Naomi D. Jakobsson (Democrat) expresses her gratitude towards the contributor for having helped circulating her petition for nomination. 1800 signatures were obtained, which put her on the ballot for the Representative in the General Assembly for the…
Democrat David Gill thanks his helpers (among which our contributor) for collecting signatures for his 2010 Illinois Congressional campaign.
Even though he wrote he was "convinced that this race is winnable", Gill only reached 35.7% of the votes…
This multi-page letter was the last letter Eugene Taylor sent before being deployed during WWII. The letter was written over several days between April 2nd, 1944 and April 9th, 1944. The letter is in cursive. The stationery is from Cherry Point,…
This scrapbook contains letters and pictures from Eugene Taylor from before his deployment. Taylor served the marines in the Pacific theater in WWII. The letters are addressed to his mother, father, one woman who would not become his wife, and later,…
Senator Dick Durbin's reply to the Illinois State Historical Society and to Sandy Baksys, declining the chance to speak at the Lithuanians in Springfield Historic Marker. Each one page in length. One is typed and Signed, the other hand written. He…