Commemorative Portrait And Biographical Record Of Kane And Kendall Counties Illinois

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ISBN 13 : 9780428635503
Total Pages : 1028 pages
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Download or read book Commemorative Portrait and Biographical Record of Kane and Kendall Counties, Ill written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Commemorative Portrait and Biographical Record of Kane and Kendall Counties, Ill: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of Kane and Kendall Counties, Together With Portraits and Biographies of the Governors of Illinois After having been five years in the military service, and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he took advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, to resign his commission. Soon after he entered the Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an active and important part. January 17, 1759, he married Mrs. Martha (dandridge) Custis, the wealthy widow of John Parke Custis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.