. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. continued into the gubernatorial termof Mr. Fords su .cessor. The Governors connectionwith this war, however, was not conspicuous, as itwas only administrative, commissioning officers, History of Illinois is a very readable andentertaining work, of 450 small octavo pages, and isdestined to increase in value with the lapse of time.
. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. continued into the gubernatorial termof Mr. Fords su .cessor. The Governors connectionwith this war, however, was not conspicuous, as itwas only administrative, commissioning officers, History of Illinois is a very readable andentertaining work, of 450 small octavo pages, and isdestined to increase in value with the lapse of exhibits a natural flow of compact and forciblethought, never failing to convey the nicest sense. Intracing with his trenchant pen the devious operptionsof the professional politician, in which he is inimit-able, his account is open, perhaps, to the objectionthat all his contemporaries are treated as mere place-seekers, while many of them have since been judgedby the people to be worthy statesmen. His writingsseem slightly open to the criticism that they exhibita little splenetic partiality against those of his con-temporaries who were prominent during liis term ofoffice as Governor. The death of Gov. Ford took place at Peoria, 111.,Nov. 2, ^^--^^ GO VERNORS OF ILLINOIS. 143
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