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Anti government act by residents of Illinois...



Item # 549413

May 13, 1825

RECORDER & TELEGRAPH, Boston, Massachusetts, May 13, 1825

* Early Union Illinois report
* Anti government act by residents


Page 3 has a report: "More Decency!--In the town of Union, (Illinois,) the citizens fasted the effigy of Mr. Cook, their Representative, to a whipping post, scourged it, hung it, shot it, and burnt it."

Other news of the day,  mostly religious.

Some lite foxing, otherwise in nice condition. 4 pages.

Category: Pre-Civil War