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100 1 $aFord, Thomas,$d1800-1850.
245 12 $aA history of Illinois :$bfrom its commencement as a state in 1818 to 1847 /$cThomas Ford ; annotated and introduced by Rodney O. Davis ; bibliographical note by Terence A. Tanner.
260 $aUrbana :$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$c©1995.
300 $axxxiv, 343 pages ;$c24 cm
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500 $aOriginally published: Chicago : S.C. Griggs, 1854.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and index.
505 0 $aBibliographical Note / Terence A. Tanner -- Introduction to the 1995 Edition / Rodney O. Davis -- Introduction / James Shields -- I. The Achievement of Statehood, 1818-1821 -- II. The Pioneer State, 1821-1827 -- III. Political and Social Development, 1827-1830 -- IV. The Black Hawk War, 1831-1832 -- V. Conclusion of the War, 1832 -- VI. The Internal Improvement Era, 1833-1840 -- VII. Judicial and Financial Issues, 1838-1842 -- VIII. Civil and Religious Discord, 1841-1842 -- IX. Financial Ills and Legislative Remedies, 1842 -- X. Politics and Mormonism, 1843-1844 -- XI. The Downfall of Joseph Smith, 1844-1845 -- XII. The Canal Problem and Its Solution, 1843-1845 -- XIII. Expulsion of the Mormons, 1845-1846 -- XIV. Crime and Violence in Massac County, 1846.
520 $aBoth cynical and self-serving, Illinois' seventh governor, Thomas Ford, also possessed an unrivaled sensitivity to the dynamics of frontier life. He reveals these and other qualities in his classic History of Illinois, which covers the state's first thirty years. Ford writes with candor of the lengthy "Hancock County difficulties" and the ouster of Mormons from the state, a considerable feat in light of his personal anti-Mormon tendencies. His lengthy treatment of the.
520 $aBlack Hawk War and his writings on the slavery controversy in the state, the murder of Elijah Lovejoy, and the larger issues of violence and vigilantism in the Jacksonian America of which Ford was a part help show why this volume has been called the outstanding early survey of Illinois history. His young associate Abraham Lincoln was one of many early Illinois politicians Ford believed to be guilty of irresponsible behavior as members of the Illinois General Assembly.
520 $aAnd, though he was sensitive to the presence of cultural conflict among early immigrants to Illinois and to the peculiarities of developing democratic institutions, Ford was no total admirer of those institutions.
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