Scrapbooks, 1844-1931 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings mostly from the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Democrat, but also others, and mostly related to the political situation prior to the Civil War and the first year of the Civil War. Numerous stories on Lincoln and Douglas, slavery and also on copperheads, Marion County Democrats, John McClernand and John C. Fremont. There are also articles on topics unrelated to politics or war from that time period and later articles have family news in them