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Letter, Richard M. Young and D. G. Whitney to Robert E. Lee, 10 September 1840

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Richard M. Young

20 Feb. 1798–28 Nov. 1861. Attorney, judge, politician. Born in Fayette Co., Kentucky. Moved to Jonesboro, Union Co., Illinois Territory. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1817, in Jonesboro. Served as state representative from Union Co., 1820–1822. Married Matilda...

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and D. G. Whitney, Letter,
Quincy

Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...

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, Adams Co., IL, to [Robert E. Lee,
Quincy

Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...

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, Adams Co., IL], 10 Sept 1840. Version copied [ca. 8 Oct. 1840]; handwriting of
Nathaniel Childs, Jr.

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; docket in unidentified handwriting; one page; Letters Received from the War Department, 1820–1895, Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury, Record Group 206, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington DC. Includes docket.

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48249/100$
Quincy

Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...

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Sept 10th 1840
Eight months after date, for value received, we jointly & Severally promise to pay Robt E Lee (Agent of the
United States

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

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) for the use of said
U. S

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

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, the sum of Four hundred & eighty two 49/100 dollars, without defalcation, negotiable & payable at the Bank of Missouri, at
St Louis

Located on west side of Mississippi River about fifteen miles south of confluence with Missouri River. Founded as fur-trading post by French settlers, 1764. Incorporated as town, 1809. First Mississippi steamboat docked by town, 1817. Incorporated as city...

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— in Specie
Signed D G Whitney
J O Woodruff
Saml Holmes
True copy from the original note now on file for collection in the Bank of the State of
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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Nathaniel Childs Jr

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October 8th 1840. [p. [3]]
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Letter, Richard M. Young and D. G. Whitney to Robert E. Lee, 10 September 1840
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