Souvenir Of The Illinois Legislature Over 200 Portraits With Biographical Sketches Of Every Member Of The General Assembly State Officers And The

Author : David Lyman Phillips
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ISBN 13 : 9781331070153
Total Pages : 298 pages
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Download or read book Biographies of the State Officers and Thirty-Third General Assembly of Illinois Containing Biographical Sketches of the Governor and Other State Officers, and Each Senator and Representative in the Thirty-Third General Assembly (Classic Reprint) written by David Lyman Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographies of the State Officers and Thirty-Third General Assembly of Illinois Containing Biographical Sketches of the Governor and Other State Officers, and Each Senator and Representative in the Thirty-Third General Assembly In the preparation of this work, much difficulty has been experienced on account of its novelty and the erroneous impression that whatever might be said in praise of the subjects presented, would be construed as-having been written by themselves. Such is not the case, and, after many trials and tribulations, resulting from our own inexperience in soliciting, and from the diffidence and discourtesy of a few members of both branches of the Assembly, we now have the pleasure of submitting our work. We should have been pleased to embody within this volume the biographies of the Judicial Department of our State Government and the various boards and commissions in charge of the charitable, agricultural and reformatory institutions of the State; but limited time prevents the consummation of our desire. We hope to see our initial volume meet with approbation; but it is human to err, and, although no time or pains has been spared in the preparation of our work, we shall be most agreeably disappointed, if it proves to be absolutely correct in every part. We have endeavored to make this album of sketches a valuable, handsome and interesting volume. How well we have succeeded, is left to the judgment of its readers. To the daily papers of Springfield, we extend our thanks for numerous favors. We are under special obligations to the State Journal and Odd Fellows' Herald for the privileges of access to their files, for valuable information, and kindly notices of the progress of our labors. Hoping that our days of hardship and nights of waking have not been in vain, and that this book will be accepted as the honest work of honest men, who have employed no misrepresentations to attain success, we leave it to its office, with kind regards for our liberal and numerous patrons. 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.