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JOHN P. MITCHELL VS. PETER F. ELLICOTT BEFORE THE REGISTER AND RECEIVER OF THE LAND OFFICE AT SPRINGFIELD, JAN. 11, 1850.

[Springfield IL? 1850]. Folio broadside, 8" x 18." Uniformly toned, some bleedthrough from ink on blank verso, light spotting, expert repair to a short closed tear [no loss]. Signed in type at the end by Mitchell's lawyer, C.H. Moore, a friend and ally of Abraham Lincoln. Good+. Mitchell claimed ownership..... More

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"STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF McDONOUGH, NORTHERN CROSS RAIL ROAD SUBSCRIPTION BOND, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF THE JUDGES OF THE COUNTY COURT OF SAID McDONOUGH COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE NORTHERN CROSS RAIL ROAD COMPANY . . . TWENTY YEARS AFTER DATE, WE, THE COUNTY OF McDONOUGH, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, HEREBY PROMISE TO PAY TO THE NORTHERN CROSS RAIL ROAD COMPANY, OR BEARER, AT THE OFFICE OF THE FARMER'S LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, WITHOUT DEFALCATION, WITH INTEREST THEREON AT THE RATE OF EIGHT PER CENT PER ANNUM. "AND THE SAID COUNTY OF McDONOUGH, DOTH ALSO AGREE TO TRANSFER TO THE HOLDER HEREOF, ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, IN THE YEAR 1868 . . . ON THE DELIVERY OF THIS OBLIGATION, AND THE UNPAID INTEREST COUPONS, TEN SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE NORTHERN CROSS RAIL ROAD COMPANY, OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO EACH SHARE"

[Quincy, IL: Patriot Office. Gibson & Warren, Printers, 1854. Folio broadsheet bond, oblong 16-1/4" x 9-1/2." Old folds with a couple of short, marginal fold splits [no text affected]. Printed in a variety of type fonts and styles. Very Good. Signed in ink by Thompson Chandler, County Judge of McDonough..... More

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THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 1,500,000 ACRES SELECTED FARMING AND WOOD LANDS IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST, SITUATED ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR RAILROAD, EXTENDING ALL THE WAY FROM THE EXTREME NORTH TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office [Chicago Daily Press, Print, 45 Clark St.], 1857. 80pp, stitched into original printed and illustrated yellow wrappers. Frontis maps and plate: Outline Map of Illinois; double-page map, entitled Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands; engravings in text. LACKS the frontis engraving entitled..... More

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THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL-ROAD COMPANY OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 2,000,000 ACRES SELECTED FARMING AND WOOD LANDS, IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS, AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST, SITUATED ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR RAIL-ROAD, EXTENDING ALL THE WAY FROM THE EXTREME NORTH TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

New York: Amerman, 1856. 44 [of 64] pp, stitched in original printed wrappers. Outline Map, and double-page map frontis. Some leaves foxed, light edge wear. INCOMPLETE. "The work is, in effect, a guidebook to Illinois." Eberstadt. Byrd records an 1855 Chicago imprint offering 2,500,000 acres, and notes that [in 1855]..... More

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