From Settlement to Sesquicentennial
Alvin Peterson Hovey
6 Sept. 1821 - 23 Nov. 1891
Alvin P. Hovey
was born near Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. He fought in the Mexican War
and the Civil War and was a delegate to Indiana's 1850 Constitutional
Convention. Following the Civil War, he was U.S. Minister to Peru, a U.S.
Representative, and Governor of Indiana. Most of Hovey's published works are
speeches of a political in nature, but he also wrote a history of his
birthplace, Posey County.
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Bibliography
Centennial History, Sketch of Posey County, Indiana. Thomas Collins, 1876. [ISL call number: Ip 977.201 P855 no. 2]
The Rights of Soldiers and Sailors of the United States Who Served in the Late Rebellion. Washington, 1888. [ISL call number: Ip 815 H846 no. 7]
Soldiers' and Sailors' 1891 Rights. Indianapolis: W. B. Burford, 1890. [ISL call number: Ip 815 H846 no. 6]
Soldiers' Rights. An Appeal to the Loyal People of the United States and
Their Representatives in Congress. Indianapolis: W. B. Burford, 1889. [ISL
call number: Ip 815 H846 no. 5]
George Washington Julian
5 May 1817 - 7 July 1899
George Washington Julian was born near Centerville, Indiana. He practiced law in Greenfield, Indiana, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851. Throughout his life, Julian was an active advocate of social reform including the antislavery, temperance, labor, and women’s suffrage movements. He also wrote and published several books including his Political Recollections, Life of Joshua R. Giddings, and two collections of his speeches.
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Select Bibliography
Dangers and
Duties. Reconstruction and Suffrage. Cincinnati, 1865.
Later Speeches on Political Questions with Select Controversial Papers. Indianapolis, 1889. [ISL call number: I 320 J941]
The Life of Joshua R. Giddings. Chicago, 1892. [ISL call number: I 923 G453]
Political Recollections, 1840 to 1872. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co., 1884. [ISL call number: I 329 J94p]
The Rank of Charles Osborn as an Anti-Slavery Pioneer. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1891. [ISL call number: I 977.2 I385i]
Speeches on Political Questions. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. [ISL call number: I 320 J94s]
John Law
28 Oct. 1796 - 7 Oct. 1873
John Law was born in New London, Connecticut. He settled in Vincennes, Indiana, where he began practicing law in 1817. He held several political offices and was judge of the seventh judicial circuit and the Court of Land Claims. In 1850, he moved to Evansville, Indiana. He wrote short histories that he presented as speeches before various groups.
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Bibliography
The Colonial History of Vincennes, Under the French, British, and American
Governments, from Its First Settlement Down to the Territorial Administration of
General William Henry Harrison. Vincennes: Harvey, Mason & Co., 1858. [ISL
call number: I 977.201 K741]
Early History of Masonry in Indiana.
Evansville: Journal Co., 1868. [ISL call number: Ip 815 L416 no. 2]
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