The Lincoln Connection to the City of Athens, IL

74-5-38

Subject: Political sign of John C. Harris, Great Grandson of Colonel Matthew Rogers and Grandson of Henry Rogers, and a copy of his booklet, The Lincoln Connection and the History of Athens, Ill.

Description: A copy of the original writings Following the Footsteps of Abraham Lincoln. Dedicated by John Clark Harris, LL.B to the memory of his mother, Arminda Jane Harris.

Chapter I. The Romance of the Way...Page 1.
Chapter II. Early History of Illinois...Page 7.
Chapter III. Early Settlements at and near New Salem and Springfield...Page 15.
Chapter IV. Concerning Abraham Lincoln to the date of his leaving New Salem...Page 33.
Chapter V. Mode of living of the people in what is now Menard County, when Lincoln lived among them...Page 80.
Chapter VI. New Salem, Abraham Lincoln's home from 1831 to 1837...Page 92.
Chapter VII. The Old Oak Ridge Settlement...Page 122.
Chapter VIII. Early history of Athens, Illinois...Page 131.
Chapter IX. The Antioch Settlement...Page 167.
82" x 11" copy (fading)
Published in 1937. The late James Hickey used some of this family lore for his publication of The Three R's in Lincoln's Life ~ Rogers, Riggins and Rankin. Colonel Matthew Rogers was the first Postmaster of this area and Riggins and Rankin married two of his daughters. John Harris was the great-grandson of Colonel Matthew Rogers.

$500.00