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Grant era toast and election notes from a 1879 Illinois meeting
A Chicago gathering honors veterans of the Civil War with speeches by Gen Sherman Sheridan and Lincoln toasts. The report covers county election expenses and board actions, including appointment of officials, ballot box needs, and adjournment details from Stephenson County on November 5 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Sherman
Sheridan
Lincoln
A. Storrs
Lie
Galena
Musser
Lichtenberger
Freeport
Poffenberger
Stephenson County
Board of Supervisors
Enson County
Illinois
Said County
Siday
Kher
Waddams
Presid
H Bells
Ed Hunt
Same
Chase Hillard
Isaac V Gage
Eells
State OF Illinois
F. Kleckner
I. F. Keleckner
State OF
Stationery, &c
Stabeck
C.G. Sanborn
Journal Printing Co
Illinois Printing Co
F. B. Walker
Aspinwall
Fas
Towit
Bowker
J. BR. Leigh
W. W. Lewis
J.B. Smith
Constable
J. P
Zartman
Robert Bell
Best & Brotherton
Leigh
Saxby
Chas. Ritzman
Wood
Sheriff
James Wilson
C. D. Blanchard
J.R. Leigh
E. C. Fitch
R. H. Thomas
R. R. Fare
C. Perrin
J. R. Leigh
C. E. Heard
Jeremiah Dean
William Wagenhals
D. MussEr
Louis Ahsendorf
J. H. Pierce
Florence
Stephenson
Kleckner
Ilinosis
Nelson Hulbert
Sid
New Pennsylva
Ala
Said
Twenty-Eight
Laois