 | Thomas Ford, James Shields - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1854 - 468 pages
...measure of interest, but never without a bargain for votes in return on the seat of government tion. Most of the other counties were small, having but...to some of the counties, to be wasted by the county commissioners, and by giving the seat of government to Springfield, was the whole State bought up and... | |
 | Thomas Ford - Illinois - 1854 - 464 pages
...in return for which the active supporters of that system were to vote for Springfield to be the scat of government. Thus it was made to cost the State...to some of the counties, to be wasted by the county commissioners, and by giving the seat of government to Springfield, was the whole State bought up and... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...about six millions of dollars to remove the seat of government from Vandalia to Springfield, half of which sum would have purchased all the real estate...to some of the counties to be wasted by the county commissioners ; and by giving the seat of government to Springfield, — was the whole State bought... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - Illinois - 1874 - 978 pages
...cost the State about $6,000,000, to remove the seatof government from Vaudalia to Springfield, half of which sum would have purchased all the real estate in that town at three prices; aud thus by log-rolling on the canal measure, by multiplying railroads, by terminating three railroads... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - Illinois - 1877 - 974 pages
...the State about SO, 000,000, to remove the seatof government from Vandalia to Springfield, half of which sum would have purchased all the real estate...that town at three prices; and thus by log-rolling ou the canal measure, by multiplying railroads, by terminating three railroads at Alton, that Alton... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - Chicago (Ill.) - 1881 - 812 pages
...about $0,000,000 to remove the system of that seat of government from Vandalia to Springfield, half of which sum would have purchased all the real estate...to some of the counties to be wasted by the county commissioners, and by giving the seat of government to Springfield, was the whole State bought up and... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1902 - 282 pages
...in favor of the internal improvement system, in return for Springfield to be the seat of government; and thus, by log-rolling on the canal measure, by...to some of the counties, to be wasted by the county commissioners, and by giving the seat of government to Springfield, was the whole State bought up and... | |
 | Josiah Seymour Currey - Chicago - 1912 - 640 pages
...about six millions of dollars to remove the seat of government from Vandalia to Springfield, half of which sum would have purchased all the real estate...measure, by multiplying railroads, by terminating three 9 Illinois State Historical Society Publication, No. 7, p. 121. railroads at Alton, that Alton might... | |
 | Thomas Ford - History - 1995 - 388 pages
...they swelled up a considerable party for Springfield, which party they managed to take almost as a unit in favor of the internal improvement system,...to some of the counties to be wasted by the county commissioners and by giving the seat of government to Springfield was the whole State bought up and... | |
 | John V. Denson - Executive power - 2001 - 830 pages
...groups in and around Springfield in return for their legislative efforts. As the governor explained: Thus it was made to cost the State about six millions...estate in that town at three prices; and thus ... by multiplying railroads . . . by distributing money to some of the counties, to be wasted by the county... | |
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Nine" rolled along like a snowball, gathering accessions of strength at every turn, until they swelled up a considerable party for Springfield, which party they managed to take almost as an unit in favor of the internal improvement system, in return for... 