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... Sangamon County on the question of local improvements , propos- ing the improvement of the Sangamon River . He an- nounced himself in favor of usury laws which would limit the rate of interest to be paid in the state . He was in fa- vor ...
... Sangamon County on the question of local improvements , propos- ing the improvement of the Sangamon River . He an- nounced himself in favor of usury laws which would limit the rate of interest to be paid in the state . He was in fa- vor ...
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... Sangamon County , who appointed him dep- uty , and gave him a chance to acquire a knowledge of surveying , in which he became an expert . He was called hither and yon about the county as a surveyor , and was made arbiter in disputes on ...
... Sangamon County , who appointed him dep- uty , and gave him a chance to acquire a knowledge of surveying , in which he became an expert . He was called hither and yon about the county as a surveyor , and was made arbiter in disputes on ...
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... Sangamon County , that had usually gone Democratic , went Whig by more than four hundred majority . The Convention System was now taking root in the west . Some of the members of the legislature of 1836 and 1837 , among whom was Stephen ...
... Sangamon County , that had usually gone Democratic , went Whig by more than four hundred majority . The Convention System was now taking root in the west . Some of the members of the legislature of 1836 and 1837 , among whom was Stephen ...
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... Sangamon County - so called because their average height was over six feet - he so skillfully disposed of the votes of himself and his col- leagues , in return for votes on behalf of Springfield , that that city was selected as the ...
... Sangamon County - so called because their average height was over six feet - he so skillfully disposed of the votes of himself and his col- leagues , in return for votes on behalf of Springfield , that that city was selected as the ...
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... for the presidency of the United States . In 1860 , the scene of his legal services lay in the eighth judicial circuit in which Sangamon County was included till 1859. The court intinerated from county 40 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... for the presidency of the United States . In 1860 , the scene of his legal services lay in the eighth judicial circuit in which Sangamon County was included till 1859. The court intinerated from county 40 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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