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Thomas Ford

(Ford, Thomas, 1800-1850)

Thomas Ford (December 5, 1800 – November 3, 1850) was a lawyer, judge, author and the eighth Governor of Illinois. The first Illinois governor to be raised in the state, he served from 1842 to 1846 and became known for restoring the state's solvency and reducing geographic sectionalism, as well as for leading the legislature despite his lack of prior political experience. A lifelong Democrat, Ford is also remembered for anti-Mormon sentiments and vacillation which led to the death of Joseph Smith, and the subsequent Illinois Mormon War of 1844-1845. (From Wikipedia)

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Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959

Books by Thomas Ford:

Ford, Thomas, 1800-1850: A History of Illinois, From its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 (2 volumes; Chicago: Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley and Sons Co., 1945-1946), ed. by Milo Milton Quaife (page images at HathiTrust)

Additional books by Thomas Ford in the extended shelves:

Ford, Thomas, 1800-1850: A history of Illinois, from its commencement as a state in 1814 to 1847 : containing a full account of the Black Hawk War, the rise, progress, and fall of Mormonism, the Alton and Lovejoy riots, and other important and interesing [sic] events (S.C. Griggs & Co. ;, 1854), also by James Shields (page images at HathiTrust)
Ford, Thomas, 1800-1850: A history of Illinois, from its commencement as a state in 1818 to 1817 ... (The Lakeside press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1945), also by Milo Milton Qualfe (page images at HathiTrust)
Ford, Thomas, 1800-1850: A history of Illinois, from its commencement as a state in 1818 to 1847. (S. C. Griggs & co.;, 1854), also by James Shields (page images at HathiTrust)
Ford, Thomas, 1800-1850: A history of Illinois, from its commencement as a state in 1818 to 1847. (S. C. Griggs & co.;, 1854), also by James Shields (page images at HathiTrust)

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