The Last of the Illinois and Sketch of the Pottawatomies
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Excerpt from The Last of the Illinois and Sketch of the Pottawatomies: Read Before the Chicago Historical Society, December 13, 1870, Also Origin of the Prairies, Read Before the Ottawa Academy of Natural Sciences, December 30th, 1869Governor Bond was a native of Maryland, and came to Illinois about the time of the organization of the Territorial Government, and settled in what is now the County of Monroe. He was a plain, substan tial farmer, of excellent common sense, but of limited education. It was conceded that his State papers were prepared [by his Secretary of State, Mr. E. K. Kane. Many anecdotes in relation to him were current in the early years of the State Government, indicating that he had been what would now be called, a fast young man. He was about fifty years of age when he was elected Governor. Whatever may have been the follies of his youth, at that time he was a staid and sober gentleman, and exemplary in all the relations of life. In politics he was a partisan, ardent in his feelings, and somewhat vindictive to those who opposed him. He had represented his county in the Territorial Legislature, and the Territory as a delegate in Congress. He had also held the office of Receiver of Public Moneys at Kaskaskia. On assuming his guberna torial duties he removed to Kaskaskia, the then seat of Government, and remained there until his death, which occurred some years ago.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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