Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Illinois” in article 2 of The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...ght Ex-Governors, one Ex-Attorney General, two Ex-Secretaries of the Treasury, and most of the others are Ex-United States Senators, State Judges, &c.
The States of New York, Massachusetts, Illinois , Wisconsin, Ohio, New Hampshire and Tennessee will be represented in the Convention.
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