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02. Lincoln to Hawkins Taylor on possible visit to Iowa and demands on Lincoln's time

02. Lincoln to Hawkins Taylor on possible visit to Iowa and demands on Lincoln's time

Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Hawkins Taylor, a prominent Republican from Keokuk, Iowa who had represented Lee County in the state's first territorial legislature. Lincoln comments on the demands for public appearances during the presidential…
1886-1890, William Larrabee

1886-1890, William Larrabee

William Larrabee, Iowa's thirteenth governor, was born in Ledyard, Connecticut on January 20, 1832. He was the seventh of nine children of Adam and Hannah Gallup (Lester) Larrabee. He was born in Ledyard, Connecticut, where he received his primary…
1918 Yearbook

1918 Yearbook

Judge, Messrs.—Monroe county judges; both broke blood vessels ex-
pounding the law of the ascension of smoke to the unbelievers.
Overburg, Heinie—Shocked to death by Neiters and Code.
Cone, E. A.—Choked to death trying to pronounce two big…
1872-1877, Ada North

1872-1877, Ada North

Ada E. Miles was born in New York in 1841, the daughter of Rev. Milo N. and Mary Miles. In 1865 she married Major George J. North, Governor Stone’s Military Secretary. In 1870 George died, leaving his widow with two small children, Howard and…
Mill - Motor Mill with three men in photo

Mill - Motor Mill with three men in photo

Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two…
1964 Yearbook

1964 Yearbook

MR. JOHN C. NORTON, M.A.
REV. WILLIAM T. O'CONNOR,
PH.D., S.T.B.
MR. ROY L. OWEN, B.A.
MR. ROBERT J. POROD, B.S.
MR. JOHN W. RABBY, M.A.
REV. THOMAS J. REILMAN, M.S.
MR. JAMES D. RESNICK, M.S.
Mr. John C. Norton, M.A, Assistant Professor of Political…
1902-1908, Albert Cummins

1902-1908, Albert Cummins

Albert Cummins was born in a log house in Carmichaels, Green County, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas L. Cummins, a carpenter/farmer, and Sarah Baird Cummins. He attended country schools and completed a four-year course in two years at Waynesburg…
1922 Yearbook

1922 Yearbook

The Ambrosian
VERY REV. FRANCIS P. McMANUS
The students, faculty and Alumni of St. Ambrose College, through
the pages of the Ambrosian, tender to the Very Rev. Francis P. Mc-
Manus their heartiest congratulations and good wishes on his…