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SOUVENIR OF SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS
OF
WILL COUNTY, ILL.
A REVIEW
OF THE LIVES OF OUR PRESIDENTS, POLITICAL, MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
AND OF THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
COMPLETE HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF WILL COUNTY, PIONEERS AND OLD SETTLERS, EARLY SETTLEMENT, MILITARY HISTORY 1832-1865, POLITICAL HISTORY 1836-1884, COMMERCIAL HISTORY 1832-1884, TAX ROLL OF 1842, TAX ROLL OF 1884.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF JOLIET.
Societies, Schools, Newspapers, Churches, History of Townships, Cities and Villages. .
COMPILED SPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY.
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CHICAGO : HISTORICAL DIRECTORY PUBLISHING CO. (Late T. M. Donnelly & Co.) 1884. ,
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CONTENTS.
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MAP OF COUNTY. PART I.
POLITICAL, STATISTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Page
Page
Discovery of America. 33
Indian Inhabitants. 34
States of the Union 35
Railroads of the World.
69
American Wars.
70
Military Loan 1861. 74
Military Organization of the
World .
75
Church Statistics 75
General Councils 77
Educational Statistics
77
Naval Statistics.
78
Merchant Shipping 78
Important Laws of the States
78
Weights and Measures.
87
Chronological
History
of
the
United States.
88
PART II. POLITICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY-CHRONOLOGY AND STATISTICS OF ILLINOIS.
Organie History 103
Governors of Illinois 103
Lieutenant-Governors of Illinois, 105
Superintendents of Public In- struction . 106
Attorneys General .106
State Treasurers . 107
State Secretaries. 107
Auditors .
107
United States Senators. 107
Representatives in Congress. 110
Judges of Supreme Court. 112
Population 1810-1880 112
Valuation 1839-1883. 113
State Debt 1839-1883. 113
Education in Illinois 114
Military History of Illinois 116
Military Statistics.
123
Chronologieal History of Illinois
1671-1871
123
PART III.
ENGRAVINGS OF OLD AND NEW COURT HOUSES-HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY 1764-1884.
Early Indian Inhabitants 135
Indian Boundary Line. 135
Assessment 1842 .. 147
Pioneers of the County 146
Organic History.
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ROLL OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN
1842.
138 to 146
Brief History of Territories of the Union . 41
Signers of the Declaration of In- dependence 41
The Continental Congress 42
Presidents of the United States .. 43
National Conventions.
54
Presidential Vote 1824-80
64
Occupations of the People.
64
Public Debt 1791-1884 65
Table of Public Debts of the Na- tions 66
Trade of the United States.
67
The Negro Race.
67
Postal Statistics.
68
Prices of Staple Goods 1825-1881, 69
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POLITICAL HISTORY AND ELECTION RETURNS 1836-1883.
County Court 151
THE BLACK IIAWK WAR. 166
County Commissioners 151 Walker's Grove Volunteers .. 169
Public Buildings 164 Naper Settlement Volunteers .. .. 170
*Circuit Court. 165 Yankee Settlement Volunteers. . 170
+Bar of Will County.
166
Capture of Black Hawk. . . .. . . . 171
* First. + The Pioneer Lawyers.
WAR FOR THE UNION-REGIMENTAL ROSTERS.
Infantry Regiments 171
Railroads 241
Artillery . . 236
Analysis of Census returns. 243
Cavalry Regiments 228
Assessment 1873-83 245
Miscellaneous Regiments 226
School Statistics
245
Illinois and Michigan Canal 240
Centers of Settlement
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PART IV.
TOWNSHIP AND CITY HISTORY.
Joliet Township.
251
Joliet City 255
Statistics.
252
Early History . 256
Pioneers
253
Organic History 257
Presidents of Village. 258
Mayors of City 258
Joliet in the War
259
Newspapers . 259
Church History. . 262
State Penetentiary 274
Secret and Benevolent Societies .268
Public Library 273
Fire Department. 273
Cemeteries . 273
Personal History 296
School Report 295
TAX-PAYERS OF JOLIET CITY AND TOWNSHIP, 274
Channahon Township 385
New Lenox 434
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Plainfield
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Frankfort
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Joliet
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Wheatland 457
Green Garden 411
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Homer.
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Wilmington
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Lockport.
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Wilton. .
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Manhattan
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BUSINESSS DIRECTORY OF JOLIET
Monee
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CITY 472
Jackson Township.
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Wesley 455
PREFACE.
TN the publication of the Souvenir of Settlement and Prog- ress an effort · has been made to give, in the smallest compass, an extraordinary number of historical facts, and to place before the people a book at once educational and historical. In all instances the facts gleaned from the public records, and from thousands of personal reminis- cences and historical contributions, have been analyzed, compared, and arranged in a concise and practical form.
The work is divided into four parts. The first part is devoted to a synopsis of the history of the United States; the second, to a review of the history of Illinois; the third, to a complete pioneer, military, political, legal, commercial, and statistical history of Will County; and the fourth part, to a concise history of the townships and cities of the county, and lists of taxpayers. The tax-roll of 1842 is, in itself, an invaluable record, while the roll of taxpayers for 188-4 forms a reference for the present, and a record for the future.
CHICAGO, September, 1884.
SOUVENIR OF SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS
AND
HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF WILL COUNTY.
PART I.
THE UNITED STATES, STATISTICAL, POLITICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY.
T HE honor of discovering land in the western hemisphere has been variously credited. It is said, and on very good authority, that it was known to the people of Carthage, as the Atalantis of Plato's "Critias and Timaeus." Again, Saint Brendan is credited with its discovery in the sixth century; while Powell, in his history of Wales, assumes that the Welsh prince, Madoc, left his country in 1170 with his retainers, and made a settlement here. The works of those early settlers and explorers were of such little utility that nothing has been transmitted by them to posterity which might substantiate the claims of their latter day country- men. Not so with the Tartars and others. The ancient inhabitants of Hispaniola, Peru, Mexico, and even Canada, who came via Kamtschatka from China, Japan, and even from Africa, left behind them immutable souvenirs of their coming and their stay, and gave to the continent two great empires-Mexico and Peru. Then followed Spain with her Christian hero, the Genoese-Columbus-1492; then England with the two Venetians-John and Sebastian Cabot-1497; then Portugal with the Florentine-Vespucius-1501; then the French explorers-Cartier, Marquette, Joliet, La Salle, Allouez, Dablon, and hundreds of other Frenchmen who explored and wrote and preached. The record of discovery by Europeans, as accepted, is as follows: Christopher Co- lumbus, San Salvador, 1492; John and Sebastian Cabot, Labrador, 1497; Americus Vespucins, Brazil, 1501; Gaspar Cortereal, Canada, 1501; Ponce de Leon, Florida, 1512; Juan Verrazani, Coast of North Carolina, 1524; Jacques
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Cartier, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1534; Hernandez Cortes, Cali- fornia, 1536; Ferdinand de Soto, Mississippi river, 1541; Samuel Champlain, River St. John, 1604; Henry Hudson, Hudson river, 1609; Marquette, Joliet, La Salle, Upper Lake and Mississippi region; Verandrye, De Smet, Rocky mount- ains.
The aboriginal inhabitants of this continent have left numerous evidences of their existence, such as ruins, stone and copper vessels and instruments. The written records of their occupation are scarce and unintelligible. The Indian inhabitants number over a quarter of a million (260,079) and are grouped as follows : Apaches, New Mexico, 7,300; Arrap- ahoes, Upper Platte river, 720; Arrapahoes, Upper Arkan- sas river, 3,000; Arricarees, Upper Missouri river, 1,080; Assiniboines, Upper Missouri river, 3,280; Blackfeet, Upper Missouri river, 2,080; Bloods, Upper Missouri river, 2,400; Brules, Upper Missouri river, 1,120; California Tribes, Cali- fornia, 33,590; Camanches, Upper Arkansas river, 1,800; Cayugas, Senecas, New York, 147 ; Cherokees, West Arkan- sas river, 17,530; Cheyennes, Upper Platte river, 1,800; Cheyennes, Upper Arkansas river, 1,600; Chickasaws, West Arkansas river, 4,787; Chippewas of Lake Superior, Michi- gan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, 4,940; Chippewas of the Mississippi river, Minnesota, 4,028; Chippewas and Ottawas, Michigan, 5,006; Chippewas of Saginaw and Swan Creek, Michigan, 1,629; Chippewas, with Pottawatomies, Michigan, 247; Choctaws, West of Arkansas, 16,000; Christian, or Munsees, Kansas, 90; Creeks, West of Arkansas, 25,000; Crows, Upper Missouri river, 3,900; Delawares, Kansas, 1,071; Gros Ventres, Upper Missouri river, 1,000; Iowas, Nebraska, 291; Kansas Kaws, etc., Kansas, 741; Kaskaskias, Weas, Peorias, Weas Miamis, and Piankeshaws, Kansas, 384; Kickapoos, Kansas, 340; Kiawas, Upper Arkansas river, 1,800; Mandans, Upper Arkansas river, 120; Menominees, Wisconsin, 1,724; Miamis, Indiana, 384; Missouris and Ottoes, Nebraska, 470; Minnecongoux, Upper Missouri river, 1,280; Muhuache Utahs, New Mexico, 566; Navajoes and Moquis, New Mexico, 15,000; Omahas, Nebraska, 953; Onon- dagas, New York, 422; Oneidas, New York, 160; Oneidas with Onondagas, New York, 70; Oneidas with Stockbridge, etc., Wisconsin, 323; Oregon Tribes, Oregon, 13,000; Osages, West of Arkansas, 4,098; Pawnees (four bands), Nebraska, 3,414; Primos Mescaleros, etc., New Mexico, 400; Poncas, Nebraska, 864; Pottawatomies with Kickapoos, Kansas, 69; Pottawatomies of Huron, Michigan, 50; Pottawatomies at
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Agency proper, Kansas, 2,259; Pueblos, New Mexico, 10,000; Quapaws, West of Arkansas, 314; Sacs and Foxes (Missis- sippi), Kansas, 1,280; Sacs and Foxes (Missouri), Nebraska, 96; Sans Arcs, Upper Missouri river, 1,600; Senecas, New York, 2,988; Senecas, with Shawnees, West of Arkansas, 159; Seminoles, West of Arkansas, 2,500; Shawnees, Kan- sas, 830; Sioux of the Mississippi, Upper Missouri river, 8,686 ; Sioux of the Missouri, Upper Platte river, 6,000; Stockbridge, with Munsees, Wisconsin, 323; Tuscaroras, New York, 305; Two Kettles, Upper Missouri river, 960; Utah Tribes, Utah, 1,200; Utahs (New Mexico), New Mex- ico, 2,500; Uncopapas, Upper Missouri river, 2,680; Wash- ington Territory Tribes, Washington Territory, 14,000; Winnebagoes: Upper Missouri river, 2,256; Wyandots, Kan- sas, 435; Yanctonnais (Missouri), Upper Missouri river, 3,840. Since the Revolution many of these tribes have been con- stantly up in arms against the whites. The Indian War of 1790, the Barbary War of 1803, the Tecumseh War of 1804, the British Indians War of 1812-15, the Algerine War of 1815, the first and second rebellions of the Seminoles, 1817 and 1835, the Black Hawk War of 1832, the Minnesota Massacre of 1862, the Sioux War of 1875-8, the Nez Perces War of 1877, and the Apaches War of 1883, with a thousand other minor affairs, convey an idea of the manner in which the conquest of the Indian nations was effected.
States of the Union .- From whatever standpoint we may look over the map of this New World, we cannot fail to observe the gigantic physical and political organizations, which belong to that portion of it, already within the bound- aries of the Union, or divest ourselves of the idea that the vast areas without the Union, now untenanted by enter- prise or wealth, were intended to remain foreign to the ennobling influences of the Republic for any great length of time. While dealing with this part of our work, let a brief review of the history of each State be made-then take the facts in connection with the general statistics, examine ancient and modern history, and you fail to find a parallel to the Union's progress in any one particular or in all combined.
Alabama .- This State was explored by La Salle in 1684, settled by his countrymen at Mobile in 1711, and admitted in 1817. The name implies, Here we rest. In 1880, gave 56,221 Republican; 91,185 Democratic, and 4,624 Greenback votes.
Arkansas .- Was settled by the French in 1680, is named
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after its principal river. Its motto is Regnant populi. In 1880, gave 60,775 Democratic; 42,436 Republican, and 4,079 Greenback votes.
California .- Was first visited by the Spaniards in 1542, and next by the notorious British navigator, Sir Francis Drake in 1578. It derives its name from the bay forming the peninsula of Lower California. In 1846, General Fre- mont took possession of it, defeating the Mexicans. Ad- mitted as a State in 1850. Sacramento is the capital. In 1880, gave 80,426 Democratic; 80,348 Republican, and 3,392 Greenback votes. Its motto is Eureka.
Colorado .- Was organized as a Territory in 1861. Ad- mitted as a State in 1876. It was named from its river. Its motto is Nil sine numine. Pike's Peak affair in 1858 led to its settlement. In 1880, gave Garfield 27,450; Hancock 24,647, and Weaver 1,435 votes.
Connecticut .- Named Quon-ch-ta-cut, Long River. Is called the Nutmeg State. Settled in 1631. Its motto is Qui transtulit sustinet. In 1880, gave the Republicans 67,071; the Democrats 64,415; the Prohibitionists 409, and the Greenbackers 868 votes.
Delaware .- Was named after Lord De la Ware, a Brit- ish statesman, and is called " The Blue Hen," and "Diamond State." Its motto is Liberty and Independence. Was first settled by the Swedes in 1627, was one of the original thir- teen States. In 1880, gave the Democrats 15,275; Repub- licans 14,123, and Greenback 120 votes.
Florida .- was discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1512, called by the Spaniards, Pascua Florida, derived its name from the beauty and variety of its flowers. Its motto is " In God we Trust." Was admitted into the Union in 1845. In 1880, gave 27,964 Democratic, and 23,654 Republican votes.
Georgia .- Owes its name to George II., of England, who authorized the establishment of a colony there in 1732-33. Its motto is "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation." It was one of the original States. In 1880, gave 102,470 Demo- cratic; 54,086 Republican, and 969 Greenback votes.
Illinois .- Was first explored by the French in 1671, and admitted into the Union in 1818. Name derived from the word Illini, meaning superior men. It is called the " Prai- rie State," and its inhabitants "Suckers." Settled in 1680 by French colonists and soldiers. Motto, " State Sovereignty, National Union." In 1880, gave 318,037 Republican ; 277,- 321 Democratic ; 26,358 Greenback, and 443 Prohibition votes.
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Indiana .- Was explored in 1682; admitted as a State in 1816. Its name was suggested by its numerous Indian pop- ulation. Is called the " Hoosier State." In 1880, gave 232,- 164 Republican ; 225,522 Democratic, and 12,986 Greenback votes.
Iowa .- Is called the "Hawkeye State." It was first visited by Marquette and Joliet in 1673; settled by fur traders, and permanently by Eastern people in 1833. Was admitted into the Union in 1846. Its motto is "Our Lib- erties we Prize, Our Rights we will Maintain." In 1880, gave 183,927 Republican; 105,845 Democratic; 32,701 Greenback, and 592 Prohibition votes.
Kansas .- Was admitted into the Union in 1861, making the thirty-fourth State. Its motto is " Ad astra per aspera.' Its name means "Smoky Water," and is derived from one of her rivers. In 1880, gave 127,549 Republican; 59,801 Democratic; 19,851 Greenback, and 25 Prohibition votes.
Kentucky .- Was settled in 1769, and admitted in 1792 as the fifteenth State. Its motto is, " United we Stand, Di- vided we Fall." In 1880, gave 149,068 Democratic ; 106,- 306 Republican; 11,499 Greenback, and 258 Prohibition votes.
Louisiana .- Was called after Louis XIV. Its motto is, " Union and Confidence." It is called "The Creole State." Was visited by La Salle in 1684; admitted into the Union in 1812, making the eighteenth State. In 1880, gave 65,067 Democratic; 38,637 Republican, and 439 Greenback votes.
Maine .- This State was called after the Province of Maine, in France, in compliment of Queen Henrietta. Its motto is Dirigo. It is called the "Pine Tree State," was settled by the British in 1625, and admitted as a State in 1820. In 1880, gave 74,039 Republican ; 65,171 Democratic; 4,408 Greenback, and 93 Prohibition votes.
Maryland .- Was named after Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I. of England. Its motto is Crescite et multiplica- mini. It was settled in 1634, by Irish and English Catholics, and was one of the original thirteen States. During the colonial period it was a semi-independent constitutional monarchy, and the only home of freedom of conscience in the whole world. In 1880, gave 93,706 Democratic ; 78,515 Republican ; S18 Greenback votes. In 1856 Maryland cast the electoral vote for the Know Nothing candidates for President and Vice-President.
Massachusetts .- Is called the "Bay State," from its numerous bays. Its motto is Ense petit placidam sub libertate
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quietem. Was settled in 1620, at Plymouth, by Puritans. It was the first to take up arms against the British during the Revolution, and was one of the original thirteen States. In 1880, gave 165,205 Republican ; 111,960 Demo- cratic ; 4,548 Greenback ; 682 Prohibition votes.
Michigan .- Motto, Tuebor, and Si quæris peninsulam amænam circumspice. It was early explored by the Jesuit missionaries, and in 1837 was admitted into the Union. It is known as the "Wolverine State." In 1880, gave 185,341 Republican ; 131,597 Democratic ; 34,895 Greenback, and 942 Prohibition votes.
Minnesota .- Is an Indian name, meaning "Cloudy Water." Motto, L'Etoile du Nord. It was visited in 1680 by Father Hennepin and others, settled in 1846, organized as a territory 1849, and admitted into the Union in 1858. In 1880, gave 93,903 Republican ; 53,375 Democratic; 3,267 Greenback, and 286 Prohibition votes.
Mississippi .-- The State is named from the "Father of Waters." Was explored by De Soto in 1541 ; settled by the French at Natchez, in 1716, and admitted into the Union in 1817. In 1880, gave 75,750 Democratic; 34,854 Republican, and 5,797 Greenback votes.
Missouri .- Is derived from the Indian word " Muddy," which applies to the river that flows through it. Its motto is Salus populi suprema est lex. The State was first settled by the French near Jefferson City in 1719; in 1821 was admitted into the Union. Its inhabitants are known by the offensive cognomen of "Pukes." In 1880, gave 208,609 Democratic ; 153,567 Republican, and 35,135 Greenback votes.
Nebraska .- Has for its motto, "Equality Before the Law." It was admitted into the Union in 1867. In 1880, gave 54,976 Republican; 28,523 Democratic, and 3,950 Greenback votes.
Nevada .- " The Snowy Land" derived its name from the Spanish. Its motto is Volens et potens. It was settled in 1850, and admitted into the Union in 1864. In 1880, gave 9,613 Democratic, and 8,732 Republican votes.
New Hampshire .- Was first settled at Dover, by the British, in 1623. Was one of the original States. Has no motto. It bears the name of "The Old Granite State." In 1880, it gave 44,852 Republican; 40,794 Democratic; 528 Greenback, and 180 Prohibition votes.
New Jersey .- was named after the Island of Jersey in the British Channel. Its motto is " Liberty and Independence."
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It was first settled at Bergen, by Swedes, in 1624. It is one of the original thirteen States. In 1880, gave 122,565 Democratic ; 120,555 Republican ; 2,617 Greenback, and 191 Prohibition votes.
New York .- "The Empire State" was named by the Duke of York, afterward King James II., of England. Its motto is Excelsior. First settled by the Dutch in 1614, at Manhattan. It is one of the original thirteen States. In 1880, gave 555,544 Republican ; 534,511 Democratic; 12,373 Greenback, and 1,517 Prohibition votes.
North Carolina .- Was named after Charles IX, King of France. It was first visited in 1524 by a Florentine navi- gator, sent out by Francis I., King of France. It was settled at Albemarle in 1663. She was not represented in the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, and was the last State except Rhode Island to adopt the Federal Constitution. In 1880, gave 124,208 Democratic ; 115,874 Republican, and 1,126 Greenback votes.
Ohio .- Was first permanently settled by New Englanders in 1788, at Marietta. It was admitted as a State in 1803. Its motto is Imperium in imperio. In 1880, gave 375,048 Republican ; 340,821 Democratic; 6,456 Greenback, and 2,616 Prohibition votes.
Oregon .- Owes its Indian name to its principal river. Its motto is Alis volat propriis. It was first visited by the Spaniards, in the sixteenth century. Settled by the fur traders in 1813, again in 1839-41 by the Jesuit missionaries, and admitted into the Union in 1859. She is entitled to one congressman and three electors. In 1880, gave 20,619 Republican ; 19,948 Democratic, and 249 Greenback votes.
Pennsylvania .- This is the "Keystone State," and was named after William Penn, its original owner. Its motto is, "Virtue, Liberty and Independence." A colony was estab- lished by Penn, in 1682. The State was one of the original thirteen. In 1880, gave 444,704 Republican ; 407,428 Demo- cratic; 20,668 Greenback, and 1,939 Prohibition votes.
Rhode Island .- This the smallest of the States, owes its name to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean, which it resembles. Its motto is " Hope." It was settled by Roger Williams, in 1636, and formed the twelfth of the original thirteen States. In 1880, gave 18,195 Republican ; 10,779 Democratic ; 236 Greenback, and 20 Prohibition votes.
South Carolina .-- "The Palmetto State, "bears the Latin name of Charles IX., of France (Carolus). Its motto is Ani- mis opibusque parati." The first permanent settlement
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was made at Port Royal, in 1670, where the French Huguenots had failed three-quarters of a century before, to found a set- tlement. It is one of the original thirteen States. In 1880, gave 112,312 Democratic; 58,071 Republican, and 556 Greenback votes.
Tennessee .- Is called the "Big Bend State." Her motto is "Agriculture, Commerce." It was settled in 1757, admitted into the Union in 1796, making the sixteenth State, or the third admitted after the Revolutionary war. In 1880, gave 128,191 Democratic; 107,677 Republican; 5,917 Greenback, and 43 Prohibition votes.
Texas .- Is known as the "Lone Star State." The first settlement was made by LaSalle in 1685. After the inde- pedence of Mexico, in 1822, it remained a Mexican province until 1836, when it gained its independence, and was admitted into the Union in 1845. In 1880, gave 156,428 Democratic; 57,893 Republican, and 27,405 Greenback votes.
Vermont .- Bears the French name of her mountains, Verde mont, " Green Mountains." Its motto is Freedom and Unity. It was settled in 1731, admitted into the Union in 1791. In 1880, gave 45,567 Republican; 18,316 Democratic, and 1,215 Greenback votes.
Virginia .- " The Old Dominion," as the State is called, is the oldest of the States. It was named in honor of Queen Elizabeth (called by some the "Virgin Queen"), in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh made his first attempt to colonize that region. Its motto is Sic semper tyrannis. It was first settled at Jamestown, in 1607, by the British. It is one of the original thirteen States. In 1880, gave 128,586 Democratic, and 84,020 Republican votes.
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