dr. Leffingwell ditto Robt J Cross Roscoe A D Lawrance ditto Peter Mabie ditto Wm C Prontie Peckatonica Wm H Welch ditto Frederick Brown ditto Winnebago Continued A J Betts Durand D H Smith ditto L V Cleveland Laona H Putnam ditto Lemuel Fisk Shirland Hazen Chandler ditto Wm H Yates ditto Henry Shiblee Rockton Wait Talcott ditto Geo H Hollister ditto A Johnson Cherry Valley Eli F Roberts ditto W H Johnson Kishwaukee J K Bingham Winnebago Joseph Birmingham Tyler Boon Co P.O. John B Fisher Belvidere J R Mudge ditto J S Nichols ditto N H Hotchiss ditto Isaac Miller ditto A C Fuller Es & Hon. & Judge etc. Luther Linderman Manchester M. Y. Gilbert Caledonia T.W. Humphrey Hicks Mills McHenry Co P.O. Geo T Stewart Woodstock Wm H Stewart ditto Harley Wayne Union <hr /> McHenry continued P.O. A .B. Coon Marengo C Lansing ditto E A Lacy Richmond John Sibley ditto Henry T Rice Hartland T B Wakeman Harvard Josiah St John Riley Stephenson Co J H C Burchard Freeport S. D. Atkins ditto W. S. Gray ditto T J Turner ditto M P Sweet ditto J.A. Clark ditto Wm M Buckly ditto Geo Woolbrecht ditto B. Wassaseiger ditto O.P. Duncan Rock Grove B P Bellknap Orangeville C M Shaffer ditto Cyrus Howe Oneco Phil Sweeley Winslow Wm Cox ditto D.S. Bogar New Pennsylvania J M Smith Buena Vista Doc Hays ditto continued Jackson Richart Cedervill Josiah Clingham ditto S F Dodds Lena A W Hull ditto Jacob Gable Kent Peter Kleckner ditto J.G. Devore Yellow Creek Saml Hays Loran John Ternure Jackson C VanBrocklin ditto James Taggart Ridot John Swanzy ditto John A Davis Rock Run Robt Lashell ditto S. J. Davis Davis Dr. Brennaman ditto Wm Young Freeport W Merrill ditto P. L. Wright ditto H R Wheeler ditto O. B. Munn ditto Wm Peters ditto R V Aukney ditto W A Youngman parties living in country who gets their mail in Tenn [written diagonally across from Merrill to Youngman] David Graham Rock Run <hr /> There I have given you names enough to save the country -- I hope to see you this winter if I can get time to come to Springfield. I wrote you some days ago in regard to Commissionship for Clark. When you have positively concluded upon the man you agoing to appoint if you think it proper let me know it as Mr Clark would like to know how the matter stands as soon as possible. In your message give the [secessionists?] h-ll they deserve to be put through. I see Bates goes into the Cabinet that suits me first rate hope the others will be as good men. Now Dick if there is anything more I can do for you remember you can command me. Allways Your friend J W Shaffer J W Shaffer List of Names S Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/812cff6ff226d8c27455b114fe48d96a.pdf 50b20da904e33fe78ded659e8dbb3d9e Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Exeter N.H. Dec. 21. 1860 Hon. R. Yates, My Dear Sir: My modesty is somewhat shocked by sending you the accompanying papers, yet I will do it. A paper signed by the Delegates to Chicago will be sent in a few days. I take occasion to allow you, confidentially, to see the letter sent me by Mr. Giddings; showing that the extreme free-soilers might be satisfied with my selection. Besides I have pride in possessing the confidence and good will as such a man as Mr. Giddings, who seldom proposes his individual influence for office, for any man. Mr. Fogg, of whom Mr. G. speaks is known to Mr. Lincoln, and assures me that he wishes me in the Cabinet, rather than any other man in N. England. Mr. Tullock, our Sec. State, is very hearty in his appreciation, and gives <hr /> some evidence, respecting Mr. Hamlin's feelings. I have been offered a recommendation from the Delegates from Maine to Chicago, by one of the Delegates who proposed to procure them, but I declined to have any solicitation exerted in my behalf. I presume Mr. Hale would not be anxious for my selection, though he would not oppose it. He knows that my views of discreet behavior in the Senate by himself, have sometimes differed from his. I think he has not talked wisely this session of Congress. I think it well, that Mr. Lincoln should see these papers soon, yet I do not wish him to be incumbered by them, if his judgment, for any cause, directs him elsewhere. I think of being in Chicago in a week, but do not feel free to visit Mr. Lincoln, lest in his estimation I fall into the Common Mass of officeseekers. Please acknowledge recpt of these papers; and believe me; Your obliged friend, Amos Tuck <hr /> Hon A. Tuck Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Amos Tuck to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-21 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514237 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Exeter N.H. Dec. 21. 1860 Hon. R. Yates, My Dear Sir: My modesty is somewhat shocked by sending you the accompanying papers, yet I will do it. A paper signed by the Delegates to Chicago will be sent in a few days. I take occasion to allow you, confidentially, to see the letter sent me by Mr. Giddings; showing that the extreme free-soilers might be satisfied with my selection. Besides I have pride in possessing the confidence and good will as such a man as Mr. Giddings, who seldom proposes his individual influence for office, for any man. Mr. Fogg, of whom Mr. G. speaks is known to Mr. Lincoln, and assures me that he wishes me in the Cabinet, rather than any other man in N. England. Mr. Tullock, our Sec. State, is very hearty in his appreciation, and gives <hr /> some evidence, respecting Mr. Hamlin's feelings. I have been offered a recommendation from the Delegates from Maine to Chicago, by one of the Delegates who proposed to procure them, but I declined to have any solicitation exerted in my behalf. I presume Mr. Hale would not be anxious for my selection, though he would not oppose it. He knows that my views of discreet behavior in the Senate by himself, have sometimes differed from his. I think he has not talked wisely this session of Congress. I think it well, that Mr. Lincoln should see these papers soon, yet I do not wish him to be incumbered by them, if his judgment, for any cause, directs him elsewhere. I think of being in Chicago in a week, but do not feel free to visit Mr. Lincoln, lest in his estimation I fall into the Common Mass of officeseekers. Please acknowledge recpt of these papers; and believe me; Your obliged friend, Amos Tuck <hr /> Hon A. Tuck Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/f199b423e341d556be31988745a85c4b.pdf c01f117b39f5fbd9d8ee91713cc190e1 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. <pre> Senate Chamber, Dec. 19- 1860 </pre> Hon. Richard Yates, <pre> My Dear Sir; </pre> <pre> i wrote you a day or two since in great haste, I scarcely remember exactly what I perhaps may repeat ideas then suggested. </pre> It seems to me it would have an excellent effect on the public mind just now for you to take strong Union ground in your message I repudiate the idea of succession being anything else than resolution & rebellion; and if resolutions could be passed with unanimity at an early day by the Legislature seconding these since & pledging the men and means of the whole state to respond to any calls of the Federal Government to maintain the Constitution & the <hr /> Union in their integrity, the effort I doubt not would be most salutary on the country. <pre> Yours Truly Lyman Trumbull </pre> <hr /> L. Trumbull <hr /> <hr /> Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Trumbull to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514236 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. <pre> Senate Chamber, Dec. 19- 1860 </pre> Hon. Richard Yates, <pre> My Dear Sir; </pre> <pre> i wrote you a day or two since in great haste, I scarcely remember exactly what I perhaps may repeat ideas then suggested. </pre> It seems to me it would have an excellent effect on the public mind just now for you to take strong Union ground in your message I repudiate the idea of succession being anything else than resolution & rebellion; and if resolutions could be passed with unanimity at an early day by the Legislature seconding these since & pledging the men and means of the whole state to respond to any calls of the Federal Government to maintain the Constitution & the <hr /> Union in their integrity, the effort I doubt not would be most salutary on the country. <pre> Yours Truly Lyman Trumbull </pre> <hr /> L. Trumbull <hr /> <hr /> Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/2b1004d48f3937d6ee3bef647974b42a.pdf 9c986c56c9c2211ba1a706a17768124b Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Chilliothe, Ohio. 12 Dec. 1860. Hon. Richard Yates, Dear Sir, I received a few days since a copy of your Speech delivered at Springfield, Illinois, on the 20. Nov. and beleiving that it came from your friendly hand, I write you a few lines in answer therein. I congratulate you on your election to the office of Governor of Illinois, and from my acquaintance with you when we were in Congress together, I feel assured that you will discharge the duties of that high office faithfully, and with a view to the good of your State, and the whole Country. I am not a Republican; but still adhere to my old Henry Clay - Whig principles, and have taken no active part in politicks for the last five years. My reasons for abstaining from any active efforts, are, and have been, that I could not approve of any organizations of political parties, that I thought were sectional in their character; whether they were at the South or North; believing <hr /> from the final disruption of the Whig Party, and their organizing on Know Nothings & Republicans, that such organizations would eventually bring about the present deplorable state of things. I am as one that most of my Whig friends, thought differently, and though I could not shape my judgment to suit their opinions, I have always in voting, aimed to select good Whigs, without regard to sectional organizations. I voted for Bell and Everett: at the same time, I have a high regard for Mr. Lincoln, and thought the Republican Party made a long step in advance of the ultra form criticism of the day, when they nominated him. I am not anti-slavery or pro slavery is my political opinion but entirely National; can I greatly deplore the present seeming [interferism?] of the two great sections of our country. We ought to live in peace and perpetual union, and it has always been my Opinion that this could only be done, by avoiding any interference by Word or deed with the domestick concerns of Our Neighbours in the South. "Abolition & Union cannot long Coexist." <hr /> And though I beleive that 19/20 of the Northern people do not desire to interfere with slavery in the Southern States, yet the South believes that a very large majority of the Northern People, do introfere with them, and indirectly promote insurrection and insubordination; and hence their almost-unanimous excited feeling about the present state of things. I think, and have so said to many of my Southern friends, that Mr. Lincoln would make a good & conservative President of the Nation & not of a party, even if he should disappoint the very ultra men amongst his supporters. But you are, and we all see, that we are apparently on the very brink of distinction as a Nation, and every good man now with, what can be done to prevent Desension, & preserve Our Republic? I am willing to concede any and every [Conoful?] thing, for the sake of Peace and to preserve the Union; now what ought to be done or can be done, Should be done speedily to prevent the first false steps of our excited Southern friends: Otherwise, all will be lost With my best wishes for <hr /> your health & prosperity, I am Your friend & servant, John L Taylor P. S. I am contentedly engaged in my professional business, as a Lawyer; and as I cannot change my Whig principles at my time of life, I do not expect to take any active part in politicks. [sideways on page] John. L. Taylor Chillcothe Dec 12 60 Congratulations on the Election of Government Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John L. Taylor to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514235 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Chilliothe, Ohio. 12 Dec. 1860. Hon. Richard Yates, Dear Sir, I received a few days since a copy of your Speech delivered at Springfield, Illinois, on the 20. Nov. and beleiving that it came from your friendly hand, I write you a few lines in answer therein. I congratulate you on your election to the office of Governor of Illinois, and from my acquaintance with you when we were in Congress together, I feel assured that you will discharge the duties of that high office faithfully, and with a view to the good of your State, and the whole Country. I am not a Republican; but still adhere to my old Henry Clay - Whig principles, and have taken no active part in politicks for the last five years. My reasons for abstaining from any active efforts, are, and have been, that I could not approve of any organizations of political parties, that I thought were sectional in their character; whether they were at the South or North; believing <hr /> from the final disruption of the Whig Party, and their organizing on Know Nothings & Republicans, that such organizations would eventually bring about the present deplorable state of things. I am as one that most of my Whig friends, thought differently, and though I could not shape my judgment to suit their opinions, I have always in voting, aimed to select good Whigs, without regard to sectional organizations. I voted for Bell and Everett: at the same time, I have a high regard for Mr. Lincoln, and thought the Republican Party made a long step in advance of the ultra form criticism of the day, when they nominated him. I am not anti-slavery or pro slavery is my political opinion but entirely National; can I greatly deplore the present seeming [interferism?] of the two great sections of our country. We ought to live in peace and perpetual union, and it has always been my Opinion that this could only be done, by avoiding any interference by Word or deed with the domestick concerns of Our Neighbours in the South. "Abolition & Union cannot long Coexist." <hr /> And though I beleive that 19/20 of the Northern people do not desire to interfere with slavery in the Southern States, yet the South believes that a very large majority of the Northern People, do introfere with them, and indirectly promote insurrection and insubordination; and hence their almost-unanimous excited feeling about the present state of things. I think, and have so said to many of my Southern friends, that Mr. Lincoln would make a good & conservative President of the Nation & not of a party, even if he should disappoint the very ultra men amongst his supporters. But you are, and we all see, that we are apparently on the very brink of distinction as a Nation, and every good man now with, what can be done to prevent Desension, & preserve Our Republic? I am willing to concede any and every [Conoful?] thing, for the sake of Peace and to preserve the Union; now what ought to be done or can be done, Should be done speedily to prevent the first false steps of our excited Southern friends: Otherwise, all will be lost With my best wishes for <hr /> your health & prosperity, I am Your friend & servant, John L Taylor P. S. I am contentedly engaged in my professional business, as a Lawyer; and as I cannot change my Whig principles at my time of life, I do not expect to take any active part in politicks. [sideways on page] John. L. Taylor Chillcothe Dec 12 60 Congratulations on the Election of Government Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/41ae59c6142cddd97ad4c22435ef610e.pdf d71d4d0cb0d6800fe6b5f51aea1cf2c4 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. THE CANTON REGISTER is published every Tuesday, at $1.50 a year, in advance; if not paid within three months, $1.75;not within six months, $2.00; and if not paid before the expiration of the year, $2.50. Canton, Ill., Dec 12 1860. Mr. Richard Yates to DAVISON & NICOLET, Dr., To subscription to The Canton Weekly Register, from Vol. 11 no. 39 to Vol. 12 No. 38, one year $2.00 Received payment Davison & Nicolet <hr /> Davidson & Nicolet Dec 12, '60 Rect $2.00 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Davison and Nicolet to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514234 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. THE CANTON REGISTER is published every Tuesday, at $1.50 a year, in advance; if not paid within three months, $1.75;not within six months, $2.00; and if not paid before the expiration of the year, $2.50. Canton, Ill., Dec 12 1860. Mr. Richard Yates to DAVISON & NICOLET, Dr., To subscription to The Canton Weekly Register, from Vol. 11 no. 39 to Vol. 12 No. 38, one year $2.00 Received payment Davison & Nicolet <hr /> Davidson & Nicolet Dec 12, '60 Rect $2.00 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/6b916fd8949d3056507f7e1b607b7f12.pdf 19af0764701be9f89af97bc45620347d Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Jacksonville Ill Dec 6 1860 WC Flagg Esq Moro Dear Sir I cannot let the occasion pass without congratulating you on the success of our cause. You have been one of the efficient workers for this great result. Allow me also to thank you for the interest you have taken in my personal success and believ me Your friend Richd Yates Norman G. Flagg Moro, Illinois Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource W. C. Flagg to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-06 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514233 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Jacksonville Ill Dec 6 1860 WC Flagg Esq Moro Dear Sir I cannot let the occasion pass without congratulating you on the success of our cause. You have been one of the efficient workers for this great result. Allow me also to thank you for the interest you have taken in my personal success and believ me Your friend Richd Yates Norman G. Flagg Moro, Illinois Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/26c87dd14df656ac6e9fc302627ec33c.pdf 03a5d3a352fad900b7e2450c7b7c7855 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Fairfield Ills Dec 3d 1860 Dear Gov. I thank you verry much for your frank and candid letter of the 26 ult. I new when you wrote it would be your honest convictions and contain good advice. Now let me say this, I am a Republican because Republicanism is just and right. If I can rise by fair means with these greate principles I shall be verry happy in my sucess. I have labored hard for the cause since the Repeal of the Missouri Comprimise, I quit the democracy because the quit freedom. If office had been my Aim I could have stayed with them and faired well, for many of my democratic friends implored me not to throw away the chances of sucess that I had before me. <hr /> I have labored with the Republicans until they have the power. Mr Lincoln is president and has favors to bestow. I know there are many applicants and many of them verry worthy members of our party. Many must be disappointed. but none should fail to consider the situation in which our worthy President is placed, and he who fails to do this can not be a good Rep. I know Mr Lincoln will do what he honestly thinks best. and with that I shall be content. I have not writen him a line since the Election and shall not because he has, no doubt, many more worthy correspondants than I could be. If I had thought at the time, that there would be so many applicants for the Martialship I should have said nothing about it. for I must say the position (outside of the money) is not one that suits my taste. If I could make any thing out of the Attorneyship for this district I had much rather have it <hr /> as I love my profession better than any other position in life. And Stern necesity is all in the world that makes me apply for any thing. I will be in Springfield about the holidays and there I will abide the advice of my friends as to what course to persue. If you and other friends think it will be of any advantage to me I can get the indorsement of Gov O.P. Morton Atty Gen. James G Jones and other distinguished men of Indiana. I thank you for sending me a copy of your "Wigwam" Speech. I have just read it with much pleasure. I must say (without flatery) that it is a most able production, and does credit to the governor of the Empire state of the West I am as ever, Your friend D. T. Linegar <hr /> D. T. Linegar Fairfield Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. T. Linegar to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-03 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514232 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Fairfield Ills Dec 3d 1860 Dear Gov. I thank you verry much for your frank and candid letter of the 26 ult. I new when you wrote it would be your honest convictions and contain good advice. Now let me say this, I am a Republican because Republicanism is just and right. If I can rise by fair means with these greate principles I shall be verry happy in my sucess. I have labored hard for the cause since the Repeal of the Missouri Comprimise, I quit the democracy because the quit freedom. If office had been my Aim I could have stayed with them and faired well, for many of my democratic friends implored me not to throw away the chances of sucess that I had before me. <hr /> I have labored with the Republicans until they have the power. Mr Lincoln is president and has favors to bestow. I know there are many applicants and many of them verry worthy members of our party. Many must be disappointed. but none should fail to consider the situation in which our worthy President is placed, and he who fails to do this can not be a good Rep. I know Mr Lincoln will do what he honestly thinks best. and with that I shall be content. I have not writen him a line since the Election and shall not because he has, no doubt, many more worthy correspondants than I could be. If I had thought at the time, that there would be so many applicants for the Martialship I should have said nothing about it. for I must say the position (outside of the money) is not one that suits my taste. If I could make any thing out of the Attorneyship for this district I had much rather have it <hr /> as I love my profession better than any other position in life. And Stern necesity is all in the world that makes me apply for any thing. I will be in Springfield about the holidays and there I will abide the advice of my friends as to what course to persue. If you and other friends think it will be of any advantage to me I can get the indorsement of Gov O.P. Morton Atty Gen. James G Jones and other distinguished men of Indiana. I thank you for sending me a copy of your "Wigwam" Speech. I have just read it with much pleasure. I must say (without flatery) that it is a most able production, and does credit to the governor of the Empire state of the West I am as ever, Your friend D. T. Linegar <hr /> D. T. Linegar Fairfield Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/f97ade7748af90d70d17d986d3fffd46.pdf 811d9fb22e0c067620bce289b93ae63b Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Concord Dec 1/60 Mr. Richard Yates Jacksonville Dear Sir I would like to get the Registers Office at St Peters Minnesota. I think it would be worth from six to eight thousand dollars per year. If you will get it for me I will give you ¼ of the proffeit for your trouble. Will you please write me on the subject if you will try for it I will do as I agree certain I have put out 18 thousand acres of Currents this fall <hr /> in Minnesota and next fall will be a good time to put out more. Do you want one thousand dollars untill next Augst with realestate security at 10 per cent I would want it paid when due or one year at 12 per cent Please let me here from you have you any more County Bonds Respectfully yours Geo Wilson Concord Lake Co Ohio Can you use a draft on Chicago The land offered at St Peters is one of the last in the <hr /> Geo. Wilson Concord O. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Wilson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514231 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Concord Dec 1/60 Mr. Richard Yates Jacksonville Dear Sir I would like to get the Registers Office at St Peters Minnesota. I think it would be worth from six to eight thousand dollars per year. If you will get it for me I will give you ¼ of the proffeit for your trouble. Will you please write me on the subject if you will try for it I will do as I agree certain I have put out 18 thousand acres of Currents this fall <hr /> in Minnesota and next fall will be a good time to put out more. Do you want one thousand dollars untill next Augst with realestate security at 10 per cent I would want it paid when due or one year at 12 per cent Please let me here from you have you any more County Bonds Respectfully yours Geo Wilson Concord Lake Co Ohio Can you use a draft on Chicago The land offered at St Peters is one of the last in the <hr /> Geo. Wilson Concord O. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/b3947cf706ca0f8044145bc1b5a810f9.pdf 9bbc75955712368a6db927f704bd3f5a Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Pleasant Plains San Co Nov 26/60 Mr. Richard Yates Dear Sir Your note of Nov. 22d is received and in answer to the same I would say that after receiving your Letter preceding this that I went to see Mr. Workman Informing him that I would take half the amount and and for him to make a Deed to you for the property. I could not succeed with the proposition and he then proposed to pay me half the principal and claimed that that was all he had proposed to Do after considering upon the matter and knowing the case a bad one I proposed to do it if you would approve the same he agreed to Do that and I was to meet him at pleasant plains and receive the money and I was to write to you for your acceptance or rejection. I met him as agreed and he only had Thirty Eight Dollars - Fifty cents over one half and agreed to execute the Deed and have the ballance of the money in <hr /> a few Days. and I was to meet him with an answer from you I wrote to you Informing you what I have Done provided you ratified it and the money I had received. and for you to answer Immediately and I have received nothing from you until this and I know not but that he is in Kansas by this time as he talked of going their I have not seen him at Least for over three months and can tell you nothing about him Yours Very Respectfully James W. Beckman James W. Bechman Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James W. Beckman to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-11-26 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514230 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Pleasant Plains San Co Nov 26/60 Mr. Richard Yates Dear Sir Your note of Nov. 22d is received and in answer to the same I would say that after receiving your Letter preceding this that I went to see Mr. Workman Informing him that I would take half the amount and and for him to make a Deed to you for the property. I could not succeed with the proposition and he then proposed to pay me half the principal and claimed that that was all he had proposed to Do after considering upon the matter and knowing the case a bad one I proposed to do it if you would approve the same he agreed to Do that and I was to meet him at pleasant plains and receive the money and I was to write to you for your acceptance or rejection. I met him as agreed and he only had Thirty Eight Dollars - Fifty cents over one half and agreed to execute the Deed and have the ballance of the money in <hr /> a few Days. and I was to meet him with an answer from you I wrote to you Informing you what I have Done provided you ratified it and the money I had received. and for you to answer Immediately and I have received nothing from you until this and I know not but that he is in Kansas by this time as he talked of going their I have not seen him at Least for over three months and can tell you nothing about him Yours Very Respectfully James W. Beckman James W. Bechman Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/ae5567abbf4e0b91a27f02ef93e40830.pdf 0b6aaf34e546b801ee9f20d3801f467c Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Galena 3 Dec 1860 Dear friend Your kind favor of Nov 22nd I have with great interest noted its contents. You speak of your ambition almost deprecatingly as though it was a weakness. I fear their is not enough ambition in most men & women also; for without a laudable and virtuous aspiration or ambition there has been but very little ever accomplished or, ever will be, for the present and eternal well being of the human family, for man amounts to but little in this world & still less I think in the world to come who is not the representative of some great & good principle. Who does not feel anxious to give out something from within himself to benefit & ameliorate the woes and sufferings of humanity & who is not solicitous to leave the world better by his life & exertions than he found it---so to cultivate the Divine essence within him that all he does shall bear the image of the Heavenly---always remembering that man in the abstract is man in the [conente?]---with my principles are intimately connected with men---a good man will seek to ally himself with good principles---for a “good [tree?] cannot bring forth evil fruit” &c. I rejoice with you that that disturber of the country Douglas is finally & I trust forever politically disposed of---that he will in the future remain as a lasting monument---to point the youth of the country to us as an example of unholy ambition to be shunned---but excuse this homily. you must blame yourself partly for it; you were doubtless right in your judgement in regard to the issues of the Canvass. Your majority would I think have been much [larger?] by the other course <hr /> I do most sincerely regret your want of time in relation to the mining matters. ere the time arrives that you speak of I greatly fear the golden opportunity will have passed and the money by corrupt practices, absorbed by the peculating political Banditti of Polititions who hover around the Treasury as vultures over the Carcass. the case is one of the easy solution---the facts are few, simple & clear---Act of Congress---Regulations of War [Dept?] & [Suprdts?] returns---this is all---but excuse this re-iteration of this question. How would it do (in order to settle the matter definitely I dispose of it & free it from Legislative influence & quiet the public mind), to recommend the Legislature to submit the contract & agreement with the Ills C R.R. Co & the state to a direct vote of the people---thus make it organic & get it out of the arena of politics. There is an intensity of feeling in the minds of the people about this most important state question. I trust that you will allow me to plead in extenuation of my gratuitous & undigested advise on grave matters of state or National policy. Our old personal relations---had it not been for those old days of yore---I should not have ventured any word of counsel. It was all prompted by an over anxious desire for your triumphant success. I acknowledge its inappropriatness under ordinary circumstances its indelicacy. Of course I can have, from my limited point of observation only crude & partial glimpses of the great and propelling forces which are indispensable to give direction & success to the mighty & benificent Measures of Government which shall in their far reaching forecast bless the oncoming ages of mankind & in their equity justice & benignity shall cheer & bless the disappearing myriads of our <hr /> race who are unwinding so fast this mortal coil & going to other spheres. I know but little of the necessary mechanisms & machinery whether complex or simple that is requisite to be kept oiled & [grooved?] in such perfect adjustment that there shall be no friction: principles of right & righteousness never vary, like God they are unchangeable. but enough of moralities for this [time?]. What I said to you in my letter of & about myself did not have any reference to an office from the President---for I would not do, what, I suppose would be a “sine qua non” in order to obtain it for the best office in the gift of the [P ?]. Would you believe it!! some of the office seekers have been perambulating I hardly know how many states in search of those of like calibre, modesty &, manhood of themselves to recommend them to the appointing power!!! Men of unbound self esteem---they were a dead weight to the party. they remind one of the last hound in at the death. They bay the loudest---or like the candidates in Rome for consulate of Imperial honors---exhibiting themselves and recounting their own exploits by flood & field. This is a part of the political programme I never liked---though it is I suppose a necessity of the times. I had reference to the Office of Canal Trustee. I felt that I could perform all the duties pertaining to the Office so as to bring no discredit upon the appointing power. It is my desire to move to Chicago but am financially restrained. I have heard for months that the present incumbent would not be reappointed on account of past matters. Leavit &c I know that L, said it would never do to re appoint. I stated that I knew nothing of your engagements & did not wish to be in the way---but if entirely free & have the disposition it would come most acceptably. My lands are unproductive <hr /> & I have to borrow money to pay taxes. I am really pleased to find that you do properly appreciate the labors & efforts of Denio. I believe the Republican party are more indebted to him for the majority in both branches of the Legislature than to any other one man. I do not [illegible] this that he was the ablest or greatest man by [illegible] but he was just adapted to the masses in the closely contested districts in which he labored & that proved you & L right in sending him there. I do really think he should be Marshall. I am well aware that the whole [illegible] crew of office seekers around here are opposed most bitterly to him. he was an original Lincoln man whilst every one of them were uncompromising Sewardites & Luddites. I do not much expect to be able to visit Springfield this winter. I have not seen or heard from Denio since I wrote to you. Last spring you wrote to me of a man who would aid you. I know him well---he would at any time help you out if [thereby?] he could help himself in Mark this now---he too is after office. I cannot close this without thanking you for myself---my family, my friends & for every body for very many passages in your speech at Springfield. I saw only an extract ---send me a copy & also one to my son Edward Tomlin St Paul Minnesota. he knows & loves you. A thousand thanks my old & kind friend for your many and enduring assurances of friendship. they are all feelingly reciprocated with a much larger rate of interist than I would think of paying in specie If you find in this aught ( as doubtless you will) that is violative of good man manners or good any thing---please excuse it. this is miserable paper to write on. All join in love to you & yours Write soon Allan Tomlin. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Allan Tomlin to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-12-03 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514229 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Galena 3 Dec 1860 Dear friend Your kind favor of Nov 22nd I have with great interest noted its contents. You speak of your ambition almost deprecatingly as though it was a weakness. I fear their is not enough ambition in most men & women also; for without a laudable and virtuous aspiration or ambition there has been but very little ever accomplished or, ever will be, for the present and eternal well being of the human family, for man amounts to but little in this world & still less I think in the world to come who is not the representative of some great & good principle. Who does not feel anxious to give out something from within himself to benefit & ameliorate the woes and sufferings of humanity & who is not solicitous to leave the world better by his life & exertions than he found it---so to cultivate the Divine essence within him that all he does shall bear the image of the Heavenly---always remembering that man in the abstract is man in the [conente?]---with my principles are intimately connected with men---a good man will seek to ally himself with good principles---for a “good [tree?] cannot bring forth evil fruit” &c. I rejoice with you that that disturber of the country Douglas is finally & I trust forever politically disposed of---that he will in the future remain as a lasting monument---to point the youth of the country to us as an example of unholy ambition to be shunned---but excuse this homily. you must blame yourself partly for it; you were doubtless right in your judgement in regard to the issues of the Canvass. Your majority would I think have been much [larger?] by the other course <hr /> I do most sincerely regret your want of time in relation to the mining matters. ere the time arrives that you speak of I greatly fear the golden opportunity will have passed and the money by corrupt practices, absorbed by the peculating political Banditti of Polititions who hover around the Treasury as vultures over the Carcass. the case is one of the easy solution---the facts are few, simple & clear---Act of Congress---Regulations of War [Dept?] & [Suprdts?] returns---this is all---but excuse this re-iteration of this question. How would it do (in order to settle the matter definitely I dispose of it & free it from Legislative influence & quiet the public mind), to recommend the Legislature to submit the contract & agreement with the Ills C R.R. Co & the state to a direct vote of the people---thus make it organic & get it out of the arena of politics. There is an intensity of feeling in the minds of the people about this most important state question. I trust that you will allow me to plead in extenuation of my gratuitous & undigested advise on grave matters of state or National policy. Our old personal relations---had it not been for those old days of yore---I should not have ventured any word of counsel. It was all prompted by an over anxious desire for your triumphant success. I acknowledge its inappropriatness under ordinary circumstances its indelicacy. Of course I can have, from my limited point of observation only crude & partial glimpses of the great and propelling forces which are indispensable to give direction & success to the mighty & benificent Measures of Government which shall in their far reaching forecast bless the oncoming ages of mankind & in their equity justice & benignity shall cheer & bless the disappearing myriads of our <hr /> race who are unwinding so fast this mortal coil & going to other spheres. I know but little of the necessary mechanisms & machinery whether complex or simple that is requisite to be kept oiled & [grooved?] in such perfect adjustment that there shall be no friction: principles of right & righteousness never vary, like God they are unchangeable. but enough of moralities for this [time?]. What I said to you in my letter of & about myself did not have any reference to an office from the President---for I would not do, what, I suppose would be a “sine qua non” in order to obtain it for the best office in the gift of the [P ?]. Would you believe it!! some of the office seekers have been perambulating I hardly know how many states in search of those of like calibre, modesty &, manhood of themselves to recommend them to the appointing power!!! Men of unbound self esteem---they were a dead weight to the party. they remind one of the last hound in at the death. They bay the loudest---or like the candidates in Rome for consulate of Imperial honors---exhibiting themselves and recounting their own exploits by flood & field. This is a part of the political programme I never liked---though it is I suppose a necessity of the times. I had reference to the Office of Canal Trustee. I felt that I could perform all the duties pertaining to the Office so as to bring no discredit upon the appointing power. It is my desire to move to Chicago but am financially restrained. I have heard for months that the present incumbent would not be reappointed on account of past matters. Leavit &c I know that L, said it would never do to re appoint. I stated that I knew nothing of your engagements & did not wish to be in the way---but if entirely free & have the disposition it would come most acceptably. My lands are unproductive <hr /> & I have to borrow money to pay taxes. I am really pleased to find that you do properly appreciate the labors & efforts of Denio. I believe the Republican party are more indebted to him for the majority in both branches of the Legislature than to any other one man. I do not [illegible] this that he was the ablest or greatest man by [illegible] but he was just adapted to the masses in the closely contested districts in which he labored & that proved you & L right in sending him there. I do really think he should be Marshall. I am well aware that the whole [illegible] crew of office seekers around here are opposed most bitterly to him. he was an original Lincoln man whilst every one of them were uncompromising Sewardites & Luddites. I do not much expect to be able to visit Springfield this winter. I have not seen or heard from Denio since I wrote to you. Last spring you wrote to me of a man who would aid you. I know him well---he would at any time help you out if [thereby?] he could help himself in Mark this now---he too is after office. I cannot close this without thanking you for myself---my family, my friends & for every body for very many passages in your speech at Springfield. I saw only an extract ---send me a copy & also one to my son Edward Tomlin St Paul Minnesota. he knows & loves you. A thousand thanks my old & kind friend for your many and enduring assurances of friendship. they are all feelingly reciprocated with a much larger rate of interist than I would think of paying in specie If you find in this aught ( as doubtless you will) that is violative of good man manners or good any thing---please excuse it. this is miserable paper to write on. All join in love to you & yours Write soon Allan Tomlin. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/2d0a2fdeecd4197a47f2c5632028dd85.pdf e0bfdb90229305564cd442400e152313 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Carmi White Co. Ills Hon. R. Yates November 19, 1860 Dr Sir Succefs always brings congratulations, and I have no doubt, but you are tired of them even at this early day after your triumph Consequently I will withhold any I might feel disposed to offer. I fear my letter, short as it is will be a trespass upon your time but I judged from appearances that our opinions upon one point were the same and that as short as was our intercourse it was plain our feelings were congenial - If I know myself my pretensions are small. Never fancied myself the head of any movement, yet humbly believed myself a valuable ally. You will soon ocupy a proud position and I have no doubt you will do honor to it - Four years in politics is a short probation. Douglas will <hr /> think so & count the minutes that are to consign him to private life - You will then be first on the list for promotion. So let us now go to work in Time to give you another lift upon the ladder of politics. I like you & want to serve you - I can serve you better by respectable position To more advantage than in any other way. You know enough of mankind to understand that when you give an individual, position, you correspondingly increase his influence. I have for years here been the first to the conflict, and last upon the battle field, and if "great patience and long suffering" in fighting locofo- cism has any virtue in Lincolns eyes my claims will not be disregarded. I understand perfectly the inconvenience of having too many friends when favors are to be dispensed, but I never knew a man have too many when he was to be the recipient instead of distributor of them <hr /> You know my position here and I laid my case fairly before you If not inconsistent with duty or inclination I wish you to lay my case before Mr Lincoln in just such Terms as you think they deserve I have been frank with you as I am with all men. My position politically is never misunderstood - If your duty, good will & personal interests move you to serve me you will never have to charge me with ingratitude, Be frank with me - There is another bond of union between us I have thought of a thousand times since our trip to Shawneetown. Our fathers followed the same ocupation - But enough - Help me if you can. If you cannot, say so - Truly Yours W. B. Brown Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource W. B. Brown to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-11-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514228 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Carmi White Co. Ills Hon. R. Yates November 19, 1860 Dr Sir Succefs always brings congratulations, and I have no doubt, but you are tired of them even at this early day after your triumph Consequently I will withhold any I might feel disposed to offer. I fear my letter, short as it is will be a trespass upon your time but I judged from appearances that our opinions upon one point were the same and that as short as was our intercourse it was plain our feelings were congenial - If I know myself my pretensions are small. Never fancied myself the head of any movement, yet humbly believed myself a valuable ally. You will soon ocupy a proud position and I have no doubt you will do honor to it - Four years in politics is a short probation. Douglas will <hr /> think so & count the minutes that are to consign him to private life - You will then be first on the list for promotion. So let us now go to work in Time to give you another lift upon the ladder of politics. I like you & want to serve you - I can serve you better by respectable position To more advantage than in any other way. You know enough of mankind to understand that when you give an individual, position, you correspondingly increase his influence. I have for years here been the first to the conflict, and last upon the battle field, and if "great patience and long suffering" in fighting locofo- cism has any virtue in Lincolns eyes my claims will not be disregarded. I understand perfectly the inconvenience of having too many friends when favors are to be dispensed, but I never knew a man have too many when he was to be the recipient instead of distributor of them <hr /> You know my position here and I laid my case fairly before you If not inconsistent with duty or inclination I wish you to lay my case before Mr Lincoln in just such Terms as you think they deserve I have been frank with you as I am with all men. My position politically is never misunderstood - If your duty, good will & personal interests move you to serve me you will never have to charge me with ingratitude, Be frank with me - There is another bond of union between us I have thought of a thousand times since our trip to Shawneetown. Our fathers followed the same ocupation - But enough - Help me if you can. If you cannot, say so - Truly Yours W. B. Brown Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/1843629f0324c10c9ce2d84498e13236.pdf b678db4c6ab363da69b53e78f97b1ae5 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. philaaa Nov 23, 1860 Hon Richa. Yates to Sarmient? & McGrath To Coat Pants & Vest 50.00 famy cas pts 11.00 Velvet Vest 10.00 Box 1.00 <pre> 73.00 </pre> <hr /> Sarmiento & McGrath Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sarmiento and McGrath to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-11-23 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514227 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. philaaa Nov 23, 1860 Hon Richa. Yates to Sarmient? & McGrath To Coat Pants & Vest 50.00 famy cas pts 11.00 Velvet Vest 10.00 Box 1.00 <pre> 73.00 </pre> <hr /> Sarmiento & McGrath Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/3dd5664297b78db1deb987d36495a881.pdf 374cf5caa2a6e9fc8b1d70ac2a851129 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. D.J. Pettijohn OFFICE OF THE EGYPTIAN REPUBLIC J. C. D. PETTIJOHN, EDITOR. Centralia, Ill., Nov 15th, 1860 No longer Dick but Gov. Yates (Not ans'd) Thank Heaven the victory is ours and a most glorious one it is. Who is of all our numerous and efficient laborers regrets their labor or Sacrifise to this end; Not one <pre> And Now May our Governors and rulers prove themselves adequate and worthy of the confidence reposed in them and all will be well. You remember I was about to be ruined for the small amount of 100$ but I went as you know to Springfield to borrow (Not beg) and I procured it of Butler by giveing R Catch Dubois & others as security and got it for 6 Mo - but I obtained other securities by assuring them that </pre> <hr /> you was going on the Note with me Now of course the note is just as good and safe and all that but that does not answer for My word or promise that you was going on the note all that I am careful or anxious about is Simply My word or promise. I promised that you would call and Sign the note and I have waited untill the Smoke of battle would clear away and now My good friend if you will please ask Mr Butler for that note and put your name on with the others then My word is good and My promise redeemed and no preventing providence Republicanism here will continue to prosper and by industry and energy we hope to sustain ourselves & the cause. Should be pleased to hear from you & know how it feels to be Governor. Yours J C D Pettijohn <hr /> Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. J. Pettyjohn to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-11-15 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514226 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. D.J. Pettijohn OFFICE OF THE EGYPTIAN REPUBLIC J. C. D. PETTIJOHN, EDITOR. Centralia, Ill., Nov 15th, 1860 No longer Dick but Gov. Yates (Not ans'd) Thank Heaven the victory is ours and a most glorious one it is. Who is of all our numerous and efficient laborers regrets their labor or Sacrifise to this end; Not one <pre> And Now May our Governors and rulers prove themselves adequate and worthy of the confidence reposed in them and all will be well. You remember I was about to be ruined for the small amount of 100$ but I went as you know to Springfield to borrow (Not beg) and I procured it of Butler by giveing R Catch Dubois & others as security and got it for 6 Mo - but I obtained other securities by assuring them that </pre> <hr /> you was going on the Note with me Now of course the note is just as good and safe and all that but that does not answer for My word or promise that you was going on the note all that I am careful or anxious about is Simply My word or promise. I promised that you would call and Sign the note and I have waited untill the Smoke of battle would clear away and now My good friend if you will please ask Mr Butler for that note and put your name on with the others then My word is good and My promise redeemed and no preventing providence Republicanism here will continue to prosper and by industry and energy we hope to sustain ourselves & the cause. Should be pleased to hear from you & know how it feels to be Governor. Yours J C D Pettijohn <hr /> Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/60fcd462989920c4ffe6c99f7199a196.pdf cd473748d9f2fc553a99dc5be2833c30 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. [sideways at top of page] Jo Davies County Lincoln 970 Ma Yates 986 Ma Nar 984 Ma You lead all - good A. Tomlin Galina 13th Nov 1860 Dear Friend Do please allow me to cordially congratulate you upon your triumphant election & especially upon having both branches of the Legislature in harmony & concord so that in reality you are a unit - one body all- ready - anxious & eager to place yourselves in the breach to stay the system of loose, profligate, & corrupt legislation that has been popular & rampant so long - from our little City and Town Corporations to State & National legislation - all, to a greater or less extent is tinctured with selfishness & corruption - let us now take courage & hope that this many headed <hr /> monster has been pierced with so many arrows of truth & righteousness & has been made to bleed at so many vital points - will now cease to exist - but if he does it will be at the price of ceaseless vigilance of the votaries of truth virtue & true religion - what a contrast between truth & falsehood - one is open unsuspecting manly noble, at all times seeking the light - yea more light still - free discussion - open communion - Loving all, aiding all- "rejoicing with those that do rejoice & weeping with those that weep" - the other sulky steathy, restrictive, prohibiting free enquiry & discussion - wants not the light imprisons truth justice and righteousness 0 encircles itself in vails of Egyption darkness but enough of moralizing <hr /> what a glorious victory it is - the mind almost becomes wild with excitement, when contemplating the vast & almost boundless consequences that must follow a proper use of this unexampled success of sight over might - the people have seemed to believe that you & Lincoln were in earnest he when he said it was the mission of the Republican Party to change that old and infamous motto that "Might makes right' into this one that hereafter "Right should make Might" & you in Chicago when you uttered that noble thought - that when your principles were overborne that you would go with them that success at the sacrifice of principle would be a failure & your willingness to wait & trust God - would that we might all do this - Then should we be warriors <hr /> 4 fit for any emergency - excuse my rambling so much - for really I suppose you will be flooded with letters at this time - I wish you to understand that I am very little of a politition - I do what I can to aid on the good cause whose infancy has just been baptized with such intense delight by the Nation - but I have some old School Boy friends whom I would be more than glad to see the people honor & if by local position or knowledge of facts that would aid them in developeing the real & Substantial interest of the Country & at the same time develope their own powers of usefulness to the Country I would indeed be very much gratified and if you would not consider it <hr /> [Nov. 13, 1860] 5 impertinent I think I can bring to your knowledge a matter that has been covered if not buried for these many years - which if properly elucidated & explained & the Simple facts brought to light will be a vast & wide spread benefit in a National point of view & of immeasurable local advantage to Illinois Wisconsin & Iowa - I will now in very few words & comments state in part the subject - at the organization of our Mining System here in the Lead region of Ills, Wis & Iowa - The U. S. Government appointed Agents to attend to her interests - to Lease to the Miner a Lot of ten acres for Mining purposes - The smelter was allowed what was called a "Survey" of a mile square <hr /> All the Mineral raised upon it the Miner had to sell to the Smelter holding it 0 with certain conditions & restrictions - The Miner was Taxed Six percent of all the mineral raised to be cleaned by him & made fit for Market - the Smelter paid no Tax - but had to retain the Tax levied on the Miner as it was smelted he must retain six perCent for Government - and the U. S. G paid the Smelter for smelting or sold him the Mineral - Usually the Smelter gave the U. S. G Agent 400 [lb?] Lead for each thousand pounds of mineral - The Mineral yielding from 550 to 700 [lb?] Lead to each 1000 [lb?] which was certainly a sufficient profit for his <hr /> part of the transaction, in this way there was vast amounts of Mineral paid by the Miner to the Agents of Government - thus depleting the wealth of the Country - retarding its full developement by these burden's on the laboring market with the same propriety & justice might the Gov claim sex perCent of the productions of all the soil - [until?] it is sold - these they refund to let us buy our homes until a very late date - keeping back cultivation and improvement - orchards - schools 6% full twenty years - & yet the Gov never did anything to aid us in proving the depth, size thickness of our mines And now to crown this long continued system of wrong - some huckstering Polititions have (I understand) taken <hr /> the job of collecting on shares all this sent mineral paid by the Miner - to the Smelter as the Traitor of Govt back to the Smelter his Executor, Adm or assigns - You, (who never mined any in your life I suppose) have just as good a right - if not a better - for they had one profit in the business - than they have - and they have I believe two precedents - having had two claims allowed I am told - one [Gratiol?] a number of years ago & one to Joseph Hardy of Missouri two years this winter by act of Congress & now they have procured the evidence & I am told they are filed with the department for allowance to these parties - it is a most gross & outrageous case - and I think you <hr /> [Nov. 13, 1860] 9 can puncture this (at present) skeleton of wrong & iniquity and let the maridian rays of truth & justice shine through it & discover its fraud & depravity to the gaze of all - I have written to the Secratary for all information on the subject & shall hope to have the details soon - the amt claimed - parties claiming evidence - Rules & Regulations for the Management of Mining affairs &c &c - but you can most likely get all this information much more expeditiously than I - but be careful to whom you apply - for I am informed that some of our Congressmen are the engineers in the affair - Now then if you can get all the necessary information before <hr /> your first message it would be well I think to make as short & simple a statement as you can & request them to instruct our Senators & request our Congressmen to have an Act passed by Congress - not to refund the money - for the real parties in interest could not, one in a thousand he found but to sink three deep shafts, pits or, holes - to a depth say of 2,500 or three (3000) thousand feet - One in the vicinity of Galena one in Wisconsin & one in Iowa - under the Supervision of parties under State appointment - in this way & in no other can the Government in Paart reimburse this Lead mining region - for its wrongful <hr /> impoverishing of the mines - and this is a matter of vital National importance as well as of all absorbing local importance to Ills, Wis & Iowa - It would at once draw and center all eyes on your & you would by thus trying to do right bind these manes to you by this stronger than chains of steel - the amt will be large - & if Successful in giving it this direction - your will not have been elected govenor for nought - I want you to make for yourself a National reputation - I have many fancies (to me they are veritable realities) running in my mind of measures of reform & benefit to future generations - one is in relation to the great Rail Road interest of the state <hr /> but I forbear - knowing that in all these things you are necessarily much better versed in than I am - & I do not wish to be or even appear officious or obtrusive & if I do seem so in any way to you just set it down to personal love & friendship a real jealousy for your success and elevation - serve the whole people let your great heart beat responsive to their true interests & you will bind them to you as did Clay & Jackson with a love and devotedness that death itself cannot quench - with them it was real & not simulated - they are quick to detect counterfeits - & you & Lincoln may thank the People & not caucuses or politions for your nominations or elections <hr /> [Nov. 13, 1860] 13 And now a few words in closing - If you feel disposed to take this thing in charge - you had but as soon as you can gather sufficient facts together to justify you in moving in the matter open a correspondence with the Govenor's of Wisconsin & Iowa and have it nearly simultaneous you taking the entire charge & management of the whole business - it is a righteous thing - I know nothing of your affairs - nor feelings only so far as I judge by my own heart towards you - for you was kept a prisoner & when here - from me - by your anxious friends - <hr /> I only could say a word to you as to my own concerns I am in a very bad situation indeed, financially & you could if free from promises & with an ample faith that the interests of the State would thereby be subserved, assist me - I speak to you as brother to brother - frankly & expect the same - either way rest assured it will make no difference in my feelings to you - whether yea or nay - I may be down in your region of country soon & if so will endeavor to see you as long as you did me please write to me at once if only a line - you ought to help Denis with A. L. to a good officer, Marshall or Your old friend Allan Tomlin Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 14 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Allan Tomlin to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-11-13 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514225 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. [sideways at top of page] Jo Davies County Lincoln 970 Ma Yates 986 Ma Nar 984 Ma You lead all - good A. Tomlin Galina 13th Nov 1860 Dear Friend Do please allow me to cordially congratulate you upon your triumphant election & especially upon having both branches of the Legislature in harmony & concord so that in reality you are a unit - one body all- ready - anxious & eager to place yourselves in the breach to stay the system of loose, profligate, & corrupt legislation that has been popular & rampant so long - from our little City and Town Corporations to State & National legislation - all, to a greater or less extent is tinctured with selfishness & corruption - let us now take courage & hope that this many headed <hr /> monster has been pierced with so many arrows of truth & righteousness & has been made to bleed at so many vital points - will now cease to exist - but if he does it will be at the price of ceaseless vigilance of the votaries of truth virtue & true religion - what a contrast between truth & falsehood - one is open unsuspecting manly noble, at all times seeking the light - yea more light still - free discussion - open communion - Loving all, aiding all- "rejoicing with those that do rejoice & weeping with those that weep" - the other sulky steathy, restrictive, prohibiting free enquiry & discussion - wants not the light imprisons truth justice and righteousness 0 encircles itself in vails of Egyption darkness but enough of moralizing <hr /> what a glorious victory it is - the mind almost becomes wild with excitement, when contemplating the vast & almost boundless consequences that must follow a proper use of this unexampled success of sight over might - the people have seemed to believe that you & Lincoln were in earnest he when he said it was the mission of the Republican Party to change that old and infamous motto that "Might makes right' into this one that hereafter "Right should make Might" & you in Chicago when you uttered that noble thought - that when your principles were overborne that you would go with them that success at the sacrifice of principle would be a failure & your willingness to wait & trust God - would that we might all do this - Then should we be warriors <hr /> 4 fit for any emergency - excuse my rambling so much - for really I suppose you will be flooded with letters at this time - I wish you to understand that I am very little of a politition - I do what I can to aid on the good cause whose infancy has just been baptized with such intense delight by the Nation - but I have some old School Boy friends whom I would be more than glad to see the people honor & if by local position or knowledge of facts that would aid them in developeing the real & Substantial interest of the Country & at the same time develope their own powers of usefulness to the Country I would indeed be very much gratified and if you would not consider it <hr /> [Nov. 13, 1860] 5 impertinent I think I can bring to your knowledge a matter that has been covered if not buried for these many years - which if properly elucidated & explained & the Simple facts brought to light will be a vast & wide spread benefit in a National point of view & of immeasurable local advantage to Illinois Wisconsin & Iowa - I will now in very few words & comments state in part the subject - at the organization of our Mining System here in the Lead region of Ills, Wis & Iowa - The U. S. Government appointed Agents to attend to her interests - to Lease to the Miner a Lot of ten acres for Mining purposes - The smelter was allowed what was called a "Survey" of a mile square <hr /> All the Mineral raised upon it the Miner had to sell to the Smelter holding it 0 with certain conditions & restrictions - The Miner was Taxed Six percent of all the mineral raised to be cleaned by him & made fit for Market - the Smelter paid no Tax - but had to retain the Tax levied on the Miner as it was smelted he must retain six perCent for Government - and the U. S. G paid the Smelter for smelting or sold him the Mineral - Usually the Smelter gave the U. S. G Agent 400 [lb?] Lead for each thousand pounds of mineral - The Mineral yielding from 550 to 700 [lb?] Lead to each 1000 [lb?] which was certainly a sufficient profit for his <hr /> part of the transaction, in this way there was vast amounts of Mineral paid by the Miner to the Agents of Government - thus depleting the wealth of the Country - retarding its full developement by these burden's on the laboring market with the same propriety & justice might the Gov claim sex perCent of the productions of all the soil - [until?] it is sold - these they refund to let us buy our homes until a very late date - keeping back cultivation and improvement - orchards - schools 6% full twenty years - & yet the Gov never did anything to aid us in proving the depth, size thickness of our mines And now to crown this long continued system of wrong - some huckstering Polititions have (I understand) taken <hr /> the job of collecting on shares all this sent mineral paid by the Miner - to the Smelter as the Traitor of Govt back to the Smelter his Executor, Adm or assigns - You, (who never mined any in your life I suppose) have just as good a right - if not a better - for they had one profit in the business - than they have - and they have I believe two precedents - having had two claims allowed I am told - one [Gratiol?] a number of years ago & one to Joseph Hardy of Missouri two years this winter by act of Congress & now they have procured the evidence & I am told they are filed with the department for allowance to these parties - it is a most gross & outrageous case - and I think you <hr /> [Nov. 13, 1860] 9 can puncture this (at present) skeleton of wrong & iniquity and let the maridian rays of truth & justice shine through it & discover its fraud & depravity to the gaze of all - I have written to the Secratary for all information on the subject & shall hope to have the details soon - the amt claimed - parties claiming evidence - Rules & Regulations for the Management of Mining affairs &c &c - but you can most likely get all this information much more expeditiously than I - but be careful to whom you apply - for I am informed that some of our Congressmen are the engineers in the affair - Now then if you can get all the necessary information before <hr /> your first message it would be well I think to make as short & simple a statement as you can & request them to instruct our Senators & request our Congressmen to have an Act passed by Congress - not to refund the money - for the real parties in interest could not, one in a thousand he found but to sink three deep shafts, pits or, holes - to a depth say of 2,500 or three (3000) thousand feet - One in the vicinity of Galena one in Wisconsin & one in Iowa - under the Supervision of parties under State appointment - in this way & in no other can the Government in Paart reimburse this Lead mining region - for its wrongful <hr /> impoverishing of the mines - and this is a matter of vital National importance as well as of all absorbing local importance to Ills, Wis & Iowa - It would at once draw and center all eyes on your & you would by thus trying to do right bind these manes to you by this stronger than chains of steel - the amt will be large - & if Successful in giving it this direction - your will not have been elected govenor for nought - I want you to make for yourself a National reputation - I have many fancies (to me they are veritable realities) running in my mind of measures of reform & benefit to future generations - one is in relation to the great Rail Road interest of the state <hr /> but I forbear - knowing that in all these things you are necessarily much better versed in than I am - & I do not wish to be or even appear officious or obtrusive & if I do seem so in any way to you just set it down to personal love & friendship a real jealousy for your success and elevation - serve the whole people let your great heart beat responsive to their true interests & you will bind them to you as did Clay & Jackson with a love and devotedness that death itself cannot quench - with them it was real & not simulated - they are quick to detect counterfeits - & you & Lincoln may thank the People & not caucuses or politions for your nominations or elections <hr /> [Nov. 13, 1860] 13 And now a few words in closing - If you feel disposed to take this thing in charge - you had but as soon as you can gather sufficient facts together to justify you in moving in the matter open a correspondence with the Govenor's of Wisconsin & Iowa and have it nearly simultaneous you taking the entire charge & management of the whole business - it is a righteous thing - I know nothing of your affairs - nor feelings only so far as I judge by my own heart towards you - for you was kept a prisoner & when here - from me - by your anxious friends - <hr /> I only could say a word to you as to my own concerns I am in a very bad situation indeed, financially & you could if free from promises & with an ample faith that the interests of the State would thereby be subserved, assist me - I speak to you as brother to brother - frankly & expect the same - either way rest assured it will make no difference in my feelings to you - whether yea or nay - I may be down in your region of country soon & if so will endeavor to see you as long as you did me please write to me at once if only a line - you ought to help Denis with A. L. to a good officer, Marshall or Your old friend Allan Tomlin Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/19741d250feacda9455f9776df9fd43e.pdf 990ecf7ef7a483d127d5e2fe224e72c7 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Springfield Illinois Nov 12 1860 Kind Sir I take the libert of writting you a fue lines I have been about five years with Governer WH Bissell and am now in the famlie with Ms Bissell and Sha is prepairing to remove from the house and proble sha will not need me after removing excuse mee for taking the liberty of asking you for to bee your Servant I am well aquaint in the house about the gass and the furnissess for heating the house I am a Scotchman and is Single and of studey habits and am a prodestant with reffrience to mye character the State officrs now mee well I am anxicous to bee your Servant if you bee pleased to take mee I will bee readey at aneytime Say about the last of this year Ms Bissell can tell you about mye character at aneytime you would like to see her I was with Bissell in Washington two Sessions with <hr /> <pre>Governer WH Bissell when hee was member of congress and carries him into the house everey daye that the house was in session I have been his first man in his Sickness and his last man in Sickness till hee dies ecpting a little time I went back to Scotland to see mye friends I thought not to come back to America but hee wrote to mee pleading for mee to return thee lettar I have inclosed for to read also a small pice cut out of newspapers about the Governers death and about his servants I refer to yourself what ever wages you like to give mee I can bee seen aney daye at Governers house legislator appropiates certain sum evreye session for to keep upp thee garden and others things about the place the money is laid aside for Governer to paye out as hee thinks fit and the gass his free postage Stamps and paper as much as hee likes to use if you would bee so kind as send mee back the lettar and printed paper for its the onley </pre> <hr /> the onley keepsake I have of his memory I hope you will excuse mee if I have Sais anyething amiss in this lettar will you bee so kind as lett mee now if you would need mee for if Mistres Bissell gows to Boarding if sha cant get a house in springfield sha will have to board in Hotell and I will bee out of a place if you want aney fire wood bought in for the house I could get it here for you to have it readey for you when you come to the house the fureness Burn coal to heat all thee house I must conclude mye lettar yours truly & affectionaty William Shanks of Springfield Illinois <hr /> Wm Shanks 1860 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Shanks to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-11-12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514224 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Springfield Illinois Nov 12 1860 Kind Sir I take the libert of writting you a fue lines I have been about five years with Governer WH Bissell and am now in the famlie with Ms Bissell and Sha is prepairing to remove from the house and proble sha will not need me after removing excuse mee for taking the liberty of asking you for to bee your Servant I am well aquaint in the house about the gass and the furnissess for heating the house I am a Scotchman and is Single and of studey habits and am a prodestant with reffrience to mye character the State officrs now mee well I am anxicous to bee your Servant if you bee pleased to take mee I will bee readey at aneytime Say about the last of this year Ms Bissell can tell you about mye character at aneytime you would like to see her I was with Bissell in Washington two Sessions with <hr /> <pre>Governer WH Bissell when hee was member of congress and carries him into the house everey daye that the house was in session I have been his first man in his Sickness and his last man in Sickness till hee dies ecpting a little time I went back to Scotland to see mye friends I thought not to come back to America but hee wrote to mee pleading for mee to return thee lettar I have inclosed for to read also a small pice cut out of newspapers about the Governers death and about his servants I refer to yourself what ever wages you like to give mee I can bee seen aney daye at Governers house legislator appropiates certain sum evreye session for to keep upp thee garden and others things about the place the money is laid aside for Governer to paye out as hee thinks fit and the gass his free postage Stamps and paper as much as hee likes to use if you would bee so kind as send mee back the lettar and printed paper for its the onley </pre> <hr /> the onley keepsake I have of his memory I hope you will excuse mee if I have Sais anyething amiss in this lettar will you bee so kind as lett mee now if you would need mee for if Mistres Bissell gows to Boarding if sha cant get a house in springfield sha will have to board in Hotell and I will bee out of a place if you want aney fire wood bought in for the house I could get it here for you to have it readey for you when you come to the house the fureness Burn coal to heat all thee house I must conclude mye lettar yours truly & affectionaty William Shanks of Springfield Illinois <hr /> Wm Shanks 1860 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/616614fe0c9bceb51ef1f9178abc468b.pdf 5a0d701768cb39eb513379ef23862718 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Richard Yates 12th Nov 60 Dr. to <pre>Nov. 12th one Abt 100 13 [illegible] 100 26 one Pho & Frame 470 27 two do 650 three Photo 600 1920 </pre> Received payment Willis Tandy <hr /> Wm. Tandy Rect for Photographs Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Tandy to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-11-12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514223 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Richard Yates 12th Nov 60 Dr. to <pre>Nov. 12th one Abt 100 13 [illegible] 100 26 one Pho & Frame 470 27 two do 650 three Photo 600 1920 </pre> Received payment Willis Tandy <hr /> Wm. Tandy Rect for Photographs Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/67a21de75642f7f5d654e9d2aae0ec4e.pdf cb453d3f5bc3ffee70c000bfa908655c Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. M R Gates No. 37 To Jacksonville Gas Light & Coke Company, DC 1860 Meter Statement. Consumption. Dollars, Cents. Oct 1 4100 Nov 1 4400 300 1 05 [Illegible] [illegible] H Bancraft Office over [Cocraus?] Store Meter Rent 25 Received Payment for the Company, $1 30 This Bill if not paid on delivery must be paid within five days from presentation at the Co.'s office or the gas will be shut off. Gas Light [Rect ? Recd] 1860 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard Yates to Jacksonville Gas, Light and Coke Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-10-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514222 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. M R Gates No. 37 To Jacksonville Gas Light & Coke Company, DC 1860 Meter Statement. Consumption. Dollars, Cents. Oct 1 4100 Nov 1 4400 300 1 05 [Illegible] [illegible] H Bancraft Office over [Cocraus?] Store Meter Rent 25 Received Payment for the Company, $1 30 This Bill if not paid on delivery must be paid within five days from presentation at the Co.'s office or the gas will be shut off. Gas Light [Rect ? Recd] 1860 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/123407f69a6f62edfcf22e09d6fcad15.pdf 380e123e2c23c8bc732feae6bc13100c Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. R Yates to [P. O. Dep?] Dr From July 1st to Oct 1st 1860 To Box rent & postge 1.60 Re payment S Hunt PM <hr /> S. Hunt Rent Oct 1860 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource S. Hunt to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-07-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514221 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. R Yates to [P. O. Dep?] Dr From July 1st to Oct 1st 1860 To Box rent & postge 1.60 Re payment S Hunt PM <hr /> S. Hunt Rent Oct 1860 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/2bf3c58f4882578a921b7c84fda35e81.pdf 4e60a6bfba266ac57be57fa5a0897f33 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Tremont House GAGE, BRO. & DRAKE, Proprietors, Chicago, 9th Oct 1860 Hon Richard Yates Dr. Gov Cases in Court will keep me at home tomorrow - else I should be with you at Joliett - this much I wish to say to you - it is proper - politic and just, to yourself- the cause, and your friends, that you should be in Chicago before Election - and speak - Cook County has in it, the greatest county constituency that you will have in the State - Some of the great interest of the State are here - and I may add some of the greatest and meanest politicians - Now - let me urge you to come sometime - tell the State Central Committee - if they insist upon your speaking away from here in the dark that these are times when a man prefers darkness to light - those times are exceptions to the general rule - and you will be seen and heard in Chicago - (over) <hr /> There is considerable anxiety on the part of the public - to hear you - Your friends believe that you have not - in this matter been treated fairly - And I trust you will so regulate yourself as to be with us - I assure you that I write you believing that you do injustice to yourself and the cause, by leaving Chicago to her idols - [If you?] wish Mr Nile invite you formally. In that event - consider this an invitation from the Money Mens Republican Club - Tell us when you are coming and we will be on hand - Faithfully yours John C. Miller <hr /> John C. Miller Chicago Hon. Richard Yates Joliett J L [Wilsonkry?] Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 01 (June-December, 1860) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John C. Miller to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-10-09 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514220 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Tremont House GAGE, BRO. & DRAKE, Proprietors, Chicago, 9th Oct 1860 Hon Richard Yates Dr. Gov Cases in Court will keep me at home tomorrow - else I should be with you at Joliett - this much I wish to say to you - it is proper - politic and just, to yourself- the cause, and your friends, that you should be in Chicago before Election - and speak - Cook County has in it, the greatest county constituency that you will have in the State - Some of the great interest of the State are here - and I may add some of the greatest and meanest politicians - Now - let me urge you to come sometime - tell the State Central Committee - if they insist upon your speaking away from here in the dark that these are times when a man prefers darkness to light - those times are exceptions to the general rule - and you will be seen and heard in Chicago - (over) <hr /> There is considerable anxiety on the part of the public - to hear you - Your friends believe that you have not - in this matter been treated fairly - And I trust you will so regulate yourself as to be with us - I assure you that I write you believing that you do injustice to yourself and the cause, by leaving Chicago to her idols - [If you?] wish Mr Nile invite you formally. In that event - consider this an invitation from the Money Mens Republican Club - Tell us when you are coming and we will be on hand - Faithfully yours John C. Miller <hr /> John C. Miller Chicago Hon. Richard Yates Joliett J L [Wilsonkry?] Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20