id sid tid token lemma pos 21251 1 1 Transcriber Transcriber NNP 21251 1 2 's 's POS 21251 1 3 note note NN 21251 1 4 : : : 21251 1 5 Obvious obvious JJ 21251 1 6 printer printer NN 21251 1 7 's 's POS 21251 1 8 errors error NNS 21251 1 9 have have VBP 21251 1 10 been be VBN 21251 1 11 corrected correct VBN 21251 1 12 , , , 21251 1 13 all all DT 21251 1 14 other other JJ 21251 1 15 inconsistencies inconsistency NNS 21251 1 16 are be VBP 21251 1 17 as as IN 21251 1 18 in in IN 21251 1 19 the the DT 21251 1 20 original original NN 21251 1 21 . . . 21251 2 1 Author author NN 21251 2 2 's 's POS 21251 2 3 spelling spelling NN 21251 2 4 has have VBZ 21251 2 5 been be VBN 21251 2 6 maintained maintain VBN 21251 2 7 . . . 21251 3 1 Missing miss VBG 21251 3 2 page page NN 21251 3 3 numbers number NNS 21251 3 4 correspond correspond VBP 21251 3 5 to to IN 21251 3 6 blank blank JJ 21251 3 7 pages page NNS 21251 3 8 . . . 21251 4 1 Page page NN 21251 4 2 numbers number NNS 21251 4 3 are be VBP 21251 4 4 in in IN 21251 4 5 format format NN 21251 4 6 { { -LRB- 21251 4 7 p.xx p.xx NN 21251 4 8 } } -RRB- 21251 4 9 . . . 21251 4 10 ] ] -RRB- 21251 5 1 The the DT 21251 5 2 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 5 3 - - HYPH 21251 5 4 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 5 5 Compact Compact NNP 21251 5 6 The the DT 21251 5 7 Relations Relations NNPS 21251 5 8 of of IN 21251 5 9 Thomas Thomas NNP 21251 5 10 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 5 11 and and CC 21251 5 12 James James NNP 21251 5 13 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 5 14 in in IN 21251 5 15 the the DT 21251 5 16 Exclusion Exclusion NNP 21251 5 17 of of IN 21251 5 18 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 5 19 from from IN 21251 5 20 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 5 21 and and CC 21251 5 22 the the DT 21251 5 23 Northwest Northwest NNP 21251 5 24 Territory Territory NNP 21251 5 25 with with IN 21251 5 26 Related related JJ 21251 5 27 Documents document NNS 21251 5 28 1781 1781 CD 21251 5 29 - - SYM 21251 5 30 1818 1818 CD 21251 5 31 A A NNP 21251 5 32 Paper Paper NNP 21251 5 33 read read VBD 21251 5 34 before before IN 21251 5 35 the the DT 21251 5 36 Chicago Chicago NNP 21251 5 37 Historical Historical NNP 21251 5 38 Society Society NNP 21251 5 39 February February NNP 21251 5 40 16 16 CD 21251 5 41 , , , 21251 5 42 1915 1915 CD 21251 5 43 By by IN 21251 5 44 Willard Willard NNP 21251 5 45 C. C. NNP 21251 5 46 MacNaul MacNaul NNP 21251 5 47 [ [ -LRB- 21251 5 48 Illustration illustration NN 21251 5 49 : : : 21251 5 50 Arms arm NNS 21251 5 51 ] ] -RRB- 21251 5 52 The the DT 21251 5 53 University University NNP 21251 5 54 of of IN 21251 5 55 Chicago Chicago NNP 21251 5 56 Press Press NNP 21251 5 57 1915 1915 CD 21251 5 58 Copyright copyright NN 21251 5 59 by by IN 21251 5 60 CHICAGO CHICAGO NNP 21251 5 61 HISTORICAL HISTORICAL NNP 21251 5 62 SOCIETY SOCIETY NNP 21251 5 63 1915 1915 CD 21251 5 64 CONTENTS content NNS 21251 5 65 { { -LRB- 21251 5 66 p.03 p.03 NN 21251 5 67 } } -RRB- 21251 5 68 INTRODUCTION introduction NN 21251 5 69 1 1 CD 21251 5 70 . . . 21251 6 1 Sketch Sketch NNP 21251 6 2 of of IN 21251 6 3 James James NNP 21251 6 4 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 6 5 .................................. .................................. NFP 21251 6 6 7 7 CD 21251 6 7 2 2 CD 21251 6 8 . . . 21251 7 1 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 7 2 's 's POS 21251 7 3 Relations Relations NNPS 21251 7 4 with with IN 21251 7 5 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 7 6 in in IN 21251 7 7 Virginia Virginia NNP 21251 7 8 ........... ........... NFP 21251 7 9 9 9 CD 21251 7 10 3 3 CD 21251 7 11 . . . 21251 8 1 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 8 2 's 's POS 21251 8 3 Anti Anti NNP 21251 8 4 - - NNP 21251 8 5 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 8 6 Mission Mission NNP 21251 8 7 in in IN 21251 8 8 Illinois-- Illinois-- NNP 21251 8 9 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 8 10 in in IN 21251 8 11 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 8 12 until until IN 21251 8 13 1787 1787 CD 21251 8 14 ...................... ...................... CD 21251 8 15 11 11 CD 21251 8 16 Prohibition prohibition NN 21251 8 17 of of IN 21251 8 18 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 8 19 by by IN 21251 8 20 Ordinance Ordinance NNP 21251 8 21 of of IN 21251 8 22 1787 1787 CD 21251 8 23 ......... ......... NFP 21251 8 24 11 11 CD 21251 8 25 The the DT 21251 8 26 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 8 27 Conflict conflict NN 21251 8 28 under under IN 21251 8 29 Gov. Gov. NNP 21251 9 1 St. St. NNP 21251 9 2 Clair Clair NNP 21251 9 3 ( ( -LRB- 21251 9 4 1787 1787 CD 21251 9 5 - - SYM 21251 9 6 1800 1800 CD 21251 9 7 ) ) -RRB- 21251 9 8 ....................................... ....................................... NFP 21251 9 9 12 12 CD 21251 9 10 The the DT 21251 9 11 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 9 12 Conflict conflict NN 21251 9 13 under under IN 21251 9 14 Gov. Gov. NNP 21251 10 1 Harrison Harrison NNP 21251 10 2 ( ( -LRB- 21251 10 3 1801 1801 CD 21251 10 4 - - SYM 21251 10 5 1809 1809 CD 21251 10 6 ) ) -RRB- 21251 10 7 ....................................... ....................................... NFP 21251 10 8 13 13 CD 21251 10 9 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 10 10 Question question NN 21251 10 11 in in IN 21251 10 12 the the DT 21251 10 13 Movement Movement NNP 21251 10 14 for for IN 21251 10 15 Division Division NNP 21251 10 16 of of IN 21251 10 17 Indiana Indiana NNP 21251 10 18 Territory Territory NNP 21251 10 19 in in IN 21251 10 20 1808 1808 CD 21251 10 21 - - SYM 21251 10 22 9 9 CD 21251 10 23 .................... .................... CD 21251 10 24 16 16 CD 21251 10 25 James James NNP 21251 10 26 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 10 27 's 's POS 21251 10 28 Anti Anti NNP 21251 10 29 - - HYPH 21251 10 30 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 10 31 Influence Influence NNP 21251 10 32 in in IN 21251 10 33 the the DT 21251 10 34 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 10 35 Churches Churches NNPS 21251 10 36 until until IN 21251 10 37 1809 1809 CD 21251 10 38 ....................... ....................... SYM 21251 10 39 16 16 CD 21251 10 40 Slavery slavery NN 21251 10 41 under under IN 21251 10 42 Gov. Gov. NNP 21251 11 1 Ninian Ninian NNP 21251 11 2 Edwards Edwards NNP 21251 11 3 ( ( -LRB- 21251 11 4 1809 1809 CD 21251 11 5 - - SYM 21251 11 6 1818 1818 CD 21251 11 7 ) ) -RRB- 21251 11 8 ....... ....... NFP 21251 11 9 19 19 CD 21251 11 10 Slavery slavery NN 21251 11 11 in in IN 21251 11 12 the the DT 21251 11 13 Campaign campaign NN 21251 11 14 for for IN 21251 11 15 Statehood Statehood NNP 21251 11 16 in in IN 21251 11 17 1818 1818 CD 21251 11 18 ....... ....... SYM 21251 11 19 19 19 CD 21251 11 20 4 4 CD 21251 11 21 . . . 21251 12 1 Available available JJ 21251 12 2 Materials material NNS 21251 12 3 Relating relate VBG 21251 12 4 to to IN 21251 12 5 the the DT 21251 12 6 Subject subject NN 21251 12 7 ........... ........... NFP 21251 12 8 23 23 CD 21251 12 9 5 5 CD 21251 12 10 . . . 21251 13 1 Account account NN 21251 13 2 of of IN 21251 13 3 the the DT 21251 13 4 " " `` 21251 13 5 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 13 6 Family Family NNP 21251 13 7 Notes note VBZ 21251 13 8 " " '' 21251 13 9 ................... ................... NFP 21251 13 10 24 24 CD 21251 13 11 DOCUMENTS document NNS 21251 13 12 I. I. NNP 21251 13 13 Diary Diary NNP 21251 13 14 of of IN 21251 13 15 James James NNP 21251 13 16 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 13 17 , , , 21251 13 18 Sr Sr NNP 21251 13 19 .............................. .............................. NFP 21251 13 20 26 26 CD 21251 13 21 II ii CD 21251 13 22 . . . 21251 14 1 History history NN 21251 14 2 of of IN 21251 14 3 the the DT 21251 14 4 Relations Relations NNPS 21251 14 5 of of IN 21251 14 6 James James NNP 21251 14 7 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 14 8 and and CC 21251 14 9 Thos Thos NNP 21251 14 10 . . . 21251 15 1 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 15 2 , , , 21251 15 3 by by IN 21251 15 4 J. J. NNP 21251 15 5 M. M. NNP 21251 15 6 Peck Peck NNP 21251 15 7 .................. .................. NFP 21251 15 8 32 32 CD 21251 15 9 III iii CD 21251 15 10 . . . 21251 16 1 How how WRB 21251 16 2 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 16 3 Got Got NNP 21251 16 4 Chicago Chicago NNP 21251 16 5 , , , 21251 16 6 by by IN 21251 16 7 Jos Jos NNP 21251 16 8 . . . 21251 17 1 B. B. NNP 21251 17 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 17 3 ............ ............ NFP 21251 17 4 37 37 CD 21251 17 5 IV iv NN 21251 17 6 . . . 21251 18 1 Address address NN 21251 18 2 to to IN 21251 18 3 the the DT 21251 18 4 Friends Friends NNPS 21251 18 5 of of IN 21251 18 6 Freedom Freedom NNP 21251 18 7 ..................... ..................... . 21251 18 8 38 38 CD 21251 18 9 V. V. NNP 21251 18 10 Recollections Recollections NNPS 21251 18 11 of of IN 21251 18 12 a a DT 21251 18 13 Centennarian Centennarian NNP 21251 18 14 , , , 21251 18 15 by by IN 21251 18 16 Dr. Dr. NNP 21251 18 17 W. W. NNP 21251 18 18 F. F. NNP 21251 18 19 Boyakin Boyakin NNP 21251 18 20 ................................... ................................... NFP 21251 18 21 39 39 CD 21251 18 22 VI VI NNP 21251 18 23 . . . 21251 19 1 In in IN 21251 19 2 Memory memory NN 21251 19 3 of of IN 21251 19 4 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 20 1 Jas Jas NNP 21251 20 2 . . . 21251 21 1 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 21 2 , , , 21251 21 3 Sr Sr NNP 21251 21 4 ...................... ...................... NFP 21251 21 5 41 41 CD 21251 21 6 VII vii NN 21251 21 7 . . . 21251 22 1 Statement statement NN 21251 22 2 by by IN 21251 22 3 Editor Editor NNP 21251 22 4 of of IN 21251 22 5 _ _ NNP 21251 22 6 Belleville Belleville NNP 21251 22 7 Advocate Advocate NNP 21251 22 8 _ _ NNP 21251 22 9 .......... .......... NFP 21251 22 10 41 41 CD 21251 22 11 VIII VIII NNS 21251 22 12 . . . 21251 23 1 Letter Letter NNP 21251 23 2 of of IN 21251 23 3 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 24 1 J. J. NNP 21251 24 2 M. M. NNP 21251 24 3 Peck Peck NNP 21251 24 4 on on IN 21251 24 5 the the DT 21251 24 6 Old Old NNP 21251 24 7 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 24 8 Family Family NNP 21251 24 9 Notes Notes NNPS 21251 24 10 ........................................ ........................................ NFP 21251 24 11 42 42 CD 21251 24 12 PIONEER PIONEER NNP 21251 24 13 LETTERS letter NNS 21251 24 14 { { -LRB- 21251 24 15 p.04 p.04 NNP 21251 24 16 } } -RRB- 21251 24 17 IX IX NNP 21251 24 18 . . . 21251 25 1 Letter Letter NNP 21251 25 2 of of IN 21251 25 3 Senator Senator NNP 21251 25 4 Douglas Douglas NNP 21251 25 5 to to IN 21251 25 6 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 26 1 Jas Jas NNP 21251 26 2 . . . 21251 27 1 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 27 2 , , , 21251 27 3 Sr Sr NNP 21251 27 4 ...... ...... NFP 21251 27 5 46 46 CD 21251 27 6 X. x. NN 21251 28 1 Announcement announcement NN 21251 28 2 by by IN 21251 28 3 J. J. NNP 21251 29 1 B. B. NNP 21251 29 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 29 3 ........................... ........................... NFP 21251 29 4 48 48 CD 21251 29 5 XL XL NNP 21251 29 6 . . . 21251 30 1 Letter letter NN 21251 30 2 of of IN 21251 30 3 Gov. Gov. NNP 21251 31 1 Ninian Ninian NNP 21251 31 2 Edwards Edwards NNP 21251 31 3 to to IN 21251 31 4 Jas Jas NNP 21251 31 5 . . . 21251 32 1 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 32 2 , , , 21251 32 3 Jr Jr NNP 21251 32 4 ....... ....... NFP 21251 32 5 49 49 CD 21251 32 6 XII XII NNS 21251 32 7 . . . 21251 33 1 Letter Letter NNP 21251 33 2 of of IN 21251 33 3 A. A. NNP 21251 33 4 W. W. NNP 21251 33 5 Snyder Snyder NNP 21251 33 6 to to IN 21251 33 7 Jas Jas NNP 21251 33 8 . . . 21251 34 1 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 34 2 , , , 21251 34 3 Sr Sr NNP 21251 34 4 .............. .............. NFP 21251 34 5 49 49 CD 21251 34 6 XIII xiii NN 21251 34 7 . . . 21251 35 1 Letter Letter NNP 21251 35 2 of of IN 21251 35 3 Abraham Abraham NNP 21251 35 4 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 35 5 to to IN 21251 35 6 Jas Jas NNP 21251 35 7 . . . 21251 36 1 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 36 2 , , , 21251 36 3 Jr Jr NNP 21251 36 4 ........... ........... NFP 21251 36 5 50 50 CD 21251 36 6 XIV xiv NN 21251 36 7 . . . 21251 37 1 The the DT 21251 37 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 37 3 Monument Monument NNP 21251 37 4 -- -- : 21251 37 5 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 37 6 's 's POS 21251 37 7 War War NNP 21251 37 8 Record Record NNP 21251 37 9 ................ ................ NFP 21251 37 10 51 51 CD 21251 37 11 XV XV NNP 21251 37 12 . . . 21251 38 1 Sketch Sketch NNP 21251 38 2 of of IN 21251 38 3 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 39 1 James James NNP 21251 39 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 39 3 , , , 21251 39 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 39 5 . . NNP 21251 39 6 , , , 21251 39 7 by by IN 21251 39 8 J. J. NNP 21251 39 9 M. M. NNP 21251 39 10 Peck Peck NNP 21251 39 11 ........ ........ NFP 21251 39 12 52 52 CD 21251 39 13 XVI XVI NNP 21251 39 14 . . . 21251 40 1 Old Old NNP 21251 40 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 40 3 Family Family NNP 21251 40 4 Notes Notes NNPS 21251 40 5 , , , 21251 40 6 Statement statement NN 21251 40 7 by by IN 21251 40 8 Jos Jos NNP 21251 40 9 . . . 21251 41 1 B. B. NNP 21251 41 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 41 3 .... .... NFP 21251 41 4 56 56 CD 21251 41 5 References reference NNS 21251 41 6 ............................................ ............................................ NFP 21251 41 7 59 59 CD 21251 41 8 NOTE NOTE NNP 21251 41 9 { { -LRB- 21251 41 10 p.05 p.05 NNP 21251 41 11 } } -RRB- 21251 41 12 The the DT 21251 41 13 materials material NNS 21251 41 14 here here RB 21251 41 15 presented present VBN 21251 41 16 were be VBD 21251 41 17 collected collect VBN 21251 41 18 in in IN 21251 41 19 connection connection NN 21251 41 20 with with IN 21251 41 21 the the DT 21251 41 22 preparation preparation NN 21251 41 23 of of IN 21251 41 24 a a DT 21251 41 25 history history NN 21251 41 26 of of IN 21251 41 27 the the DT 21251 41 28 first first JJ 21251 41 29 generation generation NN 21251 41 30 of of IN 21251 41 31 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 41 32 Baptists Baptists NNP 21251 41 33 . . . 21251 42 1 The the DT 21251 42 2 narrative narrative JJ 21251 42 3 introduction introduction NN 21251 42 4 is be VBZ 21251 42 5 printed print VBN 21251 42 6 substantially substantially RB 21251 42 7 as as IN 21251 42 8 delivered deliver VBN 21251 42 9 at at IN 21251 42 10 a a DT 21251 42 11 special special JJ 21251 42 12 meeting meeting NN 21251 42 13 of of IN 21251 42 14 the the DT 21251 42 15 Chicago Chicago NNP 21251 42 16 Historical Historical NNP 21251 42 17 Society Society NNP 21251 42 18 , , , 21251 42 19 and and CC 21251 42 20 , , , 21251 42 21 with with IN 21251 42 22 the the DT 21251 42 23 collection collection NN 21251 42 24 of of IN 21251 42 25 documents document NNS 21251 42 26 , , , 21251 42 27 is be VBZ 21251 42 28 published publish VBN 21251 42 29 in in IN 21251 42 30 response response NN 21251 42 31 to to IN 21251 42 32 inquiries inquiry NNS 21251 42 33 concerning concern VBG 21251 42 34 the the DT 21251 42 35 so so RB 21251 42 36 - - HYPH 21251 42 37 called call VBN 21251 42 38 " " `` 21251 42 39 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 42 40 Family Family NNP 21251 42 41 Notes Notes NNPS 21251 42 42 , , , 21251 42 43 " " '' 21251 42 44 and and CC 21251 42 45 in in IN 21251 42 46 compliance compliance NN 21251 42 47 with with IN 21251 42 48 the the DT 21251 42 49 request request NN 21251 42 50 for for IN 21251 42 51 a a DT 21251 42 52 contribution contribution NN 21251 42 53 to to IN 21251 42 54 the the DT 21251 42 55 publications publication NNS 21251 42 56 of of IN 21251 42 57 this this DT 21251 42 58 Society Society NNP 21251 42 59 . . . 21251 43 1 It -PRON- PRP 21251 43 2 is be VBZ 21251 43 3 hoped hope VBN 21251 43 4 that that IN 21251 43 5 the the DT 21251 43 6 publication publication NN 21251 43 7 may may MD 21251 43 8 serve serve VB 21251 43 9 to to TO 21251 43 10 elicit elicit VB 21251 43 11 further further JJ 21251 43 12 information information NN 21251 43 13 concerning concern VBG 21251 43 14 the the DT 21251 43 15 alleged allege VBN 21251 43 16 " " `` 21251 43 17 Notes Notes NNPS 21251 43 18 , , , 21251 43 19 " " '' 21251 43 20 the the DT 21251 43 21 existence existence NN 21251 43 22 of of IN 21251 43 23 which which WDT 21251 43 24 has have VBZ 21251 43 25 become become VBN 21251 43 26 a a DT 21251 43 27 subject subject NN 21251 43 28 of of IN 21251 43 29 more more JJR 21251 43 30 or or CC 21251 43 31 less less JJR 21251 43 32 interest interest NN 21251 43 33 to to IN 21251 43 34 historians historian NNS 21251 43 35 . . . 21251 44 1 The the DT 21251 44 2 compiler compiler NN 21251 44 3 merely merely RB 21251 44 4 presents present VBZ 21251 44 5 the the DT 21251 44 6 materials material NNS 21251 44 7 at at IN 21251 44 8 their -PRON- PRP$ 21251 44 9 face face NN 21251 44 10 value value NN 21251 44 11 , , , 21251 44 12 without without IN 21251 44 13 assuming assume VBG 21251 44 14 to to TO 21251 44 15 pass pass VB 21251 44 16 critical critical JJ 21251 44 17 judgment judgment NN 21251 44 18 upon upon IN 21251 44 19 them -PRON- PRP 21251 44 20 . . . 21251 45 1 W. W. NNP 21251 45 2 C. C. NNP 21251 45 3 M. M. NNP 21251 45 4 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION NNP 21251 45 5 { { -LRB- 21251 45 6 p.07 p.07 NNP 21251 45 7 } } -RRB- 21251 45 8 RELATIONS relations NN 21251 45 9 OF of IN 21251 45 10 JAMES JAMES NNP 21251 45 11 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 45 12 AND and CC 21251 45 13 THOMAS thomas NN 21251 45 14 JEFFERSON JEFFERSON NNS 21251 45 15 IN in IN 21251 45 16 THE the DT 21251 45 17 EXCLUSION exclusion NN 21251 45 18 OF of IN 21251 45 19 SLAVERY slavery RB 21251 45 20 FROM from IN 21251 45 21 ILLINOIS ILLINOIS NNP 21251 45 22 AND and CC 21251 45 23 THE the DT 21251 45 24 NORTHWEST NORTHWEST NNP 21251 45 25 TERRITORY TERRITORY NNP 21251 45 26 In in IN 21251 45 27 view view NN 21251 45 28 of of IN 21251 45 29 the the DT 21251 45 30 approaching approach VBG 21251 45 31 centennary centennary NN 21251 45 32 of of IN 21251 45 33 statehood statehood NN 21251 45 34 in in IN 21251 45 35 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 45 36 , , , 21251 45 37 the the DT 21251 45 38 name name NN 21251 45 39 of of IN 21251 45 40 James James NNP 21251 45 41 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 45 42 takes take VBZ 21251 45 43 on on RP 21251 45 44 a a DT 21251 45 45 timely timely JJ 21251 45 46 interest interest NN 21251 45 47 because because IN 21251 45 48 of of IN 21251 45 49 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 45 50 services service NNS 21251 45 51 -- -- : 21251 45 52 social social JJ 21251 45 53 , , , 21251 45 54 religious religious JJ 21251 45 55 , , , 21251 45 56 and and CC 21251 45 57 political political JJ 21251 45 58 -- -- : 21251 45 59 in in IN 21251 45 60 the the DT 21251 45 61 making making NN 21251 45 62 of of IN 21251 45 63 the the DT 21251 45 64 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 21251 45 65 . . . 21251 46 1 He -PRON- PRP 21251 46 2 was be VBD 21251 46 3 a a DT 21251 46 4 native native NN 21251 46 5 of of IN 21251 46 6 Virginia Virginia NNP 21251 46 7 , , , 21251 46 8 born bear VBN 21251 46 9 and and CC 21251 46 10 reared rear VBN 21251 46 11 in in IN 21251 46 12 the the DT 21251 46 13 vicinity vicinity NN 21251 46 14 of of IN 21251 46 15 Harper Harper NNP 21251 46 16 's 's POS 21251 46 17 Ferry Ferry NNP 21251 46 18 . . . 21251 47 1 He -PRON- PRP 21251 47 2 served serve VBD 21251 47 3 a a DT 21251 47 4 two two CD 21251 47 5 - 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Gov. 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NN 21251 295 6 DIARY diary NN 21251 295 7 OF of IN 21251 295 8 REV REV NNP 21251 295 9 . . . 21251 296 1 JAMES JAMES NNP 21251 296 2 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 296 3 , , , 21251 296 4 SR SR NNP 21251 296 5 . . . 21251 296 6 Ridge Ridge NNP 21251 296 7 Prairie Prairie NNP 21251 296 8 , , , 21251 296 9 Ill. Illinois NNP 21251 296 10 June June NNP 21251 296 11 4 4 CD 21251 296 12 , , , 21251 296 13 1867 1867 CD 21251 296 14 . . . 21251 297 1 The the DT 21251 297 2 within within IN 21251 297 3 notes note NNS 21251 297 4 are be VBP 21251 297 5 a a DT 21251 297 6 true true JJ 21251 297 7 copy copy NN 21251 297 8 of of IN 21251 297 9 the the DT 21251 297 10 notes note NNS 21251 297 11 kept keep VBN 21251 297 12 by by IN 21251 297 13 the the DT 21251 297 14 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 298 1 James James NNP 21251 298 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 298 3 , , , 21251 298 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 298 5 . . NNP 21251 298 6 , , , 21251 298 7 when when WRB 21251 298 8 in in IN 21251 298 9 the the DT 21251 298 10 siege siege NN 21251 298 11 at at IN 21251 298 12 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 298 13 . . . 21251 299 1 The the DT 21251 299 2 original original JJ 21251 299 3 notes note NNS 21251 299 4 were be VBD 21251 299 5 fading fade VBG 21251 299 6 out out IN 21251 299 7 . . . 21251 300 1 By by IN 21251 300 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 300 3 son son NN 21251 300 4 , , , 21251 300 5 REV REV NNP 21251 300 6 . . . 21251 301 1 JAMES JAMES NNP 21251 301 2 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 301 3 , , , 21251 301 4 Jr. Jr. NNP 21251 301 5 * * NFP 21251 301 6 * * NFP 21251 301 7 * * NFP 21251 301 8 * * NFP 21251 301 9 * * NFP 21251 301 10 Near near IN 21251 301 11 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 301 12 , , , 21251 301 13 Va. Virginia NNP 21251 301 14 Sep. September NNP 21251 301 15 26 26 CD 21251 301 16 , , , 21251 301 17 1781 1781 CD 21251 301 18 . . . 21251 302 1 My -PRON- PRP$ 21251 302 2 enlistment enlistment NN 21251 302 3 of of IN 21251 302 4 two two CD 21251 302 5 years year NNS 21251 302 6 expired expire VBD 21251 302 7 some some DT 21251 302 8 time time NN 21251 302 9 ago ago RB 21251 302 10 , , , 21251 302 11 but but CC 21251 302 12 I -PRON- PRP 21251 302 13 joined join VBD 21251 302 14 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 302 15 regiment regiment NN 21251 302 16 to to IN 21251 302 17 - - HYPH 21251 302 18 day day NN 21251 302 19 and and CC 21251 302 20 will will MD 21251 302 21 serve serve VB 21251 302 22 in in IN 21251 302 23 this this DT 21251 302 24 siege siege NN 21251 302 25 . . . 21251 303 1 Quarters quarter NNS 21251 303 2 , , , 21251 303 3 near near IN 21251 303 4 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 303 5 , , , 21251 303 6 Sept. September NNP 21251 303 7 27 27 CD 21251 303 8 , , , 21251 303 9 1781 1781 CD 21251 303 10 . . . 21251 304 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 304 2 was be VBD 21251 304 3 on on IN 21251 304 4 one one CD 21251 304 5 of of IN 21251 304 6 the the DT 21251 304 7 French french JJ 21251 304 8 ships ship NNS 21251 304 9 to to IN 21251 304 10 - - HYPH 21251 304 11 day day NN 21251 304 12 with with IN 21251 304 13 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 304 14 captain captain NN 21251 304 15 . . . 21251 305 1 There there EX 21251 305 2 is be VBZ 21251 305 3 a a DT 21251 305 4 great great JJ 21251 305 5 fleet fleet NN 21251 305 6 of of IN 21251 305 7 them -PRON- PRP 21251 305 8 to to TO 21251 305 9 help help VB 21251 305 10 us -PRON- PRP 21251 305 11 , , , 21251 305 12 it -PRON- PRP 21251 305 13 is be VBZ 21251 305 14 said say VBN 21251 305 15 , , , 21251 305 16 if if IN 21251 305 17 we -PRON- PRP 21251 305 18 fight fight VBP 21251 305 19 soon soon RB 21251 305 20 . . . 21251 306 1 Sept. September NNP 21251 306 2 30 30 CD 21251 306 3 , , , 21251 306 4 1781 1781 CD 21251 306 5 , , , 21251 306 6 Near Near NNP 21251 306 7 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 306 8 . . . 21251 307 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 307 2 regiment regiment NN 21251 307 3 has have VBZ 21251 307 4 orders order NNS 21251 307 5 to to TO 21251 307 6 move move VB 21251 307 7 forward forward RB 21251 307 8 this this DT 21251 307 9 morning morning NN 21251 307 10 , , , 21251 307 11 and and CC 21251 307 12 the the DT 21251 307 13 main main JJ 21251 307 14 army army NN 21251 307 15 is be VBZ 21251 307 16 moving move VBG 21251 307 17 . . . 21251 308 1 Near near IN 21251 308 2 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 308 3 . . . 21251 309 1 Oct. October NNP 21251 309 2 3 3 CD 21251 309 3 , , , 21251 309 4 1781 1781 CD 21251 309 5 . . . 21251 310 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 310 2 was be VBD 21251 310 3 detailed detail VBN 21251 310 4 with with IN 21251 310 5 four four CD 21251 310 6 other other JJ 21251 310 7 soldiers soldier NNS 21251 310 8 to to TO 21251 310 9 return return VB 21251 310 10 an an DT 21251 310 11 insane insane JJ 21251 310 12 British british JJ 21251 310 13 soldier soldier NN 21251 310 14 who who WP 21251 310 15 had have VBD 21251 310 16 come come VBN 21251 310 17 into into IN 21251 310 18 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 310 19 lines line NNS 21251 310 20 , , , 21251 310 21 as as IN 21251 310 22 we -PRON- PRP 21251 310 23 do do VBP 21251 310 24 n't not RB 21251 310 25 want want VB 21251 310 26 such such JJ 21251 310 27 prisoners prisoner NNS 21251 310 28 . . . 21251 311 1 Near near IN 21251 311 2 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 311 3 . . . 21251 312 1 Oct. October NNP 21251 312 2 4 4 CD 21251 312 3 , , , 21251 312 4 1781 1781 CD 21251 312 5 . . . 21251 313 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 313 2 carried carry VBD 21251 313 3 a a DT 21251 313 4 message message NN 21251 313 5 from from IN 21251 313 6 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 313 7 Colonel Colonel NNP 21251 313 8 to to IN 21251 313 9 Gen. Gen. NNP 21251 313 10 Washington Washington NNP 21251 313 11 to to IN 21251 313 12 - - HYPH 21251 313 13 day day NN 21251 313 14 . . . 21251 314 1 He -PRON- PRP 21251 314 2 recognized recognize VBD 21251 314 3 me -PRON- PRP 21251 314 4 and and CC 21251 314 5 talked talk VBD 21251 314 6 very very RB 21251 314 7 kindly kindly RB 21251 314 8 and and CC 21251 314 9 said say VBD 21251 314 10 the the DT 21251 314 11 war war NN 21251 314 12 would would MD 21251 314 13 soon soon RB 21251 314 14 be be VB 21251 314 15 over over RB 21251 314 16 , , , 21251 314 17 he -PRON- PRP 21251 314 18 thought think VBD 21251 314 19 . . . 21251 315 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 315 2 knew know VBD 21251 315 3 Washington Washington NNP 21251 315 4 before before IN 21251 315 5 the the DT 21251 315 6 war war NN 21251 315 7 commenced commence VBD 21251 315 8 . . . 21251 316 1 Near near IN 21251 316 2 { { -LRB- 21251 316 3 p.27 p.27 NNP 21251 316 4 } } -RRB- 21251 316 5 Yorktown Yorktown VBN 21251 316 6 . . . 21251 317 1 Oct. October NNP 21251 317 2 4 4 CD 21251 317 3 , , , 21251 317 4 1781 1781 CD 21251 317 5 . . . 21251 318 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 318 2 saw see VBD 21251 318 3 Washington Washington NNP 21251 318 4 and and CC 21251 318 5 La La NNP 21251 318 6 Fayette Fayette NNP 21251 318 7 looking look VBG 21251 318 8 at at IN 21251 318 9 a a DT 21251 318 10 French french JJ 21251 318 11 soldier soldier NN 21251 318 12 and and CC 21251 318 13 an an DT 21251 318 14 American american JJ 21251 318 15 soldier soldier NN 21251 318 16 wrestling wrestling NN 21251 318 17 , , , 21251 318 18 and and CC 21251 318 19 the the DT 21251 318 20 American American NNP 21251 318 21 threw throw VBD 21251 318 22 the the DT 21251 318 23 Frenchman Frenchman NNP 21251 318 24 so so RB 21251 318 25 hard hard RB 21251 318 26 he -PRON- PRP 21251 318 27 limped limp VBD 21251 318 28 off off RP 21251 318 29 , , , 21251 318 30 and and CC 21251 318 31 La La NNP 21251 318 32 Fayette Fayette NNP 21251 318 33 said say VBD 21251 318 34 that that DT 21251 318 35 was be VBD 21251 318 36 the the DT 21251 318 37 way way NN 21251 318 38 Washington Washington NNP 21251 318 39 must must MD 21251 318 40 do do VB 21251 318 41 to to IN 21251 318 42 Cornwallis Cornwallis NNP 21251 318 43 . . . 21251 319 1 Near near IN 21251 319 2 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 319 3 . . . 21251 320 1 Oct. October NNP 21251 320 2 5 5 CD 21251 320 3 , , , 21251 320 4 1781 1781 CD 21251 320 5 . . . 21251 321 1 Brother Brother NNP 21251 321 2 Robert Robert NNP 21251 321 3 is be VBZ 21251 321 4 sick sick JJ 21251 321 5 to to IN 21251 321 6 - - HYPH 21251 321 7 day day NN 21251 321 8 , , , 21251 321 9 but but CC 21251 321 10 was be VBD 21251 321 11 on on IN 21251 321 12 duty duty NN 21251 321 13 . . . 21251 322 1 There there EX 21251 322 2 was be VBD 21251 322 3 considerable considerable JJ 21251 322 4 firing firing NN 21251 322 5 to to IN 21251 322 6 - - HYPH 21251 322 7 day day NN 21251 322 8 . . . 21251 323 1 There there EX 21251 323 2 will will MD 21251 323 3 be be VB 21251 323 4 a a DT 21251 323 5 great great JJ 21251 323 6 fight fight NN 21251 323 7 soon soon RB 21251 323 8 . . . 21251 324 1 Near near IN 21251 324 2 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 324 3 . . . 21251 325 1 Oct. October NNP 21251 325 2 15 15 CD 21251 325 3 , , , 21251 325 4 1781 1781 CD 21251 325 5 . . . 21251 326 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 326 2 was be VBD 21251 326 3 in in IN 21251 326 4 the the DT 21251 326 5 assault assault NN 21251 326 6 which which WDT 21251 326 7 La La NNP 21251 326 8 Fayette Fayette NNP 21251 326 9 led lead VBD 21251 326 10 yesterday yesterday NN 21251 326 11 evening evening NN 21251 326 12 against against IN 21251 326 13 the the DT 21251 326 14 British british JJ 21251 326 15 redoubt redoubt NN 21251 326 16 , , , 21251 326 17 which which WDT 21251 326 18 we -PRON- PRP 21251 326 19 captured capture VBD 21251 326 20 . . . 21251 327 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 327 2 loss loss NN 21251 327 3 was be VBD 21251 327 4 nine nine CD 21251 327 5 killed kill VBN 21251 327 6 and and CC 21251 327 7 thirty thirty CD 21251 327 8 - - HYPH 21251 327 9 four four CD 21251 327 10 wounded wound VBN 21251 327 11 . . . 21251 328 1 Near near IN 21251 328 2 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 328 3 . . . 21251 329 1 Oct. October NNP 21251 329 2 15 15 CD 21251 329 3 , , , 21251 329 4 1781 1781 CD 21251 329 5 . . . 21251 330 1 Firing firing NN 21251 330 2 was be VBD 21251 330 3 very very RB 21251 330 4 heavy heavy JJ 21251 330 5 along along IN 21251 330 6 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 330 7 lines line NNS 21251 330 8 on on IN 21251 330 9 Oct. October NNP 21251 330 10 9th 9th NN 21251 330 11 and and CC 21251 330 12 10th 10th JJ 21251 330 13 . . . 21251 331 1 and and CC 21251 331 2 with with IN 21251 331 3 great great JJ 21251 331 4 effect effect NN 21251 331 5 , , , 21251 331 6 but but CC 21251 331 7 this this DT 21251 331 8 redoubt redoubt NN 21251 331 9 and and CC 21251 331 10 another another DT 21251 331 11 was be VBD 21251 331 12 in in IN 21251 331 13 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 331 14 way way NN 21251 331 15 and and CC 21251 331 16 we -PRON- PRP 21251 331 17 Americans Americans NNPS 21251 331 18 under under IN 21251 331 19 La La NNP 21251 331 20 Fayette Fayette NNP 21251 331 21 captured capture VBD 21251 331 22 one one CD 21251 331 23 easily easily RB 21251 331 24 , , , 21251 331 25 but but CC 21251 331 26 the the DT 21251 331 27 French french JJ 21251 331 28 soldiers soldier NNS 21251 331 29 who who WP 21251 331 30 captured capture VBD 21251 331 31 the the DT 21251 331 32 other other JJ 21251 331 33 suffered suffer VBN 21251 331 34 heavily heavily RB 21251 331 35 . . . 21251 332 1 They -PRON- PRP 21251 332 2 were be VBD 21251 332 3 also also RB 21251 332 4 led lead VBN 21251 332 5 by by IN 21251 332 6 a a DT 21251 332 7 Frenchman Frenchman NNP 21251 332 8 . . . 21251 333 1 Yorktown yorktown UH 21251 333 2 . . . 21251 334 1 Oct. October NNP 21251 334 2 19 19 CD 21251 334 3 , , , 21251 334 4 1781 1781 CD 21251 334 5 . . . 21251 335 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 335 2 victory victory NN 21251 335 3 is be VBZ 21251 335 4 great great JJ 21251 335 5 and and CC 21251 335 6 complete complete JJ 21251 335 7 . . . 21251 336 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 336 2 saw see VBD 21251 336 3 the the DT 21251 336 4 surrender surrender NN 21251 336 5 to to IN 21251 336 6 - - HYPH 21251 336 7 day day NN 21251 336 8 . . . 21251 337 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 337 2 officers officer NNS 21251 337 3 think think VBP 21251 337 4 this this DT 21251 337 5 will will MD 21251 337 6 probably probably RB 21251 337 7 end end VB 21251 337 8 the the DT 21251 337 9 war war NN 21251 337 10 . . . 21251 338 1 * * NFP 21251 338 2 * * NFP 21251 338 3 * * NFP 21251 338 4 * * NFP 21251 338 5 * * NFP 21251 338 6 Ridge Ridge NNP 21251 338 7 Prairie Prairie NNP 21251 338 8 , , , 21251 338 9 Ill. Illinois NNP 21251 338 10 June June NNP 21251 338 11 4 4 CD 21251 338 12 , , , 21251 338 13 1867 1867 CD 21251 338 14 . . . 21251 339 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 339 2 have have VBP 21251 339 3 examined examine VBN 21251 339 4 the the DT 21251 339 5 within within IN 21251 339 6 notes note NNS 21251 339 7 and and CC 21251 339 8 find find VB 21251 339 9 them -PRON- PRP 21251 339 10 to to TO 21251 339 11 be be VB 21251 339 12 correct correct JJ 21251 339 13 copies copy NNS 21251 339 14 of of IN 21251 339 15 notes note NNS 21251 339 16 kept keep VBN 21251 339 17 by by IN 21251 339 18 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 340 1 James James NNP 21251 340 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 340 3 , , , 21251 340 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 340 5 . . NNP 21251 340 6 , , , 21251 340 7 which which WDT 21251 340 8 were be VBD 21251 340 9 fading fade VBG 21251 340 10 out out IN 21251 340 11 . . . 21251 341 1 He -PRON- PRP 21251 341 2 originally originally RB 21251 341 3 kept keep VBD 21251 341 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 341 5 confidential confidential JJ 21251 341 6 notes note NNS 21251 341 7 , , , 21251 341 8 as as IN 21251 341 9 to to IN 21251 341 10 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 341 11 agreement agreement NN 21251 341 12 with with IN 21251 341 13 Thomas Thomas NNP 21251 341 14 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 341 15 , , , 21251 341 16 in in IN 21251 341 17 a a DT 21251 341 18 private private JJ 21251 341 19 book book NN 21251 341 20 , , , 21251 341 21 but but CC 21251 341 22 as as IN 21251 341 23 this this DT 21251 341 24 is be VBZ 21251 341 25 intended intend VBN 21251 341 26 for for IN 21251 341 27 publication publication NN 21251 341 28 at at IN 21251 341 29 some some DT 21251 341 30 future future JJ 21251 341 31 time time NN 21251 341 32 , , , 21251 341 33 they -PRON- PRP 21251 341 34 are be VBP 21251 341 35 all all RB 21251 341 36 copied copy VBN 21251 341 37 together together RB 21251 341 38 . . . 21251 342 1 By by IN 21251 342 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 342 3 son son NN 21251 342 4 , , , 21251 342 5 REV REV NNP 21251 342 6 . . . 21251 343 1 JAMES JAMES NNP 21251 343 2 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 343 3 , , , 21251 343 4 Jr. Jr. NNP 21251 343 5 Harper Harper NNP 21251 343 6 's 's POS 21251 343 7 Ferry Ferry NNP 21251 343 8 , , , 21251 343 9 Va. Virginia NNP 21251 343 10 Dec. December NNP 21251 343 11 11 11 CD 21251 343 12 , , , 21251 343 13 1782 1782 CD 21251 343 14 . . . 21251 344 1 [ [ -LRB- 21251 344 2 5]Thomas 5]thomas CD 21251 344 3 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 344 4 had have VBD 21251 344 5 me -PRON- PRP 21251 344 6 to to TO 21251 344 7 visit visit VB 21251 344 8 him -PRON- PRP 21251 344 9 again again RB 21251 344 10 a a DT 21251 344 11 short short JJ 21251 344 12 time time NN 21251 344 13 ago ago RB 21251 344 14 , , , 21251 344 15 as as IN 21251 344 16 he -PRON- PRP 21251 344 17 wanted want VBD 21251 344 18 me -PRON- PRP 21251 344 19 to to TO 21251 344 20 go go VB 21251 344 21 to to IN 21251 344 22 the the DT 21251 344 23 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 344 24 country country NN 21251 344 25 in in IN 21251 344 26 the the DT 21251 344 27 North North NNP 21251 344 28 West West NNP 21251 344 29 , , , 21251 344 30 after after IN 21251 344 31 a a DT 21251 344 32 year year NN 21251 344 33 or or CC 21251 344 34 two two CD 21251 344 35 , , , 21251 344 36 in in IN 21251 344 37 order order NN 21251 344 38 to to TO 21251 344 39 try try VB 21251 344 40 to to TO 21251 344 41 lead lead VB 21251 344 42 and and CC 21251 344 43 { { -LRB- 21251 344 44 p.28 p.28 NNP 21251 344 45 } } -RRB- 21251 344 46 direct direct VB 21251 344 47 the the DT 21251 344 48 new new JJ 21251 344 49 settlers settler NNS 21251 344 50 in in IN 21251 344 51 the the DT 21251 344 52 best good JJS 21251 344 53 way way NN 21251 344 54 and and CC 21251 344 55 also also RB 21251 344 56 to to TO 21251 344 57 oppose oppose VB 21251 344 58 the the DT 21251 344 59 introduction introduction NN 21251 344 60 of of IN 21251 344 61 slavery slavery NN 21251 344 62 in in IN 21251 344 63 that that DT 21251 344 64 country country NN 21251 344 65 at at IN 21251 344 66 a a DT 21251 344 67 later later JJ 21251 344 68 day day NN 21251 344 69 , , , 21251 344 70 as as IN 21251 344 71 I -PRON- PRP 21251 344 72 am be VBP 21251 344 73 known know VBN 21251 344 74 as as IN 21251 344 75 an an DT 21251 344 76 opponent opponent NN 21251 344 77 of of IN 21251 344 78 that that DT 21251 344 79 evil evil NN 21251 344 80 , , , 21251 344 81 and and CC 21251 344 82 he -PRON- PRP 21251 344 83 says say VBZ 21251 344 84 he -PRON- PRP 21251 344 85 will will MD 21251 344 86 give give VB 21251 344 87 me -PRON- PRP 21251 344 88 some some DT 21251 344 89 help help NN 21251 344 90 . . . 21251 345 1 It -PRON- PRP 21251 345 2 is be VBZ 21251 345 3 all all RB 21251 345 4 because because IN 21251 345 5 of of IN 21251 345 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 345 7 great great JJ 21251 345 8 kindness kindness NN 21251 345 9 and and CC 21251 345 10 affection affection NN 21251 345 11 for for IN 21251 345 12 me -PRON- PRP 21251 345 13 , , , 21251 345 14 for for IN 21251 345 15 which which WDT 21251 345 16 I -PRON- PRP 21251 345 17 am be VBP 21251 345 18 very very RB 21251 345 19 grateful grateful JJ 21251 345 20 , , , 21251 345 21 but but CC 21251 345 22 I -PRON- PRP 21251 345 23 have have VBP 21251 345 24 not not RB 21251 345 25 yet yet RB 21251 345 26 fully fully RB 21251 345 27 decided decide VBN 21251 345 28 to to TO 21251 345 29 do do VB 21251 345 30 so so RB 21251 345 31 , , , 21251 345 32 but but CC 21251 345 33 have have VBP 21251 345 34 agreed agree VBN 21251 345 35 to to TO 21251 345 36 consider consider VB 21251 345 37 the the DT 21251 345 38 case case NN 21251 345 39 . . . 21251 346 1 Dec. December NNP 21251 346 2 20 20 CD 21251 346 3 , , , 21251 346 4 1782 1782 CD 21251 346 5 . . . 21251 347 1 During during IN 21251 347 2 the the DT 21251 347 3 war war NN 21251 347 4 , , , 21251 347 5 I -PRON- PRP 21251 347 6 served serve VBD 21251 347 7 a a DT 21251 347 8 two two CD 21251 347 9 years year NNS 21251 347 10 ' ' POS 21251 347 11 enlistment enlistment NN 21251 347 12 under under IN 21251 347 13 Washington Washington NNP 21251 347 14 . . . 21251 348 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 348 2 do do VBP 21251 348 3 not not RB 21251 348 4 believe believe VB 21251 348 5 in in IN 21251 348 6 war war NN 21251 348 7 except except IN 21251 348 8 to to TO 21251 348 9 defend defend VB 21251 348 10 one one NN 21251 348 11 's 's POS 21251 348 12 country country NN 21251 348 13 and and CC 21251 348 14 home home NN 21251 348 15 and and CC 21251 348 16 in in IN 21251 348 17 this this DT 21251 348 18 case case NN 21251 348 19 I -PRON- PRP 21251 348 20 was be VBD 21251 348 21 willing willing JJ 21251 348 22 to to TO 21251 348 23 serve serve VB 21251 348 24 as as RB 21251 348 25 faithfully faithfully RB 21251 348 26 as as IN 21251 348 27 I -PRON- PRP 21251 348 28 could could MD 21251 348 29 . . . 21251 349 1 After after IN 21251 349 2 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 349 3 enlistment enlistment NN 21251 349 4 expired expire VBD 21251 349 5 I -PRON- PRP 21251 349 6 served serve VBD 21251 349 7 again again RB 21251 349 8 in in IN 21251 349 9 the the DT 21251 349 10 army army NN 21251 349 11 in in IN 21251 349 12 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 349 13 regiment regiment NN 21251 349 14 under under IN 21251 349 15 Washington Washington NNP 21251 349 16 , , , 21251 349 17 during during IN 21251 349 18 the the DT 21251 349 19 siege siege NN 21251 349 20 of of IN 21251 349 21 Yorktown Yorktown NNP 21251 349 22 , , , 21251 349 23 but but CC 21251 349 24 did do VBD 21251 349 25 not not RB 21251 349 26 again again RB 21251 349 27 enlist enlist VB 21251 349 28 , , , 21251 349 29 as as IN 21251 349 30 the the DT 21251 349 31 officers officer NNS 21251 349 32 thought think VBD 21251 349 33 the the DT 21251 349 34 war war NN 21251 349 35 would would MD 21251 349 36 soon soon RB 21251 349 37 end end VB 21251 349 38 . . . 21251 350 1 May May NNP 21251 350 2 2 2 CD 21251 350 3 , , , 21251 350 4 1784 1784 CD 21251 350 5 . . . 21251 351 1 [ [ -LRB- 21251 351 2 6]I 6]i CD 21251 351 3 saw see VBD 21251 351 4 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 351 5 at at IN 21251 351 6 Annapolis Annapolis NNP 21251 351 7 , , , 21251 351 8 Maryland Maryland NNP 21251 351 9 , , , 21251 351 10 to to IN 21251 351 11 - - HYPH 21251 351 12 day day NN 21251 351 13 and and CC 21251 351 14 had have VBD 21251 351 15 a a DT 21251 351 16 very very RB 21251 351 17 pleasant pleasant JJ 21251 351 18 visit visit NN 21251 351 19 with with IN 21251 351 20 him -PRON- PRP 21251 351 21 . . . 21251 352 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 352 2 have have VBP 21251 352 3 consented consent VBN 21251 352 4 to to TO 21251 352 5 go go VB 21251 352 6 to to IN 21251 352 7 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 352 8 on on IN 21251 352 9 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 352 10 mission mission NN 21251 352 11 and and CC 21251 352 12 he -PRON- PRP 21251 352 13 intends intend VBZ 21251 352 14 helping help VBG 21251 352 15 me -PRON- PRP 21251 352 16 some some DT 21251 352 17 , , , 21251 352 18 but but CC 21251 352 19 I -PRON- PRP 21251 352 20 did do VBD 21251 352 21 not not RB 21251 352 22 ask ask VB 21251 352 23 nor nor CC 21251 352 24 wish wish VB 21251 352 25 it -PRON- PRP 21251 352 26 . . . 21251 353 1 We -PRON- PRP 21251 353 2 had have VBD 21251 353 3 a a DT 21251 353 4 full full JJ 21251 353 5 agreement agreement NN 21251 353 6 and and CC 21251 353 7 understanding understanding NN 21251 353 8 as as IN 21251 353 9 to to IN 21251 353 10 all all DT 21251 353 11 terms term NNS 21251 353 12 and and CC 21251 353 13 duties duty NNS 21251 353 14 . . . 21251 354 1 The the DT 21251 354 2 agreement agreement NN 21251 354 3 is be VBZ 21251 354 4 strictly strictly RB 21251 354 5 private private JJ 21251 354 6 between between IN 21251 354 7 us -PRON- PRP 21251 354 8 , , , 21251 354 9 but but CC 21251 354 10 all all PDT 21251 354 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 354 12 purposes purpose NNS 21251 354 13 are be VBP 21251 354 14 perfectly perfectly RB 21251 354 15 honorable honorable JJ 21251 354 16 and and CC 21251 354 17 praiseworthy praiseworthy JJ 21251 354 18 . . . 21251 355 1 Dec. December NNP 21251 355 2 28 28 CD 21251 355 3 , , , 21251 355 4 1785 1785 CD 21251 355 5 . . . 21251 356 1 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 356 2 's 's POS 21251 356 3 confidential confidential JJ 21251 356 4 agent agent NN 21251 356 5 gave give VBD 21251 356 6 me -PRON- PRP 21251 356 7 one one CD 21251 356 8 hundred hundred CD 21251 356 9 dollars dollar NNS 21251 356 10 of of IN 21251 356 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 356 12 funds fund NNS 21251 356 13 to to TO 21251 356 14 use use VB 21251 356 15 for for IN 21251 356 16 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 356 17 family family NN 21251 356 18 , , , 21251 356 19 if if IN 21251 356 20 need need NN 21251 356 21 be be VB 21251 356 22 , , , 21251 356 23 and and CC 21251 356 24 if if IN 21251 356 25 not not RB 21251 356 26 to to TO 21251 356 27 go go VB 21251 356 28 to to IN 21251 356 29 good good JJ 21251 356 30 causes cause NNS 21251 356 31 , , , 21251 356 32 and and CC 21251 356 33 I -PRON- PRP 21251 356 34 will will MD 21251 356 35 go go VB 21251 356 36 to to IN 21251 356 37 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 356 38 on on IN 21251 356 39 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 356 40 mission mission NN 21251 356 41 next next IN 21251 356 42 Spring Spring NNP 21251 356 43 and and CC 21251 356 44 take take VB 21251 356 45 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 356 46 wife wife NN 21251 356 47 and and CC 21251 356 48 children child NNS 21251 356 49 . . . 21251 357 1 Sept. September NNP 21251 357 2 4 4 CD 21251 357 3 , , , 21251 357 4 1786 1786 CD 21251 357 5 . . . 21251 358 1 In in IN 21251 358 2 the the DT 21251 358 3 past past JJ 21251 358 4 summer summer NN 21251 358 5 , , , 21251 358 6 with with IN 21251 358 7 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 358 8 wife wife NN 21251 358 9 and and CC 21251 358 10 children child NNS 21251 358 11 I -PRON- PRP 21251 358 12 arrived arrive VBD 21251 358 13 at at IN 21251 358 14 Kaskaskia Kaskaskia NNP 21251 358 15 , , , 21251 358 16 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 358 17 , , , 21251 358 18 and and CC 21251 358 19 we -PRON- PRP 21251 358 20 are be VBP 21251 358 21 now now RB 21251 358 22 living live VBG 21251 358 23 in in IN 21251 358 24 the the DT 21251 358 25 Bottom bottom JJ 21251 358 26 settlement settlement NN 21251 358 27 . . . 21251 359 1 On on IN 21251 359 2 the the DT 21251 359 3 Ohio Ohio NNP 21251 359 4 river river NN 21251 359 5 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 359 6 boat boat NN 21251 359 7 partly partly RB 21251 359 8 turned turn VBD 21251 359 9 over over RP 21251 359 10 and and CC 21251 359 11 we -PRON- PRP 21251 359 12 lost lose VBD 21251 359 13 a a DT 21251 359 14 part part NN 21251 359 15 of of IN 21251 359 16 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 359 17 goods good NNS 21251 359 18 and and CC 21251 359 19 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 359 20 son son NN 21251 359 21 Robert Robert NNP 21251 359 22 came come VBD 21251 359 23 near near IN 21251 359 24 drowning drown VBG 21251 359 25 . . . 21251 360 1 May May NNP 21251 360 2 10 10 CD 21251 360 3 , , , 21251 360 4 1787 1787 CD 21251 360 5 . . . 21251 361 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 361 2 am be VBP 21251 361 3 very very RB 21251 361 4 well well RB 21251 361 5 impressed impressed JJ 21251 361 6 with with IN 21251 361 7 this this DT 21251 361 8 new new JJ 21251 361 9 country country NN 21251 361 10 , , , 21251 361 11 but but CC 21251 361 12 we -PRON- PRP 21251 361 13 are be VBP 21251 361 14 still still RB 21251 361 15 living live VBG 21251 361 16 in in IN 21251 361 17 the the DT 21251 361 18 Bottom Bottom NNP 21251 361 19 , , , 21251 361 20 as as IN 21251 361 21 the the DT 21251 361 22 Indians Indians NNPS 21251 361 23 are be VBP 21251 361 24 unsafe unsafe JJ 21251 361 25 . . . 21251 362 1 We -PRON- PRP 21251 362 2 prefer prefer VBP 21251 362 3 living live VBG 21251 362 4 on on IN 21251 362 5 the the DT 21251 362 6 high high JJ 21251 362 7 lands land NNS 21251 362 8 and and CC 21251 362 9 we -PRON- PRP 21251 362 10 shall shall MD 21251 362 11 get get VB 21251 362 12 us -PRON- PRP 21251 362 13 a a DT 21251 362 14 place place NN 21251 362 15 there there RB 21251 362 16 soon soon RB 21251 362 17 . . . 21251 363 1 People People NNS 21251 363 2 are be VBP 21251 363 3 coming come VBG 21251 363 4 into into IN 21251 363 5 this this DT 21251 363 6 new new JJ 21251 363 7 country country NN 21251 363 8 in in IN 21251 363 9 increasing increase VBG 21251 363 10 numbers number NNS 21251 363 11 . . . 21251 364 1 New New NNP 21251 364 2 { { -LRB- 21251 364 3 p.29 p.29 NNP 21251 364 4 } } -RRB- 21251 364 5 Design Design NNP 21251 364 6 , , , 21251 364 7 Ill. Illinois NNP 21251 364 8 Feb. February NNP 21251 364 9 26 26 CD 21251 364 10 , , , 21251 364 11 1794 1794 CD 21251 364 12 . . . 21251 365 1 My -PRON- PRP$ 21251 365 2 wife wife NN 21251 365 3 and and CC 21251 365 4 I -PRON- PRP 21251 365 5 were be VBD 21251 365 6 baptized baptize VBN 21251 365 7 with with IN 21251 365 8 several several JJ 21251 365 9 others other NNS 21251 365 10 to to IN 21251 365 11 - - HYPH 21251 365 12 day day NN 21251 365 13 in in IN 21251 365 14 Fountain Fountain NNP 21251 365 15 Creek Creek NNP 21251 365 16 by by IN 21251 365 17 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 366 1 Josiah Josiah NNP 21251 366 2 Dodge Dodge NNP 21251 366 3 . . . 21251 367 1 The the DT 21251 367 2 ice ice NN 21251 367 3 had have VBD 21251 367 4 to to TO 21251 367 5 be be VB 21251 367 6 cut cut VBN 21251 367 7 and and CC 21251 367 8 removed remove VBN 21251 367 9 first first RB 21251 367 10 . . . 21251 368 1 New New NNP 21251 368 2 Design Design NNP 21251 368 3 , , , 21251 368 4 May May NNP 21251 368 5 28 28 CD 21251 368 6 , , , 21251 368 7 1796 1796 CD 21251 368 8 . . . 21251 369 1 Yesterday yesterday NN 21251 369 2 and and CC 21251 369 3 to to IN 21251 369 4 - - HYPH 21251 369 5 day day NN 21251 369 6 , , , 21251 369 7 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 369 8 neighbors neighbor NNS 21251 369 9 at at IN 21251 369 10 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 369 11 invitation invitation NN 21251 369 12 , , , 21251 369 13 gathered gather VBD 21251 369 14 at at IN 21251 369 15 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 369 16 home home NN 21251 369 17 and and CC 21251 369 18 were be VBD 21251 369 19 constituted constitute VBN 21251 369 20 into into IN 21251 369 21 a a DT 21251 369 22 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 369 23 church church NN 21251 369 24 , , , 21251 369 25 by by IN 21251 369 26 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 370 1 David David NNP 21251 370 2 Badgley Badgley NNP 21251 370 3 and and CC 21251 370 4 Joseph Joseph NNP 21251 370 5 Chance Chance NNP 21251 370 6 . . . 21251 371 1 New New NNP 21251 371 2 Design Design NNP 21251 371 3 , , , 21251 371 4 Jan. January NNP 21251 371 5 4 4 CD 21251 371 6 , , , 21251 371 7 1797 1797 CD 21251 371 8 . . . 21251 372 1 We -PRON- PRP 21251 372 2 settled settle VBD 21251 372 3 here here RB 21251 372 4 some some DT 21251 372 5 time time NN 21251 372 6 ago ago RB 21251 372 7 and and CC 21251 372 8 are be VBP 21251 372 9 well well RB 21251 372 10 pleased pleased JJ 21251 372 11 with with IN 21251 372 12 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 372 13 place place NN 21251 372 14 . . . 21251 373 1 It -PRON- PRP 21251 373 2 is be VBZ 21251 373 3 more more RBR 21251 373 4 healthy healthy JJ 21251 373 5 than than IN 21251 373 6 the the DT 21251 373 7 Bottom bottom JJ 21251 373 8 country country NN 21251 373 9 . . . 21251 374 1 A a DT 21251 374 2 fine fine JJ 21251 374 3 sugar sugar NN 21251 374 4 grove grove NN 21251 374 5 is be VBZ 21251 374 6 near near IN 21251 374 7 us -PRON- PRP 21251 374 8 and and CC 21251 374 9 a a DT 21251 374 10 large large JJ 21251 374 11 lake lake NN 21251 374 12 with with IN 21251 374 13 fine fine JJ 21251 374 14 fish fish NN 21251 374 15 , , , 21251 374 16 and and CC 21251 374 17 soil soil NN 21251 374 18 good good JJ 21251 374 19 , , , 21251 374 20 but but CC 21251 374 21 the the DT 21251 374 22 Indians Indians NNPS 21251 374 23 are be VBP 21251 374 24 not not RB 21251 374 25 yet yet RB 21251 374 26 to to TO 21251 374 27 be be VB 21251 374 28 trusted trust VBN 21251 374 29 . . . 21251 375 1 We -PRON- PRP 21251 375 2 have have VBP 21251 375 3 been be VBN 21251 375 4 here here RB 21251 375 5 now now RB 21251 375 6 a a DT 21251 375 7 number number NN 21251 375 8 of of IN 21251 375 9 years year NNS 21251 375 10 and and CC 21251 375 11 have have VBP 21251 375 12 quite quite PDT 21251 375 13 a a DT 21251 375 14 farm farm NN 21251 375 15 in in IN 21251 375 16 cultivation cultivation NN 21251 375 17 and and CC 21251 375 18 fairly fairly RB 21251 375 19 good good JJ 21251 375 20 improvements improvement NNS 21251 375 21 . . . 21251 376 1 New New NNP 21251 376 2 Design Design NNP 21251 376 3 , , , 21251 376 4 Jan. January NNP 21251 376 5 6 6 CD 21251 376 6 , , , 21251 376 7 1798 1798 CD 21251 376 8 . . . 21251 377 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 377 2 have have VBP 21251 377 3 just just RB 21251 377 4 returned return VBN 21251 377 5 with with IN 21251 377 6 six six CD 21251 377 7 of of IN 21251 377 8 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 377 9 neighbors neighbor NNS 21251 377 10 from from IN 21251 377 11 a a DT 21251 377 12 hunt hunt NN 21251 377 13 and and CC 21251 377 14 land land NN 21251 377 15 inspection inspection NN 21251 377 16 upon upon IN 21251 377 17 what what WP 21251 377 18 is be VBZ 21251 377 19 called call VBN 21251 377 20 Richland Richland NNP 21251 377 21 country country NN 21251 377 22 and and CC 21251 377 23 creek creek NNP 21251 377 24 . . . 21251 378 1 We -PRON- PRP 21251 378 2 had have VBD 21251 378 3 made make VBN 21251 378 4 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 378 5 camp camp NN 21251 378 6 near near IN 21251 378 7 that that DT 21251 378 8 creek creek NNP 21251 378 9 before before RB 21251 378 10 . . . 21251 379 1 On on IN 21251 379 2 the the DT 21251 379 3 first first JJ 21251 379 4 Sunday Sunday NNP 21251 379 5 morning morning NN 21251 379 6 in in IN 21251 379 7 December December NNP 21251 379 8 held hold VBD 21251 379 9 religious religious JJ 21251 379 10 services service NNS 21251 379 11 and and CC 21251 379 12 on on IN 21251 379 13 Monday Monday NNP 21251 379 14 went go VBD 21251 379 15 out out RP 21251 379 16 to to TO 21251 379 17 see see VB 21251 379 18 the the DT 21251 379 19 land land NN 21251 379 20 . . . 21251 380 1 We -PRON- PRP 21251 380 2 found find VBD 21251 380 3 fine fine JJ 21251 380 4 prairie prairie NN 21251 380 5 lands land VBZ 21251 380 6 some some DT 21251 380 7 miles mile NNS 21251 380 8 north north RB 21251 380 9 , , , 21251 380 10 south south NN 21251 380 11 and and CC 21251 380 12 east east NNP 21251 380 13 and and CC 21251 380 14 some some DT 21251 380 15 timber timber NN 21251 380 16 lands land NNS 21251 380 17 along along IN 21251 380 18 the the DT 21251 380 19 water water NN 21251 380 20 streams stream VBZ 21251 380 21 mostly mostly RB 21251 380 22 . . . 21251 381 1 Game game NN 21251 381 2 is be VBZ 21251 381 3 plentiful plentiful JJ 21251 381 4 and and CC 21251 381 5 we -PRON- PRP 21251 381 6 killed kill VBD 21251 381 7 several several JJ 21251 381 8 deer deer NN 21251 381 9 and and CC 21251 381 10 turkeys turkey NNS 21251 381 11 . . . 21251 382 1 It -PRON- PRP 21251 382 2 is be VBZ 21251 382 3 a a DT 21251 382 4 fine fine JJ 21251 382 5 country country NN 21251 382 6 . . . 21251 383 1 New New NNP 21251 383 2 Design Design NNP 21251 383 3 , , , 21251 383 4 May May NNP 21251 383 5 3 3 CD 21251 383 6 , , , 21251 383 7 1803 1803 CD 21251 383 8 . . . 21251 384 1 As as IN 21251 384 2 Thomas Thomas NNP 21251 384 3 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 384 4 predicted predict VBD 21251 384 5 they -PRON- PRP 21251 384 6 would would MD 21251 384 7 do do VB 21251 384 8 , , , 21251 384 9 the the DT 21251 384 10 extreme extreme JJ 21251 384 11 southern southern JJ 21251 384 12 slave slave NN 21251 384 13 advocates advocate NNS 21251 384 14 are be VBP 21251 384 15 making make VBG 21251 384 16 their -PRON- PRP$ 21251 384 17 influence influence NN 21251 384 18 felt feel VBN 21251 384 19 in in IN 21251 384 20 the the DT 21251 384 21 new new JJ 21251 384 22 territory territory NN 21251 384 23 for for IN 21251 384 24 the the DT 21251 384 25 introduction introduction NN 21251 384 26 of of IN 21251 384 27 slavery slavery NN 21251 384 28 and and CC 21251 384 29 they -PRON- PRP 21251 384 30 are be VBP 21251 384 31 pressing press VBG 21251 384 32 Gov. Gov. NNP 21251 385 1 William William NNP 21251 385 2 Henry Henry NNP 21251 385 3 Harrison Harrison NNP 21251 385 4 to to TO 21251 385 5 use use VB 21251 385 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 385 7 power power NN 21251 385 8 and and CC 21251 385 9 influence influence NN 21251 385 10 for for IN 21251 385 11 that that DT 21251 385 12 end end NN 21251 385 13 . . . 21251 386 1 Steps step NNS 21251 386 2 must must MD 21251 386 3 soon soon RB 21251 386 4 be be VB 21251 386 5 taken take VBN 21251 386 6 to to TO 21251 386 7 prevent prevent VB 21251 386 8 that that DT 21251 386 9 curse curse NN 21251 386 10 from from IN 21251 386 11 being be VBG 21251 386 12 fastened fasten VBN 21251 386 13 on on IN 21251 386 14 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 386 15 people people NNS 21251 386 16 . . . 21251 387 1 New New NNP 21251 387 2 Design Design NNP 21251 387 3 , , , 21251 387 4 May May NNP 21251 387 5 4 4 CD 21251 387 6 , , , 21251 387 7 1805 1805 CD 21251 387 8 . . . 21251 388 1 At at IN 21251 388 2 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 388 3 last last JJ 21251 388 4 meeting meeting NN 21251 388 5 , , , 21251 388 6 as as IN 21251 388 7 I -PRON- PRP 21251 388 8 expected expect VBD 21251 388 9 he -PRON- PRP 21251 388 10 would would MD 21251 388 11 do do VB 21251 388 12 , , , 21251 388 13 Gov. Gov. NNP 21251 389 1 Harrison Harrison NNP 21251 389 2 asked ask VBD 21251 389 3 and and CC 21251 389 4 insisted insist VBD 21251 389 5 that that IN 21251 389 6 I -PRON- PRP 21251 389 7 should should MD 21251 389 8 cast cast VB 21251 389 9 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 389 10 influence influence NN 21251 389 11 for for IN 21251 389 12 the the DT 21251 389 13 introduction introduction NN 21251 389 14 of of IN 21251 389 15 slavery slavery NN 21251 389 16 here here RB 21251 389 17 , , , 21251 389 18 but but CC 21251 389 19 I -PRON- PRP 21251 389 20 not not RB 21251 389 21 only only RB 21251 389 22 denied deny VBD 21251 389 23 the the DT 21251 389 24 request request NN 21251 389 25 , , , 21251 389 26 but but CC 21251 389 27 I -PRON- PRP 21251 389 28 informed inform VBD 21251 389 29 him -PRON- PRP 21251 389 30 that that IN 21251 389 31 the the DT 21251 389 32 evil evil JJ 21251 389 33 attempt attempt NN 21251 389 34 would would MD 21251 389 35 encounter encounter VB 21251 389 36 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 389 37 most most RBS 21251 389 38 active active JJ 21251 389 39 opposition opposition NN 21251 389 40 in in IN 21251 389 41 every every DT 21251 389 42 possible possible JJ 21251 389 43 and and CC 21251 389 44 honorable honorable JJ 21251 389 45 manner manner NN 21251 389 46 that that IN 21251 389 47 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 389 48 mind mind NN 21251 389 49 could could MD 21251 389 50 suggest suggest VB 21251 389 51 or or CC 21251 389 52 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 389 53 means means NN 21251 389 54 accomplish accomplish NNP 21251 389 55 . . . 21251 390 1 New New NNP 21251 390 2 { { -LRB- 21251 390 3 p.30 p.30 NNP 21251 390 4 } } -RRB- 21251 390 5 Design Design NNP 21251 390 6 , , , 21251 390 7 May May NNP 21251 390 8 10 10 CD 21251 390 9 , , , 21251 390 10 1805 1805 CD 21251 390 11 . . . 21251 391 1 Knowing Knowing NNP 21251 391 2 President President NNP 21251 391 3 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 391 4 's 's POS 21251 391 5 hostility hostility NN 21251 391 6 against against IN 21251 391 7 the the DT 21251 391 8 introduction introduction NN 21251 391 9 of of IN 21251 391 10 slavery slavery NN 21251 391 11 here here RB 21251 391 12 and and CC 21251 391 13 the the DT 21251 391 14 mission mission NN 21251 391 15 he -PRON- PRP 21251 391 16 sent send VBD 21251 391 17 me -PRON- PRP 21251 391 18 on on RP 21251 391 19 to to TO 21251 391 20 oppose oppose VB 21251 391 21 it -PRON- PRP 21251 391 22 , , , 21251 391 23 I -PRON- PRP 21251 391 24 do do VBP 21251 391 25 not not RB 21251 391 26 believe believe VB 21251 391 27 the the DT 21251 391 28 pro pro JJ 21251 391 29 - - JJ 21251 391 30 slavery slavery JJ 21251 391 31 petitions petition NNS 21251 391 32 with with IN 21251 391 33 which which WDT 21251 391 34 Gov. Gov. NNP 21251 392 1 Harrison Harrison NNP 21251 392 2 and and CC 21251 392 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 392 4 council council NN 21251 392 5 are be VBP 21251 392 6 pressing press VBG 21251 392 7 Congress Congress NNP 21251 392 8 for for IN 21251 392 9 slavery slavery NN 21251 392 10 here here RB 21251 392 11 can can MD 21251 392 12 prevail prevail VB 21251 392 13 while while IN 21251 392 14 he -PRON- PRP 21251 392 15 is be VBZ 21251 392 16 President President NNP 21251 392 17 , , , 21251 392 18 as as IN 21251 392 19 he -PRON- PRP 21251 392 20 is be VBZ 21251 392 21 very very RB 21251 392 22 popular popular JJ 21251 392 23 with with IN 21251 392 24 Congress Congress NNP 21251 392 25 and and CC 21251 392 26 will will MD 21251 392 27 find find VB 21251 392 28 means mean NNS 21251 392 29 to to TO 21251 392 30 overreach overreach VB 21251 392 31 the the DT 21251 392 32 evil evil JJ 21251 392 33 attempt attempt NN 21251 392 34 of of IN 21251 392 35 the the DT 21251 392 36 pro pro JJ 21251 392 37 - - JJ 21251 392 38 slavery slavery JJ 21251 392 39 power power NN 21251 392 40 . . . 21251 393 1 Jan. January NNP 21251 393 2 20th 20th NN 21251 393 3 1806 1806 CD 21251 393 4 . . . 21251 394 1 [ [ -LRB- 21251 394 2 15]As 15]as CD 21251 394 3 Gov. Gov. 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September NNP 21251 397 2 10 10 CD 21251 397 3 , , , 21251 397 4 1806 1806 CD 21251 397 5 . . . 21251 398 1 [ [ -LRB- 21251 398 2 19]A 19]a CD 21251 398 3 confidential confidential JJ 21251 398 4 agent agent NN 21251 398 5 of of IN 21251 398 6 Aaron Aaron NNP 21251 398 7 Burr Burr NNP 21251 398 8 called call VBD 21251 398 9 yesterday yesterday NN 21251 398 10 to to TO 21251 398 11 ask ask VB 21251 398 12 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 398 13 aid aid NN 21251 398 14 and and CC 21251 398 15 sympathy sympathy NN 21251 398 16 in in IN 21251 398 17 Burr Burr NNP 21251 398 18 's 's POS 21251 398 19 scheme scheme NN 21251 398 20 for for IN 21251 398 21 a a DT 21251 398 22 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 21251 398 23 Empire Empire NNP 21251 398 24 with with IN 21251 398 25 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 398 26 as as IN 21251 398 27 a a DT 21251 398 28 province province NN 21251 398 29 and and CC 21251 398 30 an an DT 21251 398 31 offer offer NN 21251 398 32 to to TO 21251 398 33 make make VB 21251 398 34 me -PRON- PRP 21251 398 35 governor governor NN 21251 398 36 . . . 21251 399 1 But but CC 21251 399 2 I -PRON- PRP 21251 399 3 denounced denounce VBD 21251 399 4 the the DT 21251 399 5 conspiracy conspiracy NN 21251 399 6 as as IN 21251 399 7 high high JJ 21251 399 8 treason treason NN 21251 399 9 and and CC 21251 399 10 gave give VBD 21251 399 11 him -PRON- PRP 21251 399 12 a a DT 21251 399 13 few few JJ 21251 399 14 hours hour NNS 21251 399 15 to to TO 21251 399 16 leave leave VB 21251 399 17 the the DT 21251 399 18 territory territory NN 21251 399 19 on on IN 21251 399 20 pain pain NN 21251 399 21 of of IN 21251 399 22 arrest arrest NN 21251 399 23 . . . 21251 400 1 New New NNP 21251 400 2 Design Design NNP 21251 400 3 . . . 21251 401 1 Jan Jan NNP 21251 401 2 10 10 CD 21251 401 3 , , , 21251 401 4 1809 1809 CD 21251 401 5 [ [ -LRB- 21251 401 6 1810 1810 CD 21251 401 7 ] ] -RRB- 21251 401 8 . . . 21251 402 1 [ [ -LRB- 21251 402 2 20]I 20]i CD 21251 402 3 received receive VBD 21251 402 4 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 402 5 's 's POS 21251 402 6 confidential confidential JJ 21251 402 7 message message NN 21251 402 8 on on IN 21251 402 9 Oct. October NNP 21251 402 10 10 10 CD 21251 402 11 , , , 21251 402 12 1808 1808 CD 21251 402 13 , , , 21251 402 14 suggesting suggest VBG 21251 402 15 a a DT 21251 402 16 division division NN 21251 402 17 of of IN 21251 402 18 the the DT 21251 402 19 churches church NNS 21251 402 20 on on IN 21251 402 21 the the DT 21251 402 22 question question NN 21251 402 23 of of IN 21251 402 24 slavery slavery NN 21251 402 25 and and CC 21251 402 26 the the DT 21251 402 27 organization organization NN 21251 402 28 of of IN 21251 402 29 a a DT 21251 402 30 church church NN 21251 402 31 on on IN 21251 402 32 a a DT 21251 402 33 strictly strictly RB 21251 402 34 anti anti JJ 21251 402 35 - - JJ 21251 402 36 slavery slavery JJ 21251 402 37 basis basis NN 21251 402 38 , , , 21251 402 39 for for IN 21251 402 40 the the DT 21251 402 41 purpose purpose NN 21251 402 42 of of IN 21251 402 43 heading head VBG 21251 402 44 a a DT 21251 402 45 movement movement NN 21251 402 46 to to TO 21251 402 47 finally finally RB 21251 402 48 make make VB 21251 402 49 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 402 50 a a DT 21251 402 51 free free JJ 21251 402 52 State state NN 21251 402 53 , , , 21251 402 54 and and CC 21251 402 55 after after IN 21251 402 56 first first RB 21251 402 57 trying try VBG 21251 402 58 in in IN 21251 402 59 vain vain NN 21251 402 60 for for IN 21251 402 61 some some DT 21251 402 62 months month NNS 21251 402 63 to to TO 21251 402 64 bring bring VB 21251 402 65 all all PDT 21251 402 66 the the DT 21251 402 67 churches church NNS 21251 402 68 over over RP 21251 402 69 to to IN 21251 402 70 such such PDT 21251 402 71 a a DT 21251 402 72 basis basis NN 21251 402 73 , , , 21251 402 74 I -PRON- PRP 21251 402 75 acted act VBD 21251 402 76 on on IN 21251 402 77 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 402 78 's 's POS 21251 402 79 plan plan NN 21251 402 80 and and CC 21251 402 81 Dec. December NNP 21251 402 82 10 10 CD 21251 402 83 , , , 21251 402 84 1809 1809 CD 21251 402 85 , , , 21251 402 86 the the DT 21251 402 87 anti anti JJ 21251 402 88 - - JJ 21251 402 89 slavery slavery JJ 21251 402 90 element element NN 21251 402 91 formed form VBD 21251 402 92 a a DT 21251 402 93 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 402 94 church church NN 21251 402 95 at at IN 21251 402 96 Cantine Cantine NNP 21251 402 97 creek creek NNP 21251 402 98 , , , 21251 402 99 on on IN 21251 402 100 an an DT 21251 402 101 anti anti JJ 21251 402 102 - - JJ 21251 402 103 slavery slavery JJ 21251 402 104 basis basis NN 21251 402 105 . . . 21251 403 1 New New NNP 21251 403 2 Design Design NNP 21251 403 3 . . . 21251 404 1 Mar. March NNP 21251 405 1 3 3 CD 21251 405 2 , , , 21251 405 3 1819 1819 CD 21251 405 4 . . . 21251 406 1 I -PRON- PRP 21251 406 2 was be VBD 21251 406 3 reared rear VBN 21251 406 4 in in IN 21251 406 5 the the DT 21251 406 6 Presbyterian presbyterian JJ 21251 406 7 faith faith NN 21251 406 8 , , , 21251 406 9 but but CC 21251 406 10 at at IN 21251 406 11 20 20 CD 21251 406 12 years year NNS 21251 406 13 of of IN 21251 406 14 age age NN 21251 406 15 I -PRON- PRP 21251 406 16 embraced embrace VBD 21251 406 17 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 406 18 principles principle NNS 21251 406 19 and and CC 21251 406 20 after after IN 21251 406 21 settlement settlement NN 21251 406 22 in in IN 21251 406 23 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 406 24 I -PRON- PRP 21251 406 25 was be VBD 21251 406 26 baptized baptize VBN 21251 406 27 into into IN 21251 406 28 that that DT 21251 406 29 faith faith NN 21251 406 30 and and CC 21251 406 31 finally finally RB 21251 406 32 became become VBD 21251 406 33 a a DT 21251 406 34 minister minister NN 21251 406 35 of of IN 21251 406 36 the the DT 21251 406 37 gospel gospel NN 21251 406 38 of of IN 21251 406 39 that that DT 21251 406 40 church church NN 21251 406 41 , , , 21251 406 42 but but CC 21251 406 43 some some DT 21251 406 44 years year NNS 21251 406 45 before before IN 21251 406 46 I -PRON- PRP 21251 406 47 was be VBD 21251 406 48 licensed license VBN 21251 406 49 to to IN 21251 406 50 preach preach VB 21251 406 51 , , , 21251 406 52 I -PRON- PRP 21251 406 53 was be VBD 21251 406 54 active active JJ 21251 406 55 in in IN 21251 406 56 collecting collect VBG 21251 406 57 and and CC 21251 406 58 inducing induce VBG 21251 406 59 { { -LRB- 21251 406 60 p.31 p.31 NNP 21251 406 61 } } -RRB- 21251 406 62 communities community NNS 21251 406 63 to to TO 21251 406 64 organize organize VB 21251 406 65 churches church NNS 21251 406 66 , , , 21251 406 67 as as IN 21251 406 68 I -PRON- PRP 21251 406 69 thought think VBD 21251 406 70 that that IN 21251 406 71 the the DT 21251 406 72 most most RBS 21251 406 73 certain certain JJ 21251 406 74 plan plan NN 21251 406 75 to to TO 21251 406 76 control control VB 21251 406 77 and and CC 21251 406 78 improve improve VB 21251 406 79 the the DT 21251 406 80 new new JJ 21251 406 81 settlements settlement NNS 21251 406 82 , , , 21251 406 83 and and CC 21251 406 84 I -PRON- PRP 21251 406 85 also also RB 21251 406 86 hoped hope VBD 21251 406 87 to to TO 21251 406 88 employ employ VB 21251 406 89 the the DT 21251 406 90 churches church NNS 21251 406 91 as as IN 21251 406 92 a a DT 21251 406 93 means means NN 21251 406 94 of of IN 21251 406 95 opposition opposition NN 21251 406 96 to to IN 21251 406 97 the the DT 21251 406 98 institution institution NN 21251 406 99 of of IN 21251 406 100 slavery slavery NN 21251 406 101 , , , 21251 406 102 but but CC 21251 406 103 this this DT 21251 406 104 only only RB 21251 406 105 became become VBD 21251 406 106 possible possible JJ 21251 406 107 when when WRB 21251 406 108 we -PRON- PRP 21251 406 109 organized organize VBD 21251 406 110 a a DT 21251 406 111 leading lead VBG 21251 406 112 church church NN 21251 406 113 on on IN 21251 406 114 a a DT 21251 406 115 strictly strictly RB 21251 406 116 anti anti JJ 21251 406 117 - 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January NNP 21251 418 6 4 4 CD 21251 418 7 , , , 21251 418 8 1821 1821 CD 21251 418 9 . . . 21251 419 1 Among among IN 21251 419 2 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 419 3 papers paper NNS 21251 419 4 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 419 5 family family NN 21251 419 6 will will MD 21251 419 7 find find VB 21251 419 8 a a DT 21251 419 9 full full JJ 21251 419 10 and and CC 21251 419 11 connected connected JJ 21251 419 12 statement statement NN 21251 419 13 as as IN 21251 419 14 to to IN 21251 419 15 all all PDT 21251 419 16 the the DT 21251 419 17 churches church NNS 21251 419 18 I -PRON- PRP 21251 419 19 have have VBP 21251 419 20 caused cause VBN 21251 419 21 to to TO 21251 419 22 be be VB 21251 419 23 formed form VBN 21251 419 24 since since IN 21251 419 25 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 419 26 settlement settlement NN 21251 419 27 in in IN 21251 419 28 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 419 29 . . . 21251 420 1 * * NFP 21251 420 2 * * NFP 21251 420 3 * * NFP 21251 420 4 * * NFP 21251 420 5 * * NFP 21251 420 6 There there EX 21251 420 7 were be VBD 21251 420 8 many many JJ 21251 420 9 of of IN 21251 420 10 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 420 11 family family NN 21251 420 12 notes note NNS 21251 420 13 which which WDT 21251 420 14 were be VBD 21251 420 15 faded fade VBN 21251 420 16 out out RP 21251 420 17 and and CC 21251 420 18 Rev. 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December NNP 21251 437 49 28 28 CD 21251 437 50 , , , 21251 437 51 1785 1785 CD 21251 437 52 , , , 21251 437 53 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 437 54 's 's POS 21251 437 55 confidential confidential JJ 21251 437 56 agent agent NN 21251 437 57 gave give VBD 21251 437 58 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 437 59 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 437 60 one one CD 21251 437 61 hundred hundred CD 21251 437 62 dollars dollar NNS 21251 437 63 of of IN 21251 437 64 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 437 65 funds fund NNS 21251 437 66 , , , 21251 437 67 and and CC 21251 437 68 in in IN 21251 437 69 the the DT 21251 437 70 summer summer NN 21251 437 71 of of IN 21251 437 72 1786 1786 CD 21251 437 73 with with IN 21251 437 74 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 437 75 wife wife NN 21251 437 76 and and CC 21251 437 77 children child NNS 21251 437 78 he -PRON- PRP 21251 437 79 removed remove VBD 21251 437 80 and and CC 21251 437 81 settled settle VBN 21251 437 82 in in IN 21251 437 83 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 437 84 , , , 21251 437 85 at at IN 21251 437 86 New New NNP 21251 437 87 Design Design NNP 21251 437 88 , , , 21251 437 89 in in IN 21251 437 90 what what WP 21251 437 91 is be VBZ 21251 437 92 now now RB 21251 437 93 Monroe Monroe NNP 21251 437 94 County County NNP 21251 437 95 . . . 21251 438 1 A a DT 21251 438 2 few few JJ 21251 438 3 years year NNS 21251 438 4 after after IN 21251 438 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 438 6 settlement settlement NN 21251 438 7 in in IN 21251 438 8 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 438 9 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 438 10 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 438 11 was be VBD 21251 438 12 baptized baptize VBN 21251 438 13 into into IN 21251 438 14 the the DT 21251 438 15 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 438 16 church church NN 21251 438 17 , , , 21251 438 18 and and CC 21251 438 19 he -PRON- PRP 21251 438 20 finally finally RB 21251 438 21 became become VBD 21251 438 22 a a DT 21251 438 23 minister minister NN 21251 438 24 of of IN 21251 438 25 the the DT 21251 438 26 people people NNS 21251 438 27 of of IN 21251 438 28 that that DT 21251 438 29 faith faith NN 21251 438 30 . . . 21251 439 1 He -PRON- PRP 21251 439 2 eventually eventually RB 21251 439 3 became become VBD 21251 439 4 a a DT 21251 439 5 great great JJ 21251 439 6 organizer organizer NN 21251 439 7 of of IN 21251 439 8 churches church NNS 21251 439 9 and and CC 21251 439 10 by by IN 21251 439 11 that that DT 21251 439 12 fact fact NN 21251 439 13 , , , 21251 439 14 reinforced reinforce VBN 21251 439 15 by by IN 21251 439 16 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 439 17 other other JJ 21251 439 18 wonderful wonderful JJ 21251 439 19 traits trait NNS 21251 439 20 as as IN 21251 439 21 a a DT 21251 439 22 natural natural JJ 21251 439 23 leader leader NN 21251 439 24 , , , 21251 439 25 he -PRON- PRP 21251 439 26 fully fully RB 21251 439 27 realized realize VBD 21251 439 28 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 439 29 's 's POS 21251 439 30 fondest fond JJS 21251 439 31 dreams dream NNS 21251 439 32 and and CC 21251 439 33 became become VBD 21251 439 34 a a DT 21251 439 35 noted noted JJ 21251 439 36 leader leader NN 21251 439 37 . . . 21251 440 1 In in IN 21251 440 2 1789 1789 CD 21251 440 3 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 440 4 returned return VBD 21251 440 5 from from IN 21251 440 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 440 7 mission mission NN 21251 440 8 to to IN 21251 440 9 France France NNP 21251 440 10 and and CC 21251 440 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 440 12 first first JJ 21251 440 13 thought thought NN 21251 440 14 was be VBD 21251 440 15 of of IN 21251 440 16 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 440 17 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 440 18 , , , 21251 440 19 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 440 20 friend friend NN 21251 440 21 in in IN 21251 440 22 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 440 23 , , , 21251 440 24 and and CC 21251 440 25 he -PRON- PRP 21251 440 26 lost lose VBD 21251 440 27 no no DT 21251 440 28 time time NN 21251 440 29 in in IN 21251 440 30 sending send VBG 21251 440 31 him -PRON- PRP 21251 440 32 a a DT 21251 440 33 message message NN 21251 440 34 of of IN 21251 440 35 love love NN 21251 440 36 and and CC 21251 440 37 confidence confidence NN 21251 440 38 by by IN 21251 440 39 a a DT 21251 440 40 friend friend NN 21251 440 41 who who WP 21251 440 42 was be VBD 21251 440 43 then then RB 21251 440 44 coming come VBG 21251 440 45 to to IN 21251 440 46 the the DT 21251 440 47 West West NNP 21251 440 48 . . . 21251 441 1 [ [ -LRB- 21251 441 2 5]After 5]after CD 21251 441 3 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 441 4 became become VBD 21251 441 5 President President NNP 21251 441 6 of of IN 21251 441 7 the the DT 21251 441 8 United United NNP 21251 441 9 States States NNP 21251 441 10 he -PRON- PRP 21251 441 11 retained retain VBD 21251 441 12 all all DT 21251 441 13 of of IN 21251 441 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 441 15 early early JJ 21251 441 16 affection affection NN 21251 441 17 for for IN 21251 441 18 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 441 19 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 441 20 , , , 21251 441 21 and and CC 21251 441 22 when when WRB 21251 441 23 S. S. NNP 21251 441 24 H. H. 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beneficent beneficent JJ 21251 444 32 and and CC 21251 444 33 marvelous marvelous JJ 21251 444 34 influence influence NN 21251 444 35 which which WDT 21251 444 36 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 444 37 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 444 38 had have VBD 21251 444 39 over over IN 21251 444 40 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 444 41 , , , 21251 444 42 who who WP 21251 444 43 was be VBD 21251 444 44 a a DT 21251 444 45 reputed repute VBN 21251 444 46 unbeliever unbeliever NN 21251 444 47 . . . 21251 445 1 The the DT 21251 445 2 great great JJ 21251 445 3 love love NN 21251 445 4 he -PRON- PRP 21251 445 5 had have VBD 21251 445 6 for for IN 21251 445 7 James James NNP 21251 445 8 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 445 9 not not RB 21251 445 10 only only RB 21251 445 11 induced induce VBD 21251 445 12 him -PRON- PRP 21251 445 13 to to TO 21251 445 14 tolerate tolerate VB 21251 445 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 445 16 churches church NNS 21251 445 17 but but CC 21251 445 18 he -PRON- PRP 21251 445 19 became become VBD 21251 445 20 an 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Rev. 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Feeling feel VBG 21251 493 2 it -PRON- PRP 21251 493 3 a a DT 21251 493 4 duty duty NN 21251 493 5 in in IN 21251 493 6 those those DT 21251 493 7 who who WP 21251 493 8 are be VBP 21251 493 9 sincere sincere JJ 21251 493 10 in in IN 21251 493 11 their -PRON- PRP$ 21251 493 12 opposition opposition NN 21251 493 13 to to IN 21251 493 14 the the DT 21251 493 15 toleration toleration NN 21251 493 16 of of IN 21251 493 17 slavery slavery NN 21251 493 18 in in IN 21251 493 19 this this DT 21251 493 20 territory territory NN 21251 493 21 to to TO 21251 493 22 use use VB 21251 493 23 all all DT 21251 493 24 fair fair JJ 21251 493 25 and and CC 21251 493 26 laudable laudable JJ 21251 493 27 means mean NNS 21251 493 28 to to TO 21251 493 29 effect effect VB 21251 493 30 that that DT 21251 493 31 object object NN 21251 493 32 , , , 21251 493 33 we -PRON- PRP 21251 493 34 therefore therefore RB 21251 493 35 beg beg VBP 21251 493 36 leave leave VBP 21251 493 37 to to TO 21251 493 38 present present VB 21251 493 39 to to IN 21251 493 40 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 493 41 fellow fellow JJ 21251 493 42 - - HYPH 21251 493 43 citizens citizen NNS 21251 493 44 at at IN 21251 493 45 large large JJ 21251 493 46 the the DT 21251 493 47 sentiments sentiment NNS 21251 493 48 which which WDT 21251 493 49 prevail prevail VBP 21251 493 50 in in IN 21251 493 51 this this DT 21251 493 52 section section NN 21251 493 53 of of IN 21251 493 54 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 493 55 country country NN 21251 493 56 on on IN 21251 493 57 that that DT 21251 493 58 subject subject NN 21251 493 59 . . . 21251 494 1 In in IN 21251 494 2 the the DT 21251 494 3 counties county NNS 21251 494 4 of of IN 21251 494 5 Madison Madison NNP 21251 494 6 and and CC 21251 494 7 St. St. NNP 21251 494 8 Clair Clair NNP 21251 494 9 , , , 21251 494 10 the the DT 21251 494 11 most most RBS 21251 494 12 populous populous JJ 21251 494 13 counties county NNS 21251 494 14 in in IN 21251 494 15 the the DT 21251 494 16 territory territory NN 21251 494 17 , , , 21251 494 18 a a DT 21251 494 19 sentiment sentiment NN 21251 494 20 approaching approach VBG 21251 494 21 unanimity unanimity NN 21251 494 22 seems seem VBZ 21251 494 23 to to TO 21251 494 24 prevail prevail VB 21251 494 25 against against IN 21251 494 26 it -PRON- PRP 21251 494 27 . . . 21251 495 1 In in IN 21251 495 2 the the DT 21251 495 3 counties county NNS 21251 495 4 of of IN 21251 495 5 Bond Bond NNP 21251 495 6 , , , 21251 495 7 Washington Washington NNP 21251 495 8 , , , 21251 495 9 and and CC 21251 495 10 Monroe Monroe NNP 21251 495 11 a a DT 21251 495 12 similar similar JJ 21251 495 13 sentiment sentiment NN 21251 495 14 also also RB 21251 495 15 prevails prevail VBZ 21251 495 16 . . . 21251 496 1 We -PRON- PRP 21251 496 2 are be VBP 21251 496 3 informed informed JJ 21251 496 4 that that IN 21251 496 5 strong strong JJ 21251 496 6 exertions exertion NNS 21251 496 7 will will MD 21251 496 8 be be VB 21251 496 9 made make VBN 21251 496 10 in in IN 21251 496 11 the the DT 21251 496 12 convention convention NN 21251 496 13 to to TO 21251 496 14 give give VB 21251 496 15 sanction sanction NN 21251 496 16 to to IN 21251 496 17 that that DT 21251 496 18 deplorable deplorable JJ 21251 496 19 evil evil NN 21251 496 20 in in IN 21251 496 21 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 496 22 state state NN 21251 496 23 ; ; : 21251 496 24 and and CC 21251 496 25 lest l JJS 21251 496 26 such such JJ 21251 496 27 should should MD 21251 496 28 be be VB 21251 496 29 the the DT 21251 496 30 result result NN 21251 496 31 at at IN 21251 496 32 too too RB 21251 496 33 late late RB 21251 496 34 a a DT 21251 496 35 period period NN 21251 496 36 for for IN 21251 496 37 anything anything NN 21251 496 38 like like IN 21251 496 39 concert concert NN 21251 496 40 to to TO 21251 496 41 take take VB 21251 496 42 place place NN 21251 496 43 among among IN 21251 496 44 the the DT 21251 496 45 friends friend NNS 21251 496 46 of of IN 21251 496 47 freedom freedom NN 21251 496 48 in in IN 21251 496 49 trying try VBG 21251 496 50 to to TO 21251 496 51 defeat defeat VB 21251 496 52 it -PRON- PRP 21251 496 53 , , , 21251 496 54 we -PRON- PRP 21251 496 55 therefore therefore RB 21251 496 56 earnestly earnestly RB 21251 496 57 solicit solicit VBP 21251 496 58 all all DT 21251 496 59 true true JJ 21251 496 60 friends friend NNS 21251 496 61 to to IN 21251 496 62 freedom freedom NN 21251 496 63 in in IN 21251 496 64 every every DT 21251 496 65 section section NN 21251 496 66 of of IN 21251 496 67 the the DT 21251 496 68 territory territory NN 21251 496 69 to to TO 21251 496 70 unite unite VB 21251 496 71 in in IN 21251 496 72 opposing oppose VBG 21251 496 73 it -PRON- PRP 21251 496 74 , , , 21251 496 75 both both CC 21251 496 76 by by IN 21251 496 77 the the DT 21251 496 78 election election NN 21251 496 79 of of IN 21251 496 80 a a DT 21251 496 81 Delegate Delegate NNP 21251 496 82 to to IN 21251 496 83 Congress Congress NNP 21251 496 84 who who WP 21251 496 85 will will MD 21251 496 86 oppose oppose VB 21251 496 87 it -PRON- PRP 21251 496 88 and and CC 21251 496 89 by by IN 21251 496 90 forming form VBG 21251 496 91 meetings meeting NNS 21251 496 92 and and CC 21251 496 93 preparing prepare VBG 21251 496 94 remonstrances remonstrance NNS 21251 496 95 against against IN 21251 496 96 it -PRON- PRP 21251 496 97 . . . 21251 497 1 Indeed indeed RB 21251 497 2 , , , 21251 497 3 so so RB 21251 497 4 important important JJ 21251 497 5 is be VBZ 21251 497 6 this this DT 21251 497 7 question question NN 21251 497 8 considered consider VBD 21251 497 9 that that IN 21251 497 10 no no DT 21251 497 11 exertions exertion NNS 21251 497 12 of of IN 21251 497 13 a a DT 21251 497 14 fair fair JJ 21251 497 15 character character NN 21251 497 16 should should MD 21251 497 17 be be VB 21251 497 18 omitted omit VBN 21251 497 19 to to TO 21251 497 20 defeat defeat VB 21251 497 21 the the DT 21251 497 22 plan plan NN 21251 497 23 of of IN 21251 497 24 those those DT 21251 497 25 who who WP 21251 497 26 wish wish VBP 21251 497 27 either either CC 21251 497 28 a a DT 21251 497 29 temporary temporary JJ 21251 497 30 or or CC 21251 497 31 unlimited unlimited JJ 21251 497 32 slavery slavery NN 21251 497 33 . . . 21251 498 1 Let let VB 21251 498 2 us -PRON- PRP 21251 498 3 also also RB 21251 498 4 select select VB 21251 498 5 men man NNS 21251 498 6 to to IN 21251 498 7 the the DT 21251 498 8 Legislature Legislature NNP 21251 498 9 who who WP 21251 498 10 will will MD 21251 498 11 unite unite VB 21251 498 12 in in IN 21251 498 13 remonstrating remonstrate VBG 21251 498 14 to to IN 21251 498 15 the the DT 21251 498 16 general general JJ 21251 498 17 government government NN 21251 498 18 against against IN 21251 498 19 ratifying ratify VBG 21251 498 20 such such PDT 21251 498 21 a a DT 21251 498 22 constitution constitution NN 21251 498 23 . . . 21251 499 1 At at IN 21251 499 2 a a DT 21251 499 3 crisis crisis NN 21251 499 4 like like IN 21251 499 5 this this DT 21251 499 6 thinking thinking NN 21251 499 7 will will MD 21251 499 8 not not RB 21251 499 9 do do VB 21251 499 10 , , , 21251 499 11 _ _ NNP 21251 499 12 acting act VBG 21251 499 13 _ _ NNP 21251 499 14 is be VBZ 21251 499 15 necessary necessary JJ 21251 499 16 . . . 21251 500 1 From from IN 21251 500 2 { { -LRB- 21251 500 3 p.39 p.39 NNP 21251 500 4 } } -RRB- 21251 500 5 St. St. NNP 21251 500 6 Clair Clair NNP 21251 500 7 county county NN 21251 500 8 -- -- : 21251 500 9 Risdon Risdon NNP 21251 500 10 Moore Moore NNP 21251 500 11 , , , 21251 500 12 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 21251 500 13 Watts Watts NNP 21251 500 14 , , , 21251 500 15 Jacob Jacob NNP 21251 500 16 Ogle Ogle NNP 21251 500 17 , , , 21251 500 18 Joshua Joshua NNP 21251 500 19 Oglesby Oglesby NNP 21251 500 20 , , , 21251 500 21 William William NNP 21251 500 22 Scott Scott NNP 21251 500 23 , , , 21251 500 24 Sr Sr NNP 21251 500 25 . . NNP 21251 500 26 , , , 21251 500 27 William William NNP 21251 500 28 Biggs Biggs NNP 21251 500 29 , , , 21251 500 30 Geo Geo NNP 21251 500 31 . . . 21251 501 1 Blair Blair NNP 21251 501 2 , , , 21251 501 3 Charles Charles NNP 21251 501 4 R. R. NNP 21251 501 5 Matheny Matheny NNP 21251 501 6 , , , 21251 501 7 James James NNP 21251 501 8 Garretson Garretson NNP 21251 501 9 , , , 21251 501 10 and and CC 21251 501 11 [ [ -LRB- 21251 501 12 34]William 34]William NNP 21251 501 13 Kinney Kinney NNP 21251 501 14 . . . 21251 502 1 From from IN 21251 502 2 Madison Madison NNP 21251 502 3 County County NNP 21251 502 4 -- -- : 21251 502 5 Wm Wm NNP 21251 502 6 . . . 21251 503 1 B. B. NNP 21251 503 2 Whiteside Whiteside NNP 21251 503 3 . . . 21251 504 1 From from IN 21251 504 2 Monroe Monroe NNP 21251 504 3 County County NNP 21251 504 4 -- -- : 21251 504 5 James James NNP 21251 504 6 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 504 7 , , , 21251 504 8 Sr Sr NNP 21251 504 9 . . . 21251 504 10 From from IN 21251 504 11 Washington Washington NNP 21251 504 12 -- -- : 21251 504 13 Wm Wm NNP 21251 504 14 . . . 21251 505 1 H. H. NNP 21251 505 2 Bradsby Bradsby NNP 21251 505 3 . . . 21251 506 1 V. v. NN 21251 506 2 RECOLLECTIONS recollection NNS 21251 506 3 OF of IN 21251 506 4 A a DT 21251 506 5 CENTENNARIAN CENTENNARIAN NNP 21251 506 6 By by IN 21251 506 7 DR DR NNP 21251 506 8 . . . 21251 506 9 WILLIAMSON WILLIAMSON NNP 21251 506 10 F. F. 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11 a a DT 21251 515 12 resolution resolution NN 21251 515 13 against against IN 21251 515 14 slavery slavery NN 21251 515 15 . . . 21251 516 1 In in IN 21251 516 2 a a DT 21251 516 3 speech speech NN 21251 516 4 in in IN 21251 516 5 favor favor NN 21251 516 6 of of IN 21251 516 7 the the DT 21251 516 8 resolution resolution NN 21251 516 9 he -PRON- PRP 21251 516 10 said say VBD 21251 516 11 , , , 21251 516 12 " " `` 21251 516 13 All all DT 21251 516 14 friends friend NNS 21251 516 15 of of IN 21251 516 16 humanity humanity NN 21251 516 17 should should MD 21251 516 18 support support VB 21251 516 19 the the DT 21251 516 20 resolution resolution NN 21251 516 21 . . . 21251 516 22 " " '' 21251 517 1 The the DT 21251 517 2 elder eld JJR 21251 517 3 James James NNP 21251 517 4 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 517 5 being be VBG 21251 517 6 present present JJ 21251 517 7 voted vote VBD 21251 517 8 for for IN 21251 517 9 it -PRON- PRP 21251 517 10 and and CC 21251 517 11 adopted adopt VBD 21251 517 12 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525 2 Lemens Lemens NNPS 21251 525 3 were be VBD 21251 525 4 personally personally RB 21251 525 5 fine fine JJ 21251 525 6 specimens specimen NNS 21251 525 7 of of IN 21251 525 8 the the DT 21251 525 9 genus genus NNP 21251 525 10 homo homo NNP 21251 525 11 -- -- : 21251 525 12 tall tall JJ 21251 525 13 , , , 21251 525 14 straight straight JJ 21251 525 15 , , , 21251 525 16 large large JJ 21251 525 17 , , , 21251 525 18 handsome handsome JJ 21251 525 19 men man NNS 21251 525 20 -- -- : 21251 525 21 magnetic magnetic JJ 21251 525 22 , , , 21251 525 23 emotional emotional JJ 21251 525 24 , , , 21251 525 25 fine fine JJ 21251 525 26 speakers speaker NNS 21251 525 27 . . . 21251 526 1 James James NNP 21251 526 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 526 3 [ [ -LRB- 21251 526 4 Junior Junior NNP 21251 526 5 ] ] -RRB- 21251 526 6 was be VBD 21251 526 7 considered consider VBN 21251 526 8 the the DT 21251 526 9 most most RBS 21251 526 10 eloquent eloquent JJ 21251 526 11 speaker speaker NN 21251 526 12 of of IN 21251 526 13 the the DT 21251 526 14 day day NN 21251 526 15 of of IN 21251 526 16 the the DT 21251 526 17 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 526 18 people people NNS 21251 526 19 . . . 21251 527 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 527 2 present present JJ 21251 527 3 educated educate VBN 21251 527 4 preachers preacher NNS 21251 527 5 have have VBP 21251 527 6 lost lose VBN 21251 527 7 the the DT 21251 527 8 hold hold NN 21251 527 9 they -PRON- PRP 21251 527 10 should should MD 21251 527 11 have have VB 21251 527 12 upon upon IN 21251 527 13 the the DT 21251 527 14 age age NN 21251 527 15 in in IN 21251 527 16 the the DT 21251 527 17 cultivation cultivation NN 21251 527 18 of of IN 21251 527 19 the the DT 21251 527 20 intellectual intellectual NN 21251 527 21 instead instead RB 21251 527 22 of of IN 21251 527 23 the the DT 21251 527 24 emotional emotional JJ 21251 527 25 . . . 21251 528 1 Religion religion NN 21251 528 2 is be VBZ 21251 528 3 the the DT 21251 528 4 motive motive JJ 21251 528 5 power 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NNP 21251 577 1 James James NNP 21251 577 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 577 3 , , , 21251 577 4 Ridge Ridge NNP 21251 577 5 Prairie Prairie NNP 21251 577 6 , , , 21251 577 7 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 577 8 Dear Dear NNP 21251 577 9 Brother Brother NNP 21251 577 10 : : : 21251 577 11 At at IN 21251 577 12 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 577 13 recent recent JJ 21251 577 14 very very RB 21251 577 15 enjoyable enjoyable JJ 21251 577 16 visit visit NN 21251 577 17 at at IN 21251 577 18 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 577 19 house house NN 21251 577 20 you -PRON- PRP 21251 577 21 made make VBD 21251 577 22 two two CD 21251 577 23 important important JJ 21251 577 24 requests request NNS 21251 577 25 , , , 21251 577 26 which which WDT 21251 577 27 I -PRON- PRP 21251 577 28 will will MD 21251 577 29 now now RB 21251 577 30 answer answer VB 21251 577 31 . . . 21251 578 1 The the DT 21251 578 2 first first JJ 21251 578 3 was be VBD 21251 578 4 as as IN 21251 578 5 to to IN 21251 578 6 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 578 7 estimate estimate NN 21251 578 8 or or CC 21251 578 9 judgment judgment NN 21251 578 10 of of IN 21251 578 11 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 578 12 father father NN 21251 578 13 's 's POS 21251 578 14 anti anti JJ 21251 578 15 - - JJ 21251 578 16 slavery slavery JJ 21251 578 17 labors labor NNS 21251 578 18 , , , 21251 578 19 and and CC 21251 578 20 the the DT 21251 578 21 second second JJ 21251 578 22 was be VBD 21251 578 23 as as IN 21251 578 24 to to IN 21251 578 25 what what WDT 21251 578 26 disposition disposition NN 21251 578 27 you -PRON- PRP 21251 578 28 had have VBD 21251 578 29 better well JJR 21251 578 30 make make NN 21251 578 31 of of IN 21251 578 32 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 578 33 vast vast JJ 21251 578 34 stock stock NN 21251 578 35 of of IN 21251 578 36 old old JJ 21251 578 37 family family NN 21251 578 38 notes note NNS 21251 578 39 and and CC 21251 578 40 papers paper NNS 21251 578 41 . . . 21251 579 1 Considering consider VBG 21251 579 2 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 579 3 questions question NNS 21251 579 4 in in IN 21251 579 5 the the DT 21251 579 6 order order NN 21251 579 7 named name VBN 21251 579 8 , , , 21251 579 9 I -PRON- PRP 21251 579 10 will will MD 21251 579 11 write write VB 21251 579 12 this this DT 21251 579 13 letter letter NN 21251 579 14 , , , 21251 579 15 or or CC 21251 579 16 more more RBR 21251 579 17 properly properly RB 21251 579 18 , , , 21251 579 19 article article NN 21251 579 20 , , , 21251 579 21 under under IN 21251 579 22 the the DT 21251 579 23 above above JJ 21251 579 24 heading heading NN 21251 579 25 of of IN 21251 579 26 " " `` 21251 579 27 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 580 1 James James NNP 21251 580 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 580 3 , , , 21251 580 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 580 5 . . NNP 21251 580 6 , , , 21251 580 7 and and CC 21251 580 8 His -PRON- PRP$ 21251 580 9 Anti Anti NNP 21251 580 10 - - NNP 21251 580 11 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 580 12 Labors Labors NNPS 21251 580 13 , , , 21251 580 14 " " '' 21251 580 15 as as IN 21251 580 16 the the DT 21251 580 17 first first JJ 21251 580 18 question question NN 21251 580 19 is be VBZ 21251 580 20 the the DT 21251 580 21 most most RBS 21251 580 22 important important JJ 21251 580 23 , , , 21251 580 24 and and CC 21251 580 25 then then RB 21251 580 26 in in IN 21251 580 27 conclusion conclusion NN 21251 580 28 I -PRON- PRP 21251 580 29 will will MD 21251 580 30 notice notice VB 21251 580 31 the the DT 21251 580 32 second second JJ 21251 580 33 . . . 21251 581 1 In in IN 21251 581 2 considering consider VBG 21251 581 3 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 581 4 father father NN 21251 581 5 's 's POS 21251 581 6 anti anti JJ 21251 581 7 - - JJ 21251 581 8 slavery slavery JJ 21251 581 9 labors labor NNS 21251 581 10 , , , 21251 581 11 I -PRON- PRP 21251 581 12 will will MD 21251 581 13 proceed proceed VB 21251 581 14 upon upon IN 21251 581 15 the the DT 21251 581 16 facts fact NNS 21251 581 17 and and CC 21251 581 18 evidence evidence NN 21251 581 19 obtained obtain VBN 21251 581 20 outside outside IN 21251 581 21 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 581 22 old old JJ 21251 581 23 family family NN 21251 581 24 notes note NNS 21251 581 25 , , , 21251 581 26 as as IN 21251 581 27 it -PRON- PRP 21251 581 28 might may MD 21251 581 29 be be VB 21251 581 30 presumed presume VBN 21251 581 31 that that IN 21251 581 32 the the DT 21251 581 33 trend trend NN 21251 581 34 of of IN 21251 581 35 the the DT 21251 581 36 notes note NNS 21251 581 37 on on IN 21251 581 38 that that DT 21251 581 39 matter matter NN 21251 581 40 would would MD 21251 581 41 be be VB 21251 581 42 partial partial JJ 21251 581 43 . . . 21251 582 1 Not not RB 21251 582 2 that that IN 21251 582 3 the the DT 21251 582 4 facts fact NNS 21251 582 5 I -PRON- PRP 21251 582 6 would would MD 21251 582 7 use use VB 21251 582 8 are be VBP 21251 582 9 not not RB 21251 582 10 found find VBN 21251 582 11 in in IN 21251 582 12 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 582 13 family family NN 21251 582 14 notes note NNS 21251 582 15 , , , 21251 582 16 for for IN 21251 582 17 they -PRON- PRP 21251 582 18 appear appear VBP 21251 582 19 to to TO 21251 582 20 cover cover VB 21251 582 21 about about IN 21251 582 22 every every DT 21251 582 23 event event NN 21251 582 24 in in IN 21251 582 25 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 582 26 early early JJ 21251 582 27 state state NN 21251 582 28 and and CC 21251 582 29 church church NN 21251 582 30 history history NN 21251 582 31 ; ; : 21251 582 32 but but CC 21251 582 33 that that IN 21251 582 34 I -PRON- PRP 21251 582 35 would would MD 21251 582 36 look look VB 21251 582 37 for for IN 21251 582 38 the the DT 21251 582 39 facts fact NNS 21251 582 40 elsewhere elsewhere RB 21251 582 41 to to TO 21251 582 42 prove prove VB 21251 582 43 the the DT 21251 582 44 matter matter NN 21251 582 45 , , , 21251 582 46 and and CC 21251 582 47 indeed indeed RB 21251 582 48 I -PRON- PRP 21251 582 49 can can MD 21251 582 50 draw draw VB 21251 582 51 largely largely RB 21251 582 52 from from IN 21251 582 53 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 582 54 own own JJ 21251 582 55 { { -LRB- 21251 582 56 p.43 p.43 NNP 21251 582 57 } } -RRB- 21251 582 58 knowledge knowledge NN 21251 582 59 of of IN 21251 582 60 the the DT 21251 582 61 facts fact NNS 21251 582 62 upon upon IN 21251 582 63 which which WDT 21251 582 64 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 582 65 father father NN 21251 582 66 's 's POS 21251 582 67 success success NN 21251 582 68 as as IN 21251 582 69 an an DT 21251 582 70 anti anti JJ 21251 582 71 - - JJ 21251 582 72 slavery slavery JJ 21251 582 73 leader leader NN 21251 582 74 rested rest VBD 21251 582 75 . . . 21251 583 1 Not not RB 21251 583 2 only only RB 21251 583 3 from from IN 21251 583 4 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 583 5 own own JJ 21251 583 6 personal personal JJ 21251 583 7 observation observation NN 21251 583 8 , , , 21251 583 9 but but CC 21251 583 10 scores score NNS 21251 583 11 of of IN 21251 583 12 the the DT 21251 583 13 old old JJ 21251 583 14 pioneers pioneer NNS 21251 583 15 , , , 21251 583 16 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 583 17 father father NN 21251 583 18 's 's POS 21251 583 19 followers follower NNS 21251 583 20 and and CC 21251 583 21 helpers helper NNS 21251 583 22 , , , 21251 583 23 have have VBP 21251 583 24 given give VBN 21251 583 25 me -PRON- PRP 21251 583 26 facts fact NNS 21251 583 27 that that WDT 21251 583 28 fully fully RB 21251 583 29 establish establish VBP 21251 583 30 the the DT 21251 583 31 claim claim NN 21251 583 32 that that IN 21251 583 33 he -PRON- PRP 21251 583 34 was be VBD 21251 583 35 the the DT 21251 583 36 chief chief JJ 21251 583 37 leader leader NN 21251 583 38 that that WDT 21251 583 39 saved save VBD 21251 583 40 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 583 41 to to IN 21251 583 42 freedom freedom NN 21251 583 43 . . . 21251 584 1 Not not RB 21251 584 2 only only RB 21251 584 3 the the DT 21251 584 4 state state NN 21251 584 5 , , , 21251 584 6 but but CC 21251 584 7 on on IN 21251 584 8 a a DT 21251 584 9 wider wide JJR 21251 584 10 basis basis NN 21251 584 11 the the DT 21251 584 12 evidence evidence NN 21251 584 13 is be VBZ 21251 584 14 very very RB 21251 584 15 strong strong JJ 21251 584 16 that that IN 21251 584 17 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 585 1 James James NNP 21251 585 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 585 3 , , , 21251 585 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 585 5 . . NNP 21251 585 6 , , , 21251 585 7 largely largely RB 21251 585 8 shared share VBN 21251 585 9 in in IN 21251 585 10 saving save VBG 21251 585 11 the the DT 21251 585 12 Northwestern Northwestern NNP 21251 585 13 Territory Territory NNP 21251 585 14 for for IN 21251 585 15 free free JJ 21251 585 16 states state NNS 21251 585 17 . . . 21251 586 1 This this DT 21251 586 2 was be VBD 21251 586 3 the the DT 21251 586 4 estimate estimate NN 21251 586 5 that that IN 21251 586 6 General General NNP 21251 586 7 [ [ -LRB- 21251 586 8 Governor Governor NNP 21251 586 9 ] ] -RRB- 21251 586 10 William William NNP 21251 586 11 Henry Henry NNP 21251 586 12 Harrison Harrison NNP 21251 586 13 placed place VBD 21251 586 14 on on IN 21251 586 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 586 16 labors labor NNS 21251 586 17 in in IN 21251 586 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 586 19 letter letter NN 21251 586 20 to to IN 21251 586 21 Captain Captain NNP 21251 586 22 Joseph Joseph NNP 21251 586 23 Ogle Ogle NNP 21251 586 24 after after IN 21251 586 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 586 26 term term NN 21251 586 27 of of IN 21251 586 28 the the DT 21251 586 29 governorship governorship NN 21251 586 30 had have VBD 21251 586 31 expired expire VBN 21251 586 32 . . . 21251 587 1 [ [ -LRB- 21251 587 2 17]In 17]in CD 21251 587 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 587 4 letter letter NN 21251 587 5 to to IN 21251 587 6 Captain Captain NNP 21251 587 7 Ogle Ogle NNP 21251 587 8 he -PRON- PRP 21251 587 9 said say VBD 21251 587 10 that that IN 21251 587 11 , , , 21251 587 12 though though IN 21251 587 13 he -PRON- PRP 21251 587 14 and and CC 21251 587 15 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 587 16 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 587 17 were be VBD 21251 587 18 ardent ardent JJ 21251 587 19 friends friend NNS 21251 587 20 , , , 21251 587 21 he -PRON- PRP 21251 587 22 [ [ -LRB- 21251 587 23 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 587 24 ] ] -RRB- 21251 587 25 set set VBD 21251 587 26 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 587 27 iron iron NN 21251 587 28 will will NN 21251 587 29 against against IN 21251 587 30 slavery slavery NN 21251 587 31 here here RB 21251 587 32 and and CC 21251 587 33 indirectly indirectly RB 21251 587 34 made make VBD 21251 587 35 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 587 36 influence influence NN 21251 587 37 felt feel VBN 21251 587 38 so so RB 21251 587 39 strongly strongly RB 21251 587 40 at at IN 21251 587 41 Washington Washington NNP 21251 587 42 and and CC 21251 587 43 before before IN 21251 587 44 Congress Congress NNP 21251 587 45 , , , 21251 587 46 that that IN 21251 587 47 all all DT 21251 587 48 efforts effort NNS 21251 587 49 to to TO 21251 587 50 suspend suspend VB 21251 587 51 the the DT 21251 587 52 anti anti JJ 21251 587 53 - - JJ 21251 587 54 slavery slavery JJ 21251 587 55 clause clause NN 21251 587 56 in in IN 21251 587 57 the the DT 21251 587 58 Ordinance Ordinance NNP 21251 587 59 of of IN 21251 587 60 1787 1787 CD 21251 587 61 failed fail VBD 21251 587 62 . . . 21251 588 1 But but CC 21251 588 2 James James NNP 21251 588 3 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 588 4 was be VBD 21251 588 5 not not RB 21251 588 6 only only RB 21251 588 7 a a DT 21251 588 8 factor factor NN 21251 588 9 which which WDT 21251 588 10 saved save VBD 21251 588 11 the the DT 21251 588 12 anti anti JJ 21251 588 13 - - JJ 21251 588 14 slavery slavery JJ 21251 588 15 clause clause NN 21251 588 16 in in IN 21251 588 17 the the DT 21251 588 18 Ordinance Ordinance NNP 21251 588 19 of of IN 21251 588 20 1787 1787 CD 21251 588 21 , , , 21251 588 22 but but CC 21251 588 23 there there EX 21251 588 24 is be VBZ 21251 588 25 no no DT 21251 588 26 doubt doubt NN 21251 588 27 , , , 21251 588 28 after after IN 21251 588 29 putting put VBG 21251 588 30 all all PDT 21251 588 31 the the DT 21251 588 32 facts fact NNS 21251 588 33 together together RB 21251 588 34 , , , 21251 588 35 ... ... : 21251 588 36 that that IN 21251 588 37 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 588 38 anti anti JJ 21251 588 39 - - JJ 21251 588 40 slavery slavery JJ 21251 588 41 mission mission NN 21251 588 42 to to IN 21251 588 43 the the DT 21251 588 44 Northwestern Northwestern NNP 21251 588 45 Territory Territory NNP 21251 588 46 was be VBD 21251 588 47 inspired inspire VBN 21251 588 48 by by IN 21251 588 49 the the DT 21251 588 50 same same JJ 21251 588 51 cause cause NN 21251 588 52 which which WDT 21251 588 53 finally finally RB 21251 588 54 placed place VBD 21251 588 55 the the DT 21251 588 56 anti anti JJ 21251 588 57 - - JJ 21251 588 58 slavery slavery JJ 21251 588 59 clause clause NN 21251 588 60 in in IN 21251 588 61 the the DT 21251 588 62 Ordinance Ordinance NNP 21251 588 63 , , , 21251 588 64 and and CC 21251 588 65 that that IN 21251 588 66 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 588 67 's 's POS 21251 588 68 mission mission NN 21251 588 69 and and CC 21251 588 70 that that IN 21251 588 71 clause clause NN 21251 588 72 were be VBD 21251 588 73 closely closely RB 21251 588 74 connected connect VBN 21251 588 75 . . . 21251 589 1 Douglas Douglas NNP 21251 589 2 , , , 21251 589 3 Trumbull Trumbull NNP 21251 589 4 , , , 21251 589 5 and and CC 21251 589 6 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 589 7 thought think VBD 21251 589 8 so so RB 21251 589 9 , , , 21251 589 10 and and CC 21251 589 11 every every DT 21251 589 12 other other JJ 21251 589 13 capable capable JJ 21251 589 14 person person NN 21251 589 15 who who WP 21251 589 16 had have VBD 21251 589 17 [ [ -LRB- 21251 589 18 been be VBN 21251 589 19 ] ] -RRB- 21251 589 20 or or CC 21251 589 21 has have VBZ 21251 589 22 been be VBN 21251 589 23 made make VBN 21251 589 24 familiar familiar JJ 21251 589 25 with with IN 21251 589 26 the the DT 21251 589 27 facts fact NNS 21251 589 28 . . . 21251 590 1 Many many JJ 21251 590 2 of of IN 21251 590 3 the the DT 21251 590 4 old old JJ 21251 590 5 pioneers pioneer NNS 21251 590 6 to to TO 21251 590 7 whom whom WP 21251 590 8 the the DT 21251 590 9 facts fact NNS 21251 590 10 were be VBD 21251 590 11 known know VBN 21251 590 12 have have VBP 21251 590 13 informed inform VBN 21251 590 14 me -PRON- PRP 21251 590 15 that that IN 21251 590 16 all all PDT 21251 590 17 the the DT 21251 590 18 statements statement NNS 21251 590 19 as as IN 21251 590 20 to to IN 21251 590 21 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 591 1 James James NNP 21251 591 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 591 3 's 's POS 21251 591 4 anti anti JJ 21251 591 5 - - JJ 21251 591 6 slavery slavery JJ 21251 591 7 teaching teaching NN 21251 591 8 and and CC 21251 591 9 preaching preach VBG 21251 591 10 and and CC 21251 591 11 forming form VBG 21251 591 12 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 591 13 anti anti JJ 21251 591 14 - - JJ 21251 591 15 slavery slavery JJ 21251 591 16 churches church NNS 21251 591 17 , , , 21251 591 18 and and CC 21251 591 19 conducting conduct VBG 21251 591 20 the the DT 21251 591 21 anti anti JJ 21251 591 22 - - JJ 21251 591 23 slavery slavery JJ 21251 591 24 contest contest NN 21251 591 25 , , , 21251 591 26 and and CC 21251 591 27 sending send VBG 21251 591 28 a a DT 21251 591 29 paid pay VBN 21251 591 30 agent agent NN 21251 591 31 to to IN 21251 591 32 Indiana Indiana NNP 21251 591 33 to to TO 21251 591 34 assist assist VB 21251 591 35 the the DT 21251 591 36 anti anti JJ 21251 591 37 - - JJ 21251 591 38 slavery slavery JJ 21251 591 39 cause cause NN 21251 591 40 , , , 21251 591 41 were be VBD 21251 591 42 all all RB 21251 591 43 true true JJ 21251 591 44 in in IN 21251 591 45 every every DT 21251 591 46 particular particular JJ 21251 591 47 ; ; : 21251 591 48 and and CC 21251 591 49 so so RB 21251 591 50 the the DT 21251 591 51 evidence evidence NN 21251 591 52 outside outside RB 21251 591 53 and and CC 21251 591 54 independently independently RB 21251 591 55 of of IN 21251 591 56 that that DT 21251 591 57 in in IN 21251 591 58 the the DT 21251 591 59 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 591 60 family family NN 21251 591 61 notes note NNS 21251 591 62 is be VBZ 21251 591 63 conclusive conclusive JJ 21251 591 64 that that IN 21251 591 65 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 591 66 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 591 67 created create VBD 21251 591 68 and and CC 21251 591 69 organized organize VBD 21251 591 70 the the DT 21251 591 71 forces force NNS 21251 591 72 which which WDT 21251 591 73 finally finally RB 21251 591 74 confirmed confirm VBD 21251 591 75 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 591 76 , , , 21251 591 77 if if IN 21251 591 78 not not RB 21251 591 79 the the DT 21251 591 80 Northwestern Northwestern NNP 21251 591 81 Territory Territory NNP 21251 591 82 , , , 21251 591 83 to to IN 21251 591 84 freedom freedom NN 21251 591 85 . . . 21251 592 1 But but CC 21251 592 2 there there EX 21251 592 3 was be VBD 21251 592 4 just just RB 21251 592 5 one one CD 21251 592 6 fact fact NN 21251 592 7 that that WDT 21251 592 8 made make VBD 21251 592 9 it -PRON- PRP 21251 592 10 possible possible JJ 21251 592 11 for for IN 21251 592 12 the the DT 21251 592 13 old old JJ 21251 592 14 pioneer pioneer NN 21251 592 15 leader leader NN 21251 592 16 practically practically RB 21251 592 17 single single JJ 21251 592 18 handed handed JJ 21251 592 19 and and CC 21251 592 20 alone alone JJ 21251 592 21 to to TO 21251 592 22 accomplish accomplish VB 21251 592 23 such such JJ 21251 592 24 results result NNS 21251 592 25 ; ; : 21251 592 26 and and CC 21251 592 27 that that DT 21251 592 28 was be VBD 21251 592 29 because because IN 21251 592 30 President President NNP 21251 592 31 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 592 32 's 's POS 21251 592 33 great great JJ 21251 592 34 power power NN 21251 592 35 was be VBD 21251 592 36 behind behind IN 21251 592 37 him -PRON- PRP 21251 592 38 , , , 21251 592 39 and and CC 21251 592 40 through through IN 21251 592 41 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 592 42 secret secret JJ 21251 592 43 influence influence NN 21251 592 44 Congress Congress NNP 21251 592 45 worked work VBD 21251 592 46 for for IN 21251 592 47 the the DT 21251 592 48 very very JJ 21251 592 49 purpose purpose NN 21251 592 50 that that IN 21251 592 51 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 592 52 , , , 21251 592 53 more more JJR 21251 592 54 than than IN 21251 592 55 twenty twenty CD 21251 592 56 years year NNS 21251 592 57 before before RB 21251 592 58 , , , 21251 592 59 had have VBD 21251 592 60 sent send VBN 21251 592 61 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 592 62 to to IN 21251 592 63 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 592 64 , , , 21251 592 65 or or CC 21251 592 66 the the DT 21251 592 67 Northwestern Northwestern NNP 21251 592 68 Territory Territory NNP 21251 592 69 , , , 21251 592 70 to to TO 21251 592 71 secure secure VB 21251 592 72 , , , 21251 592 73 namely namely RB 21251 592 74 , , , 21251 592 75 the the DT 21251 592 76 freedom freedom NN 21251 592 77 of of IN 21251 592 78 the the DT 21251 592 79 new new JJ 21251 592 80 { { -LRB- 21251 592 81 p.44 p.44 NNP 21251 592 82 } } -RRB- 21251 592 83 country country NN 21251 592 84 . . . 21251 593 1 The the DT 21251 593 2 claim claim NN 21251 593 3 that that IN 21251 593 4 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 593 5 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 593 6 encompassed encompass VBD 21251 593 7 these these DT 21251 593 8 great great JJ 21251 593 9 results result NNS 21251 593 10 would would MD 21251 593 11 , , , 21251 593 12 of of IN 21251 593 13 course course NN 21251 593 14 , , , 21251 593 15 be be VB 21251 593 16 ridiculous ridiculous JJ 21251 593 17 were be VBD 21251 593 18 it -PRON- PRP 21251 593 19 not not RB 21251 593 20 known know VBN 21251 593 21 that that IN 21251 593 22 the the DT 21251 593 23 power power NN 21251 593 24 of of IN 21251 593 25 the the DT 21251 593 26 government government NN 21251 593 27 through through IN 21251 593 28 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 593 29 stood stand VBD 21251 593 30 behind behind IN 21251 593 31 him -PRON- PRP 21251 593 32 . . . 21251 594 1 Hence hence RB 21251 594 2 Douglas Douglas NNP 21251 594 3 , , , 21251 594 4 Trumbull Trumbull NNP 21251 594 5 , , , 21251 594 6 and and CC 21251 594 7 others other NNS 21251 594 8 are be VBP 21251 594 9 correct correct JJ 21251 594 10 , , , 21251 594 11 and and CC 21251 594 12 I -PRON- PRP 21251 594 13 quite quite RB 21251 594 14 agree agree VBP 21251 594 15 with with IN 21251 594 16 them -PRON- PRP 21251 594 17 , , , 21251 594 18 that that IN 21251 594 19 when when WRB 21251 594 20 you -PRON- PRP 21251 594 21 publish publish VBP 21251 594 22 the the DT 21251 594 23 old old JJ 21251 594 24 family family NN 21251 594 25 notes note VBZ 21251 594 26 on on IN 21251 594 27 the the DT 21251 594 28 matter matter NN 21251 594 29 , , , 21251 594 30 if if IN 21251 594 31 , , , 21251 594 32 for for IN 21251 594 33 reasons reason NNS 21251 594 34 you -PRON- PRP 21251 594 35 state state VBP 21251 594 36 , , , 21251 594 37 you -PRON- PRP 21251 594 38 do do VBP 21251 594 39 not not RB 21251 594 40 wish wish VB 21251 594 41 to to TO 21251 594 42 publish publish VB 21251 594 43 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 594 44 's 's POS 21251 594 45 letters letter NNS 21251 594 46 to to IN 21251 594 47 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 594 48 father father NN 21251 594 49 which which WDT 21251 594 50 concern concern NN 21251 594 51 the the DT 21251 594 52 subject subject NN 21251 594 53 , , , 21251 594 54 it -PRON- PRP 21251 594 55 will will MD 21251 594 56 be be VB 21251 594 57 sufficient sufficient JJ 21251 594 58 just just RB 21251 594 59 to to 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NNP 21251 652 2 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 652 3 ( ( -LRB- 21251 652 4 From from IN 21251 652 5 _ _ NNP 21251 652 6 Belleville Belleville NNP 21251 652 7 Advocate Advocate NNP 21251 652 8 _ _ NNP 21251 652 9 , , , 21251 652 10 April April NNP 21251 652 11 17 17 CD 21251 652 12 , , , 21251 652 13 1908 1908 CD 21251 652 14 . . . 21251 653 1 Clipping clip VBG 21251 653 2 , , , 21251 653 3 I.B.H.C.,--K11 i.b.h.c.,--k11 LS 21251 653 4 ) ) -RRB- 21251 653 5 It -PRON- PRP 21251 653 6 was be VBD 21251 653 7 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 653 8 purpose purpose NN 21251 653 9 in in IN 21251 653 10 this this DT 21251 653 11 letter letter NN 21251 653 12 [ [ -LRB- 21251 653 13 communication communication NN 21251 653 14 ] ] -RRB- 21251 653 15 to to TO 21251 653 16 send send VB 21251 653 17 the the DT 21251 653 18 Advocate advocate NN 21251 653 19 a a DT 21251 653 20 copy copy NN 21251 653 21 of of IN 21251 653 22 one one CD 21251 653 23 of of IN 21251 653 24 Abraham Abraham NNP 21251 653 25 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 653 26 's 's POS 21251 653 27 letters letter NNS 21251 653 28 , , , 21251 653 29 and and CC 21251 653 30 some some DT 21251 653 31 other other JJ 21251 653 32 matter matter NN 21251 653 33 from from IN 21251 653 34 him -PRON- PRP 21251 653 35 and and CC 21251 653 36 Douglas Douglas NNP 21251 653 37 , , , 21251 653 38 from from IN 21251 653 39 the the DT 21251 653 40 old old JJ 21251 653 41 family family NN 21251 653 42 notes note NNS 21251 653 43 of of IN 21251 653 44 Rev. Rev. 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Snyder Snyder NNP 21251 655 19 's 's POS 21251 655 20 letters letter NNS 21251 655 21 . . . 21251 656 1 The the DT 21251 656 2 prophetic prophetic JJ 21251 656 3 utterances utterance NNS 21251 656 4 in in IN 21251 656 5 this this DT 21251 656 6 letter letter NN 21251 656 7 as as IN 21251 656 8 to to IN 21251 656 9 what what WP 21251 656 10 would would MD 21251 656 11 fall fall VB 21251 656 12 on on IN 21251 656 13 Mexico Mexico NNP 21251 656 14 's 's POS 21251 656 15 treachery treachery NN 21251 656 16 and and CC 21251 656 17 slavery slavery NN 21251 656 18 's 's POS 21251 656 19 insolence insolence NN 21251 656 20 , , , 21251 656 21 were be VBD 21251 656 22 so so RB 21251 656 23 literally literally RB 21251 656 24 fulfilled fulfil VBN 21251 656 25 that that IN 21251 656 26 they -PRON- PRP 21251 656 27 emphasized emphasize VBD 21251 656 28 anew anew RB 21251 656 29 Congressman Congressman NNP 21251 656 30 Snyder Snyder NNP 21251 656 31 's 's POS 21251 656 32 wonderful wonderful JJ 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657 10 in in IN 21251 657 11 this this DT 21251 657 12 series series NN 21251 657 13 , , , 21251 657 14 will will MD 21251 657 15 contain contain VB 21251 657 16 the the DT 21251 657 17 copy copy NN 21251 657 18 of of IN 21251 657 19 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 657 20 's 's POS 21251 657 21 letter letter NN 21251 657 22 and and CC 21251 657 23 the the DT 21251 657 24 other other JJ 21251 657 25 matter matter NN 21251 657 26 above above IN 21251 657 27 referred refer VBD 21251 657 28 to to IN 21251 657 29 . . . 21251 658 1 The the DT 21251 658 2 typos typo NNS 21251 658 3 made make VBD 21251 658 4 one one CD 21251 658 5 or or CC 21251 658 6 two two CD 21251 658 7 slight slight JJ 21251 658 8 errors error NNS 21251 658 9 in in IN 21251 658 10 Senator Senator NNP 21251 658 11 Douglas Douglas NNP 21251 658 12 's 's POS 21251 658 13 letter letter NN 21251 658 14 in in IN 21251 658 15 last last JJ 21251 658 16 week week NN 21251 658 17 's 's POS 21251 658 18 issue issue NN 21251 658 19 . . . 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21251 659 39 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 659 40 , , , 21251 659 41 under under IN 21251 659 42 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 659 43 orders order NNS 21251 659 44 , , , 21251 659 45 had have VBD 21251 659 46 rallied rally VBN 21251 659 47 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 659 48 friends friend NNS 21251 659 49 and and CC 21251 659 50 sent send VBN 21251 659 51 in in IN 21251 659 52 anti anti JJ 21251 659 53 - - JJ 21251 659 54 slavery slavery JJ 21251 659 55 petitions petition NNS 21251 659 56 , , , 21251 659 57 etc etc FW 21251 659 58 , , , 21251 659 59 " " '' 21251 659 60 [ [ -LRB- 21251 659 61 JOSEPH JOSEPH NNP 21251 659 62 B. B. NNP 21251 660 1 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 660 2 . . . 21251 660 3 ] ] -RRB- 21251 661 1 XI XI NNP 21251 661 2 . . . 21251 662 1 { { -LRB- 21251 662 2 p.49 p.49 NNP 21251 662 3 } } -RRB- 21251 662 4 GOV GOV NNP 21251 662 5 . . . 21251 663 1 NINIAN NINIAN NNP 21251 663 2 EDWARDS edward VBD 21251 663 3 TO to IN 21251 663 4 REV REV NNP 21251 663 5 . . . 21251 664 1 JAMES JAMES NNP 21251 664 2 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 664 3 . . . 21251 665 1 ( ( -LRB- 21251 665 2 From from IN 21251 665 3 _ _ NNP 21251 665 4 Belleville Belleville NNP 21251 665 5 Advocate Advocate NNP 21251 665 6 _ _ NNP 21251 665 7 , , , 21251 665 8 April April NNP 21251 665 9 17 17 CD 21251 665 10 , , , 21251 665 11 1908 1908 CD 21251 665 12 . . . 21251 666 1 Clipping clip VBG 21251 666 2 , , , 21251 666 3 I.B.H.C.,--K11 i.b.h.c.,--k11 NN 21251 666 4 ) ) -RRB- 21251 666 5 Vandalia Vandalia NNP 21251 666 6 , , , 21251 666 7 Ill. Illinois NNP 21251 666 8 , , , 21251 666 9 Dec. December NNP 21251 666 10 24 24 CD 21251 666 11 , , , 21251 666 12 1826 1826 CD 21251 666 13 . . . 21251 667 1 Rev. Rev. 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W. NNP 21251 673 3 SNYDER SNYDER NNP 21251 673 4 TO to IN 21251 673 5 REV REV NNP 21251 673 6 . . . 21251 674 1 JAMES JAMES NNP 21251 674 2 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 674 3 . . . 21251 675 1 ( ( -LRB- 21251 675 2 From from IN 21251 675 3 _ _ NNP 21251 675 4 Belleville Belleville NNP 21251 675 5 Advocate Advocate NNP 21251 675 6 _ _ NNP 21251 675 7 , , , 21251 675 8 April April NNP 21251 675 9 17 17 CD 21251 675 10 , , , 21251 675 11 1908 1908 CD 21251 675 12 . . . 21251 676 1 Clipping clip VBG 21251 676 2 , , , 21251 676 3 I.B.H.C.,--K11 i.b.h.c.,--k11 LS 21251 676 4 ) ) -RRB- 21251 676 5 City City NNP 21251 676 6 of of IN 21251 676 7 Washington Washington NNP 21251 676 8 , , , 21251 676 9 Jan. January NNP 21251 676 10 5 5 CD 21251 676 11 , , , 21251 676 12 1838 1838 CD 21251 676 13 . . . 21251 677 1 Rev. Rev. 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Rev. NNP 21251 680 1 James James NNP 21251 680 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 680 3 , , , 21251 680 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 680 5 . . NNP 21251 680 6 ) ) -RRB- 21251 680 7 anti anti JJ 21251 680 8 - - JJ 21251 680 9 slavery slavery JJ 21251 680 10 mission mission NN 21251 680 11 under under IN 21251 680 12 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 680 13 's 's POS 21251 680 14 orders order NNS 21251 680 15 and and CC 21251 680 16 advice advice NN 21251 680 17 , , , 21251 680 18 which which WDT 21251 680 19 saved save VBD 21251 680 20 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 680 21 and and CC 21251 680 22 we -PRON- PRP 21251 680 23 might may MD 21251 680 24 say say VB 21251 680 25 the the DT 21251 680 26 Northwest Northwest NNP 21251 680 27 Territory Territory NNP 21251 680 28 , , , 21251 680 29 to to IN 21251 680 30 freedom freedom NN 21251 680 31 . . . 21251 681 1 In in IN 21251 681 2 fact fact NN 21251 681 3 , , , 21251 681 4 the the DT 21251 681 5 demands demand NNS 21251 681 6 of of IN 21251 681 7 slavery slavery NN 21251 681 8 , , , 21251 681 9 if if IN 21251 681 10 not not RB 21251 681 11 controlled control VBN 21251 681 12 by by IN 21251 681 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 21251 681 14 friends friend NNS 21251 681 15 , , , 21251 681 16 will will MD 21251 681 17 eventually eventually RB 21251 681 18 put put VB 21251 681 19 the the DT 21251 681 20 country country NN 21251 681 21 into into IN 21251 681 22 a a DT 21251 681 23 mood mood NN 21251 681 24 that that WDT 21251 681 25 will will MD 21251 681 26 no no RB 21251 681 27 longer long RBR 21251 681 28 brook brook VB 21251 681 29 its -PRON- PRP$ 21251 681 30 insolence insolence NN 21251 681 31 and and CC 21251 681 32 greed greed NN 21251 681 33 . . . 21251 682 1 Yours your NNS 21251 682 2 in in IN 21251 682 3 esteem esteem NN 21251 682 4 and and CC 21251 682 5 confidence confidence NN 21251 682 6 , , , 21251 682 7 A. a. NN 21251 682 8 W. W. NNP 21251 682 9 SNYDER SNYDER NNP 21251 682 10 . . . 21251 683 1 XIII XIII NNP 21251 683 2 . . . 21251 684 1 ABRAHAM ABRAHAM NNP 21251 684 2 LINCOLN LINCOLN NNP 21251 684 3 'S 's POS 21251 684 4 LETTER LETTER NNP 21251 684 5 _ _ NNP 21251 684 6 Belleville Belleville NNP 21251 684 7 Weekly Weekly NNP 21251 684 8 Advocate Advocate NNP 21251 684 9 _ _ NNP 21251 684 10 , , , 21251 684 11 April April NNP 21251 684 12 24 24 CD 21251 684 13 , , , 21251 684 14 1908 1908 CD 21251 684 15 The the DT 21251 684 16 following follow VBG 21251 684 17 letter letter NN 21251 684 18 and and CC 21251 684 19 remarks remark NNS 21251 684 20 from from IN 21251 684 21 Abraham Abraham NNP 21251 684 22 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 684 23 , , , 21251 684 24 hitherto hitherto NNP 21251 684 25 unpublished unpublishe VBD 21251 684 26 , , , 21251 684 27 comprise comprise VB 21251 684 28 the the DT 21251 684 29 fifth fifth JJ 21251 684 30 letter letter NN 21251 684 31 of of IN 21251 684 32 the the DT 21251 684 33 series series NN 21251 684 34 of of IN 21251 684 35 old old JJ 21251 684 36 " " `` 21251 684 37 Pioneer Pioneer NNP 21251 684 38 Letters Letters NNPS 21251 684 39 " " '' 21251 684 40 which which WDT 21251 684 41 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 684 42 J. J. NNP 21251 685 1 B. B. NNP 21251 685 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 685 3 of of IN 21251 685 4 O'Fallon O'Fallon NNP 21251 685 5 is be VBZ 21251 685 6 sending send VBG 21251 685 7 to to IN 21251 685 8 the the DT 21251 685 9 Advocate.--Ed Advocate.--Ed NNP 21251 685 10 . . . 21251 686 1 Springfield Springfield NNP 21251 686 2 , , , 21251 686 3 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 686 4 . . . 21251 687 1 March March NNP 21251 687 2 2 2 CD 21251 687 3 , , , 21251 687 4 1857 1857 CD 21251 687 5 . . . 21251 688 1 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 689 1 James James NNP 21251 689 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 689 3 , , , 21251 689 4 [ [ -LRB- 21251 689 5 O'Fallon O'Fallon NNP 21251 689 6 , , , 21251 689 7 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 689 8 , , , 21251 689 9 ] ] -RRB- 21251 689 10 Friend Friend NNP 21251 689 11 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 689 12 : : : 21251 689 13 Thanking thank VBG 21251 689 14 you -PRON- PRP 21251 689 15 for for IN 21251 689 16 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 689 17 warm warm JJ 21251 689 18 appreciation appreciation NN 21251 689 19 of of IN 21251 689 20 my -PRON- PRP$ 21251 689 21 views view NNS 21251 689 22 in in IN 21251 689 23 a a DT 21251 689 24 former former JJ 21251 689 25 letter letter NN 21251 689 26 as as IN 21251 689 27 to to IN 21251 689 28 the the DT 21251 689 29 importance importance NN 21251 689 30 in in IN 21251 689 31 many many JJ 21251 689 32 features feature NNS 21251 689 33 of of IN 21251 689 34 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 689 35 collection collection NN 21251 689 36 of of IN 21251 689 37 old old JJ 21251 689 38 family family NN 21251 689 39 notes note NNS 21251 689 40 and and CC 21251 689 41 papers paper NNS 21251 689 42 , , , 21251 689 43 I -PRON- PRP 21251 689 44 will will MD 21251 689 45 add add VB 21251 689 46 a a DT 21251 689 47 few few JJ 21251 689 48 words word NNS 21251 689 49 more more JJR 21251 689 50 as as IN 21251 689 51 to to IN 21251 689 52 Elijah Elijah NNP 21251 689 53 P. P. NNP 21251 689 54 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 689 55 's 's POS 21251 689 56 case case NN 21251 689 57 . . . 21251 690 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 21251 690 2 letters letter NNS 21251 690 3 among among IN 21251 690 4 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 690 5 old old JJ 21251 690 6 family family NN 21251 690 7 notes note NNS 21251 690 8 were be VBD 21251 690 9 of of IN 21251 690 10 more more JJR 21251 690 11 interest interest NN 21251 690 12 to to IN 21251 690 13 me -PRON- PRP 21251 690 14 than than IN 21251 690 15 even even RB 21251 690 16 those those DT 21251 690 17 of of IN 21251 690 18 Thomas Thomas NNP 21251 690 19 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 690 20 , , , 21251 690 21 written write VBN 21251 690 22 to to IN 21251 690 23 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 690 24 father father NN 21251 690 25 . . . 21251 691 1 Of of RB 21251 691 2 course course RB 21251 691 3 they -PRON- PRP 21251 691 4 [ [ -LRB- 21251 691 5 the the DT 21251 691 6 latter latter NN 21251 691 7 ] ] -RRB- 21251 691 8 were be VBD 21251 691 9 exceedingly exceedingly RB 21251 691 10 important important JJ 21251 691 11 as as IN 21251 691 12 a a DT 21251 691 13 part part NN 21251 691 14 of of IN 21251 691 15 the the DT 21251 691 16 history history NN 21251 691 17 of of IN 21251 691 18 the the DT 21251 691 19 " " `` 21251 691 20 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 691 21 - - HYPH 21251 691 22 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 691 23 Anti Anti NNP 21251 691 24 - - HYPH 21251 691 25 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 691 26 Pact Pact NNP 21251 691 27 , , , 21251 691 28 " " '' 21251 691 29 under under IN 21251 691 30 which which WDT 21251 691 31 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 691 32 father father NN 21251 691 33 , , , 21251 691 34 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 692 1 James James NNP 21251 692 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 692 3 , , , 21251 692 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 692 5 . . NNP 21251 692 6 , , , 21251 692 7 as as IN 21251 692 8 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 692 9 's 's POS 21251 692 10 anti anti JJ 21251 692 11 - - JJ 21251 692 12 slavery slavery JJ 21251 692 13 agent agent NN 21251 692 14 in in IN 21251 692 15 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 692 16 , , , 21251 692 17 founded found VBD 21251 692 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 692 19 anti anti JJ 21251 692 20 - - JJ 21251 692 21 slavery slavery JJ 21251 692 22 churches church NNS 21251 692 23 , , , 21251 692 24 among among IN 21251 692 25 which which WDT 21251 692 26 was be VBD 21251 692 27 the the DT 21251 692 28 present present JJ 21251 692 29 Bethel Bethel NNP 21251 692 30 church church NN 21251 692 31 , , , 21251 692 32 which which WDT 21251 692 33 set set VBD 21251 692 34 in in IN 21251 692 35 motion motion NN 21251 692 36 the the DT 21251 692 37 forces force NNS 21251 692 38 which which WDT 21251 692 39 finally finally RB 21251 692 40 made make VBD 21251 692 41 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 692 42 a a DT 21251 692 43 free free JJ 21251 692 44 state state NN 21251 692 45 , , , 21251 692 46 all all DT 21251 692 47 of of IN 21251 692 48 which which WDT 21251 692 49 was be VBD 21251 692 50 splendid splendid JJ 21251 692 51 ; ; : 21251 692 52 but but CC 21251 692 53 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 692 54 's 's POS 21251 692 55 tragic tragic JJ 21251 692 56 death death NN 21251 692 57 for for IN 21251 692 58 freedom freedom NN 21251 692 59 in in IN 21251 692 60 every every DT 21251 692 61 sense sense NN 21251 692 62 marked mark VBD 21251 692 63 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 692 64 sad sad JJ 21251 692 65 ending ending NN 21251 692 66 as as IN 21251 692 67 the the DT 21251 692 68 most most RBS 21251 692 69 important important JJ 21251 692 70 single single JJ 21251 692 71 event event NN 21251 692 72 that that WDT 21251 692 73 ever ever RB 21251 692 74 happened happen VBD 21251 692 75 in in IN 21251 692 76 the the DT 21251 692 77 new new JJ 21251 692 78 world world NN 21251 692 79 . . . 21251 693 1 Both both DT 21251 693 2 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 693 3 father father NN 21251 693 4 and and CC 21251 693 5 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 693 6 were be VBD 21251 693 7 pioneer pioneer NN 21251 693 8 leaders leader NNS 21251 693 9 in in IN 21251 693 10 the the DT 21251 693 11 cause cause NN 21251 693 12 of of IN 21251 693 13 freedom freedom NN 21251 693 14 , , , 21251 693 15 and and CC 21251 693 16 it -PRON- PRP 21251 693 17 has have VBZ 21251 693 18 always always RB 21251 693 19 been be VBN 21251 693 20 difficult difficult JJ 21251 693 21 for for IN 21251 693 22 me -PRON- PRP 21251 693 23 to to TO 21251 693 24 see see VB 21251 693 25 why why WRB 21251 693 26 your -PRON- PRP$ 21251 693 27 father father NN 21251 693 28 , , , 21251 693 29 who who WP 21251 693 30 was be VBD 21251 693 31 a a DT 21251 693 32 resolute resolute NN 21251 693 33 , , , 21251 693 34 uncompromising uncompromising JJ 21251 693 35 , , , 21251 693 36 and and CC 21251 693 37 aggressive aggressive JJ 21251 693 38 leader leader NN 21251 693 39 , , , 21251 693 40 who who WP 21251 693 41 boldly boldly RB 21251 693 42 proclaimed proclaim VBD 21251 693 43 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 693 44 purpose purpose NN 21251 693 45 to to TO 21251 693 46 make make VB 21251 693 47 both both DT 21251 693 48 the the DT 21251 693 49 territory territory NN 21251 693 50 and and CC 21251 693 51 the the DT 21251 693 52 state state NN 21251 693 53 free free JJ 21251 693 54 , , , 21251 693 55 never never RB 21251 693 56 aroused arouse VBN 21251 693 57 nor nor CC 21251 693 58 encountered encounter VBN 21251 693 59 any any DT 21251 693 60 of of IN 21251 693 61 that that DT 21251 693 62 mob mob NN 21251 693 63 violence violence NN 21251 693 64 which which WDT 21251 693 65 both both DT 21251 693 66 in in IN 21251 693 67 St. St. NNP 21251 693 68 { { -LRB- 21251 693 69 p.51 p.51 NNP 21251 693 70 } } -RRB- 21251 693 71 Louis Louis NNP 21251 693 72 and and CC 21251 693 73 Alton Alton NNP 21251 693 74 confronted confront VBD 21251 693 75 or or CC 21251 693 76 pursued pursue VBD 21251 693 77 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 693 78 , , , 21251 693 79 and and CC 21251 693 80 which which WDT 21251 693 81 finally finally RB 21251 693 82 doomed doom VBD 21251 693 83 him -PRON- PRP 21251 693 84 to to IN 21251 693 85 a a DT 21251 693 86 felon felon NN 21251 693 87 's 's POS 21251 693 88 death death NN 21251 693 89 and and CC 21251 693 90 a a DT 21251 693 91 martyr martyr NN 21251 693 92 's 's POS 21251 693 93 crown crown NN 21251 693 94 . . . 21251 694 1 Perhaps perhaps RB 21251 694 2 the the DT 21251 694 3 two two CD 21251 694 4 cases case NNS 21251 694 5 are be VBP 21251 694 6 a a DT 21251 694 7 little little JJ 21251 694 8 parallel parallel NN 21251 694 9 with with IN 21251 694 10 those those DT 21251 694 11 of of IN 21251 694 12 John John NNP 21251 694 13 and and CC 21251 694 14 Peter Peter NNP 21251 694 15 . . . 21251 695 1 John John NNP 21251 695 2 was be VBD 21251 695 3 bold bold JJ 21251 695 4 and and CC 21251 695 5 fearless fearless JJ 21251 695 6 at at IN 21251 695 7 the the DT 21251 695 8 scene scene NN 21251 695 9 of of IN 21251 695 10 the the DT 21251 695 11 Crucifixion Crucifixion NNP 21251 695 12 , , , 21251 695 13 standing stand VBG 21251 695 14 near near IN 21251 695 15 the the DT 21251 695 16 cross cross NN 21251 695 17 receiving receive VBG 21251 695 18 the the DT 21251 695 19 Savior Savior NNP 21251 695 20 's 's POS 21251 695 21 request request NN 21251 695 22 to to TO 21251 695 23 care care VB 21251 695 24 for for IN 21251 695 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 695 26 mother mother NN 21251 695 27 , , , 21251 695 28 but but CC 21251 695 29 was be VBD 21251 695 30 not not RB 21251 695 31 annoyed annoy VBN 21251 695 32 ; 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; : 21251 695 74 though though IN 21251 695 75 later later RB 21251 695 76 the the DT 21251 695 77 grand grand JJ 21251 695 78 old old JJ 21251 695 79 apostle apostle NN 21251 695 80 redeemed redeem VBD 21251 695 81 himself -PRON- PRP 21251 695 82 grandly grandly RB 21251 695 83 , , , 21251 695 84 and and CC 21251 695 85 like like IN 21251 695 86 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 695 87 , , , 21251 695 88 died die VBD 21251 695 89 a a DT 21251 695 90 martyr martyr NN 21251 695 91 to to IN 21251 695 92 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 695 93 faith faith NN 21251 695 94 . . . 21251 696 1 Of of RB 21251 696 2 course course RB 21251 696 3 , , , 21251 696 4 there there EX 21251 696 5 was be VBD 21251 696 6 no no DT 21251 696 7 similarity similarity NN 21251 696 8 between between IN 21251 696 9 Peter Peter NNP 21251 696 10 's 's POS 21251 696 11 treachery treachery NN 21251 696 12 at at IN 21251 696 13 the the DT 21251 696 14 Temple Temple NNP 21251 696 15 and and CC 21251 696 16 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 696 17 's 's POS 21251 696 18 splendid splendid JJ 21251 696 19 courage courage NN 21251 696 20 when when WRB 21251 696 21 the the DT 21251 696 22 pitiless pitiless NN 21251 696 23 mob mob NN 21251 696 24 were be VBD 21251 696 25 closing close VBG 21251 696 26 around around IN 21251 696 27 him -PRON- PRP 21251 696 28 . . . 21251 697 1 But but CC 21251 697 2 in in IN 21251 697 3 the the DT 21251 697 4 cases case NNS 21251 697 5 of of IN 21251 697 6 the the DT 21251 697 7 two two CD 21251 697 8 apostles apostle NNS 21251 697 9 at at IN 21251 697 10 the the DT 21251 697 11 scene scene NN 21251 697 12 mentioned mention VBN 21251 697 13 , , , 21251 697 14 John John NNP 21251 697 15 was be VBD 21251 697 16 more more RBR 21251 697 17 prominent prominent JJ 21251 697 18 or or CC 21251 697 19 loyal loyal JJ 21251 697 20 in in IN 21251 697 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 697 22 presence presence NN 21251 697 23 and and CC 21251 697 24 attention attention NN 21251 697 25 to to IN 21251 697 26 the the DT 21251 697 27 Great Great NNP 21251 697 28 Master Master NNP 21251 697 29 than than IN 21251 697 30 Peter Peter NNP 21251 697 31 was be VBD 21251 697 32 , , , 21251 697 33 but but CC 21251 697 34 the the DT 21251 697 35 latter latter JJ 21251 697 36 seemed seem VBD 21251 697 37 to to TO 21251 697 38 catch catch VB 21251 697 39 the the DT 21251 697 40 attention attention NN 21251 697 41 of of IN 21251 697 42 the the DT 21251 697 43 mob mob NN 21251 697 44 ; 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Rev. NNP 21251 698 1 James James NNP 21251 698 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 698 3 , , , 21251 698 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 698 5 . . NNP 21251 698 6 , , , 21251 698 7 who who WP 21251 698 8 boldly boldly RB 21251 698 9 and and CC 21251 698 10 aggressively aggressively RB 21251 698 11 proclaimed proclaim VBD 21251 698 12 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 698 13 purpose purpose NN 21251 698 14 to to TO 21251 698 15 make make VB 21251 698 16 both both DT 21251 698 17 the the DT 21251 698 18 territory territory NN 21251 698 19 and and CC 21251 698 20 the the DT 21251 698 21 state state NN 21251 698 22 free free JJ 21251 698 23 , , , 21251 698 24 was be VBD 21251 698 25 never never RB 21251 698 26 molested molest VBN 21251 698 27 a a DT 21251 698 28 moment moment NN 21251 698 29 by by IN 21251 698 30 the the DT 21251 698 31 minions minion NNS 21251 698 32 of of IN 21251 698 33 violence violence NN 21251 698 34 . . . 21251 699 1 The the DT 21251 699 2 madness madness NN 21251 699 3 and and CC 21251 699 4 pitiless pitiless NN 21251 699 5 determination determination NN 21251 699 6 with with IN 21251 699 7 which which WDT 21251 699 8 the the DT 21251 699 9 mob mob NN 21251 699 10 steadily steadily RB 21251 699 11 pursued pursue VBD 21251 699 12 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 699 13 to to IN 21251 699 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 699 15 doom doom NN 21251 699 16 , , , 21251 699 17 marks mark VBZ 21251 699 18 it -PRON- PRP 21251 699 19 as as IN 21251 699 20 one one CD 21251 699 21 of of IN 21251 699 22 the the DT 21251 699 23 most most RBS 21251 699 24 unreasoning unreasoning JJ 21251 699 25 and and CC 21251 699 26 unreasonable unreasonable JJ 21251 699 27 in in IN 21251 699 28 all all DT 21251 699 29 time time NN 21251 699 30 , , , 21251 699 31 except except IN 21251 699 32 that that DT 21251 699 33 which which WDT 21251 699 34 doomed doom VBD 21251 699 35 the the DT 21251 699 36 Savior Savior NNP 21251 699 37 to to IN 21251 699 38 the the DT 21251 699 39 cross cross NN 21251 699 40 . . . 21251 700 1 If if IN 21251 700 2 ever ever RB 21251 700 3 you -PRON- PRP 21251 700 4 should should MD 21251 700 5 come come VB 21251 700 6 to to IN 21251 700 7 Springfield Springfield NNP 21251 700 8 again again RB 21251 700 9 , , , 21251 700 10 do do VB 21251 700 11 not not RB 21251 700 12 fail fail VB 21251 700 13 to to TO 21251 700 14 call call VB 21251 700 15 . . . 21251 701 1 The the DT 21251 701 2 memory memory NN 21251 701 3 of of IN 21251 701 4 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 701 5 many many JJ 21251 701 6 " " `` 21251 701 7 evening evening NN 21251 701 8 sittings sitting NNS 21251 701 9 " " '' 21251 701 10 here here RB 21251 701 11 and and CC 21251 701 12 elsewhere elsewhere RB 21251 701 13 , , , 21251 701 14 as as IN 21251 701 15 we -PRON- PRP 21251 701 16 called call VBD 21251 701 17 them -PRON- PRP 21251 701 18 , , , 21251 701 19 suggests suggest VBZ 21251 701 20 many many PDT 21251 701 21 a a DT 21251 701 22 pleasant pleasant JJ 21251 701 23 hour hour NN 21251 701 24 , , , 21251 701 25 both both CC 21251 701 26 pleasant pleasant JJ 21251 701 27 and and CC 21251 701 28 helpful helpful JJ 21251 701 29 . . . 21251 702 1 Truly truly RB 21251 702 2 yours your NNS 21251 702 3 , , , 21251 702 4 A. a. NN 21251 702 5 LINCOLN LINCOLN NNP 21251 702 6 . . . 21251 703 1 XIV XIV NNP 21251 703 2 . . . 21251 704 1 THE the DT 21251 704 2 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 704 3 MONUMENT MONUMENT NNP 21251 704 4 AND and CC 21251 704 5 REV REV NNP 21251 704 6 . . . 21251 705 1 LEMEN LEMEN NNP 21251 705 2 'S be VBZ 21251 705 3 PART PART NNP 21251 705 4 IN in IN 21251 705 5 EARLY early JJ 21251 705 6 ILLINOIS illinois NN 21251 705 7 HISTORY history NN 21251 705 8 ( ( -LRB- 21251 705 9 From from IN 21251 705 10 _ _ NNP 21251 705 11 Belleville Belleville NNP 21251 705 12 Advocate Advocate NNP 21251 705 13 _ _ NNP 21251 705 14 , , , 21251 705 15 Tuesday Tuesday NNP 21251 705 16 , , , 21251 705 17 April April NNP 21251 705 18 6 6 CD 21251 705 19 , , , 21251 705 20 1909 1909 CD 21251 705 21 . . . 21251 706 1 Clipping clip VBG 21251 706 2 in in IN 21251 706 3 I.B.H.C.,--K11 I.B.H.C.,--K11 NNP 21251 706 4 ) ) -RRB- 21251 706 5 The the DT 21251 706 6 monument monument NN 21251 706 7 to to TO 21251 706 8 be be VB 21251 706 9 erected erect VBN 21251 706 10 by by IN 21251 706 11 the the DT 21251 706 12 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 706 13 people people NNS 21251 706 14 of of IN 21251 706 15 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 706 16 and and CC 21251 706 17 others other NNS 21251 706 18 at at IN 21251 706 19 the the DT 21251 706 20 grave grave NN 21251 706 21 of of IN 21251 706 22 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 707 1 James James NNP 21251 707 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 707 3 , , , 21251 707 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 707 5 . . NNP 21251 707 6 , , , 21251 707 7 near near IN 21251 707 8 Waterloo Waterloo NNP 21251 707 9 in in IN 21251 707 10 Monroe Monroe NNP 21251 707 11 county county NNP 21251 707 12 , , , 21251 707 13 is be VBZ 21251 707 14 not not RB 21251 707 15 only only JJ 21251 707 16 to to TO 21251 707 17 honor honor VB 21251 707 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 707 19 memory memory NN 21251 707 20 { { -LRB- 21251 707 21 p.52 p.52 NNP 21251 707 22 } } -RRB- 21251 707 23 as as IN 21251 707 24 a a DT 21251 707 25 revolutionary revolutionary JJ 21251 707 26 soldier soldier NN 21251 707 27 , , , 21251 707 28 territorial territorial JJ 21251 707 29 leader leader NN 21251 707 30 , , , 21251 707 31 Indian indian JJ 21251 707 32 fighter fighter NN 21251 707 33 , , , 21251 707 34 and and CC 21251 707 35 founder founder NN 21251 707 36 of of IN 21251 707 37 the the DT 21251 707 38 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 707 39 cause cause NN 21251 707 40 in in IN 21251 707 41 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 707 42 , , , 21251 707 43 but but CC 21251 707 44 it -PRON- PRP 21251 707 45 is be VBZ 21251 707 46 also also RB 21251 707 47 in in IN 21251 707 48 remembrance remembrance NN 21251 707 49 of of IN 21251 707 50 the the DT 21251 707 51 fact fact NN 21251 707 52 that that IN 21251 707 53 he -PRON- PRP 21251 707 54 was be VBD 21251 707 55 the the DT 21251 707 56 companion companion NN 21251 707 57 and and CC 21251 707 58 co co NN 21251 707 59 - - NN 21251 707 60 worker worker NN 21251 707 61 with with IN 21251 707 62 Thomas Thomas NNP 21251 707 63 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 707 64 in in IN 21251 707 65 setting set VBG 21251 707 66 in in IN 21251 707 67 motion motion NN 21251 707 68 the the DT 21251 707 69 forces force NNS 21251 707 70 which which WDT 21251 707 71 finally finally RB 21251 707 72 recorded record VBD 21251 707 73 the the DT 21251 707 74 anti anti JJ 21251 707 75 - - JJ 21251 707 76 slavery slavery JJ 21251 707 77 clause clause NN 21251 707 78 in in IN 21251 707 79 the the DT 21251 707 80 Ordinance Ordinance NNP 21251 707 81 of of IN 21251 707 82 1787 1787 CD 21251 707 83 , , , 21251 707 84 which which WDT 21251 707 85 dedicated dedicate VBD 21251 707 86 the the DT 21251 707 87 great great JJ 21251 707 88 Northwest Northwest NNP 21251 707 89 territory territory NN 21251 707 90 to to IN 21251 707 91 freedom freedom NN 21251 707 92 and and CC 21251 707 93 later later RB 21251 707 94 gave give VBD 21251 707 95 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 707 96 a a DT 21251 707 97 free free JJ 21251 707 98 state state NN 21251 707 99 constitution constitution NN 21251 707 100 . . . 21251 708 1 Only only RB 21251 708 2 recently recently RB 21251 708 3 the the DT 21251 708 4 Society Society NNP 21251 708 5 of of IN 21251 708 6 the the DT 21251 708 7 Sons Sons NNPS 21251 708 8 of of IN 21251 708 9 the the DT 21251 708 10 Revolution Revolution NNP 21251 708 11 in in IN 21251 708 12 Chicago Chicago NNP 21251 708 13 , , , 21251 708 14 after after IN 21251 708 15 a a DT 21251 708 16 critical critical JJ 21251 708 17 examination examination NN 21251 708 18 of of IN 21251 708 19 James James NNP 21251 708 20 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 708 21 's 's POS 21251 708 22 military military NN 21251 708 23 and and CC 21251 708 24 civil civil JJ 21251 708 25 record record NN 21251 708 26 , , , 21251 708 27 by by IN 21251 708 28 unanimous unanimous JJ 21251 708 29 vote vote NN 21251 708 30 , , , 21251 708 31 appropriated appropriate VBD 21251 708 32 twenty twenty CD 21251 708 33 - - HYPH 21251 708 34 five five CD 21251 708 35 dollars dollar NNS 21251 708 36 for for IN 21251 708 37 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 708 38 monument monument NN 21251 708 39 fund fund NN 21251 708 40 ; ; : 21251 708 41 and and CC 21251 708 42 we -PRON- PRP 21251 708 43 give give VBP 21251 708 44 below below IN 21251 708 45 a a DT 21251 708 46 copy copy NN 21251 708 47 of of IN 21251 708 48 the the DT 21251 708 49 papers paper NNS 21251 708 50 which which WDT 21251 708 51 they -PRON- PRP 21251 708 52 used use VBD 21251 708 53 and and CC 21251 708 54 which which WDT 21251 708 55 will will MD 21251 708 56 interest interest VB 21251 708 57 our -PRON- PRP$ 21251 708 58 readers reader NNS 21251 708 59 , , , 21251 708 60 the the DT 21251 708 61 first first JJ 21251 708 62 being being NN 21251 708 63 Gen. Gen. NNP 21251 708 64 Ainsworth Ainsworth NNP 21251 708 65 's 's POS 21251 708 66 letter letter NN 21251 708 67 : : : 21251 708 68 WAR WAR NNP 21251 708 69 DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT NNP 21251 708 70 Adjutant Adjutant NNP 21251 708 71 General General NNP 21251 708 72 's 's POS 21251 708 73 Office Office NNP 21251 708 74 Washington Washington NNP 21251 708 75 , , , 21251 708 76 Feb. February NNP 21251 708 77 13 13 CD 21251 708 78 , , , 21251 708 79 1908 1908 CD 21251 708 80 . . . 21251 709 1 The the DT 21251 709 2 records record NNS 21251 709 3 show show VBP 21251 709 4 that that IN 21251 709 5 James James NNP 21251 709 6 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 709 7 served serve VBD 21251 709 8 as as IN 21251 709 9 private private JJ 21251 709 10 in in IN 21251 709 11 Captain Captain NNP 21251 709 12 George George NNP 21251 709 13 Wall Wall NNP 21251 709 14 's 's POS 21251 709 15 Company Company NNP 21251 709 16 of of IN 21251 709 17 the the DT 21251 709 18 Fourth Fourth NNP 21251 709 19 Virginia Virginia NNP 21251 709 20 Regiment Regiment NNP 21251 709 21 , , , 21251 709 22 commanded command VBD 21251 709 23 at at IN 21251 709 24 various various JJ 21251 709 25 times time NNS 21251 709 26 by by IN 21251 709 27 Major Major NNP 21251 709 28 Isaac Isaac NNP 21251 709 29 Beall Beall NNP 21251 709 30 and and CC 21251 709 31 Colonels Colonels NNP 21251 709 32 James James NNP 21251 709 33 Wood Wood NNP 21251 709 34 and and CC 21251 709 35 John John NNP 21251 709 36 Neville Neville NNP 21251 709 37 in in IN 21251 709 38 the the DT 21251 709 39 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 21251 709 40 war war NN 21251 709 41 . . . 21251 710 1 Term term NN 21251 710 2 of of IN 21251 710 3 enlistment enlistment NN 21251 710 4 , , , 21251 710 5 one one CD 21251 710 6 year year NN 21251 710 7 from from IN 21251 710 8 March March NNP 21251 710 9 3 3 CD 21251 710 10 , , , 21251 710 11 1778 1778 CD 21251 710 12 . . . 21251 711 1 F. F. NNP 21251 711 2 C. C. NNP 21251 711 3 AINSWORTH AINSWORTH NNP 21251 711 4 , , , 21251 711 5 Adjt Adjt NNP 21251 711 6 . . . 21251 712 1 Gen. Gen. 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NNP 21251 722 1 James James NNP 21251 722 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 722 3 , , , 21251 722 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 722 5 . . 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- JJ 21251 728 8 slavery slavery JJ 21251 728 9 leader leader NN 21251 728 10 , , , 21251 728 11 and and CC 21251 728 12 by by IN 21251 728 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 728 14 Christian christian JJ 21251 728 15 and and CC 21251 728 16 friendly friendly JJ 21251 728 17 arguments argument NNS 21251 728 18 he -PRON- PRP 21251 728 19 induced induce VBD 21251 728 20 scores score NNS 21251 728 21 of of IN 21251 728 22 masters master NNS 21251 728 23 in in IN 21251 728 24 Virginia Virginia NNP 21251 728 25 to to TO 21251 728 26 free free VB 21251 728 27 their -PRON- PRP$ 21251 728 28 slaves slave NNS 21251 728 29 ; ; : 21251 728 30 this this DT 21251 728 31 quickly quickly RB 21251 728 32 caught catch VBD 21251 728 33 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 728 34 's 's POS 21251 728 35 attention attention NN 21251 728 36 and and CC 21251 728 37 he -PRON- PRP 21251 728 38 freely freely RB 21251 728 39 confessed confess VBD 21251 728 40 that that IN 21251 728 41 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 728 42 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 728 43 's 's POS 21251 728 44 influence influence NN 21251 728 45 on on IN 21251 728 46 him -PRON- PRP 21251 728 47 had have VBD 21251 728 48 redoubled redouble VBN 21251 728 49 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 728 50 dislike dislike NN 21251 728 51 for for IN 21251 728 52 slavery slavery NN 21251 728 53 and and CC 21251 728 54 , , , 21251 728 55 though though IN 21251 728 56 himself -PRON- PRP 21251 728 57 a a DT 21251 728 58 slaveholder slaveholder NN 21251 728 59 , , , 21251 728 60 he -PRON- PRP 21251 728 61 most most RBS 21251 728 62 earnestly earnestly RB 21251 728 63 denounced denounce VBD 21251 728 64 the the DT 21251 728 65 institution institution NN 21251 728 66 . . . 21251 729 1 The the DT 21251 729 2 following follow VBG 21251 729 3 paragraphs paragraph NNS 21251 729 4 from from IN 21251 729 5 a a DT 21251 729 6 letter letter NN 21251 729 7 he -PRON- PRP 21251 729 8 wrote write VBD 21251 729 9 to to IN 21251 729 10 James James NNP 21251 729 11 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 729 12 's 's POS 21251 729 13 brother brother NN 21251 729 14 , , , 21251 729 15 Robert Robert NNP 21251 729 16 , , , 21251 729 17 who who WP 21251 729 18 then then RB 21251 729 19 lived live VBD 21251 729 20 near near IN 21251 729 21 Harper Harper NNP 21251 729 22 's 's POS 21251 729 23 Ferry Ferry NNP 21251 729 24 , , , 21251 729 25 Virginia Virginia NNP 21251 729 26 , , , 21251 729 27 on on IN 21251 729 28 September September NNP 21251 729 29 10 10 CD 21251 729 30 , , , 21251 729 31 1807 1807 CD 21251 729 32 , , , 21251 729 33 will will MD 21251 729 34 disclose disclose VB 21251 729 35 that that IN 21251 729 36 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 729 37 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 729 38 's 's POS 21251 729 39 influence influence NN 21251 729 40 was be VBD 21251 729 41 largely largely RB 21251 729 42 concerned concerned JJ 21251 729 43 in in IN 21251 729 44 connection connection NN 21251 729 45 with with IN 21251 729 46 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 21251 729 47 's 's POS 21251 729 48 share share NN 21251 729 49 in in IN 21251 729 50 the the DT 21251 729 51 Ordinance Ordinance NNP 21251 729 52 of of IN 21251 729 53 1787 1787 CD 21251 729 54 , , , 21251 729 55 in in IN 21251 729 56 its -PRON- PRP$ 21251 729 57 anti anti JJ 21251 729 58 - 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Rev. NNP 21251 779 1 James James NNP 21251 779 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 779 3 's 's POS 21251 779 4 interviews interview NNS 21251 779 5 with with IN 21251 779 6 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 779 7 , , , 21251 779 8 as as IN 21251 779 9 written write VBN 21251 779 10 up up RP 21251 779 11 by by IN 21251 779 12 Mr. Mr. NNP 21251 779 13 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 779 14 on on IN 21251 779 15 ten ten CD 21251 779 16 pages page NNS 21251 779 17 of of IN 21251 779 18 legal legal JJ 21251 779 19 cap cap NN 21251 779 20 paper paper NN 21251 779 21 , , , 21251 779 22 and and CC 21251 779 23 that that DT 21251 779 24 paper paper NN 21251 779 25 will will MD 21251 779 26 probably probably RB 21251 779 27 be be VB 21251 779 28 published publish VBN 21251 779 29 soon soon RB 21251 779 30 , , , 21251 779 31 if if IN 21251 779 32 it -PRON- PRP 21251 779 33 is be VBZ 21251 779 34 not not RB 21251 779 35 held hold VBN 21251 779 36 specially specially RB 21251 779 37 for for IN 21251 779 38 the the DT 21251 779 39 James James NNP 21251 779 40 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 779 41 history history NN 21251 779 42 . . . 21251 780 1 As as IN 21251 780 2 to to IN 21251 780 3 that that DT 21251 780 4 history history NN 21251 780 5 , , , 21251 780 6 it -PRON- PRP 21251 780 7 will will MD 21251 780 8 be be VB 21251 780 9 delayed delay VBN 21251 780 10 for for IN 21251 780 11 some some DT 21251 780 12 time time NN 21251 780 13 , , , 21251 780 14 as as IN 21251 780 15 the the DT 21251 780 16 writer writer NN 21251 780 17 , , , 21251 780 18 who who WP 21251 780 19 was be VBD 21251 780 20 expected expect VBN 21251 780 21 to to TO 21251 780 22 see see VB 21251 780 23 to to IN 21251 780 24 its -PRON- PRP$ 21251 780 25 preparation preparation NN 21251 780 26 , , , 21251 780 27 was be VBD 21251 780 28 named name VBN 21251 780 29 by by IN 21251 780 30 the the DT 21251 780 31 State State NNP 21251 780 32 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 780 33 Convention Convention NNP 21251 780 34 as as IN 21251 780 35 a a DT 21251 780 36 member member NN 21251 780 37 of of IN 21251 780 38 the the DT 21251 780 39 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 780 40 State State NNP 21251 780 41 Committee Committee NNP 21251 780 42 to to TO 21251 780 43 assist assist VB 21251 780 44 with with IN 21251 780 45 the the DT 21251 780 46 James James NNP 21251 780 47 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 780 48 monument monument NN 21251 780 49 ; ; : 21251 780 50 and and CC 21251 780 51 much much JJ 21251 780 52 of of IN 21251 780 53 the the DT 21251 780 54 matter matter NN 21251 780 55 intended intend VBN 21251 780 56 for for IN 21251 780 57 the the DT 21251 780 58 history history NN 21251 780 59 was be VBD 21251 780 60 published publish VBN 21251 780 61 in in IN 21251 780 62 connection connection NN 21251 780 63 with with IN 21251 780 64 the the DT 21251 780 65 labors labor NNS 21251 780 66 of of IN 21251 780 67 the the DT 21251 780 68 State State NNP 21251 780 69 Committee Committee NNP 21251 780 70 . . . 21251 781 1 One one CD 21251 781 2 object object NN 21251 781 3 of of IN 21251 781 4 the the DT 21251 781 5 history history NN 21251 781 6 was be VBD 21251 781 7 to to TO 21251 781 8 secure secure VB 21251 781 9 or or CC 21251 781 10 to to TO 21251 781 11 influence influence VB 21251 781 12 that that DT 21251 781 13 degree degree NN 21251 781 14 of of IN 21251 781 15 recognition recognition NN 21251 781 16 of of IN 21251 781 17 the the DT 21251 781 18 importance importance NN 21251 781 19 of of IN 21251 781 20 the the DT 21251 781 21 services service NNS 21251 781 22 of of IN 21251 781 23 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 782 1 James James NNP 21251 782 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 782 3 , , , 21251 782 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 782 5 . . NNP 21251 782 6 and and CC 21251 782 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 21251 782 8 sons son NNS 21251 782 9 , , , 21251 782 10 with with IN 21251 782 11 a a DT 21251 782 12 few few JJ 21251 782 13 co co NNS 21251 782 14 - - NNS 21251 782 15 workers worker NNS 21251 782 16 of of IN 21251 782 17 the the DT 21251 782 18 latter latter JJ 21251 782 19 , , , 21251 782 20 in in IN 21251 782 21 the the DT 21251 782 22 early early JJ 21251 782 23 history history NN 21251 782 24 and and CC 21251 782 25 interests interest NNS 21251 782 26 of of IN 21251 782 27 both both DT 21251 782 28 the the DT 21251 782 29 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 782 30 cause cause NN 21251 782 31 and and CC 21251 782 32 the the DT 21251 782 33 State State NNP 21251 782 34 , , , 21251 782 35 on on IN 21251 782 36 the the DT 21251 782 37 part part NN 21251 782 38 of of IN 21251 782 39 the the DT 21251 782 40 Baptists Baptists NNPS 21251 782 41 , , , 21251 782 42 to to TO 21251 782 43 which which WDT 21251 782 44 the the DT 21251 782 45 family family NN 21251 782 46 thought think VBD 21251 782 47 them -PRON- PRP 21251 782 48 entitled entitle VBD 21251 782 49 . . . 21251 783 1 But but CC 21251 783 2 since since IN 21251 783 3 the the DT 21251 783 4 Baptists Baptists NNPS 21251 783 5 , , , 21251 783 6 the the DT 21251 783 7 " " `` 21251 783 8 Sons son NNS 21251 783 9 of of IN 21251 783 10 the the DT 21251 783 11 Revolution Revolution NNP 21251 783 12 , , , 21251 783 13 " " '' 21251 783 14 and and CC 21251 783 15 others other NNS 21251 783 16 have have VBP 21251 783 17 placed place VBN 21251 783 18 a a DT 21251 783 19 monument monument NN 21251 783 20 at at IN 21251 783 21 the the DT 21251 783 22 grave grave NN 21251 783 23 of of IN 21251 783 24 the the DT 21251 783 25 old old JJ 21251 783 26 State State NNP 21251 783 27 leader leader NN 21251 783 28 and and CC 21251 783 29 Baptist Baptist NNP 21251 783 30 pioneer pioneer NN 21251 783 31 , , , 21251 783 32 the the DT 21251 783 33 Rev. Rev. NNP 21251 784 1 James James NNP 21251 784 2 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 784 3 , , , 21251 784 4 Sr Sr NNP 21251 784 5 . . NNP 21251 784 6 , , , 21251 784 7 it -PRON- PRP 21251 784 8 is be VBZ 21251 784 9 felt feel VBN 21251 784 10 that that IN 21251 784 11 the the DT 21251 784 12 object object NN 21251 784 13 for for IN 21251 784 14 making make VBG 21251 784 15 the the DT 21251 784 16 history history NN 21251 784 17 has have VBZ 21251 784 18 already already RB 21251 784 19 been be VBN 21251 784 20 in in IN 21251 784 21 part part NN 21251 784 22 realized realize VBN 21251 784 23 . . . 21251 785 1 Another another DT 21251 785 2 circumstance circumstance NN 21251 785 3 which which WDT 21251 785 4 has have VBZ 21251 785 5 delayed delay VBN 21251 785 6 it -PRON- PRP 21251 785 7 , , , 21251 785 8 is be VBZ 21251 785 9 the the DT 21251 785 10 poor poor JJ 21251 785 11 health health NN 21251 785 12 of of IN 21251 785 13 the the DT 21251 785 14 writer writer NN 21251 785 15 ; ; : 21251 785 16 so so CC 21251 785 17 the the DT 21251 785 18 prospect prospect NN 21251 785 19 is be VBZ 21251 785 20 that that IN 21251 785 21 the the DT 21251 785 22 making making NN 21251 785 23 of of IN 21251 785 24 the the DT 21251 785 25 history history NN 21251 785 26 will will MD 21251 785 27 be be VB 21251 785 28 delayed delay VBN 21251 785 29 for for IN 21251 785 30 some some DT 21251 785 31 time time NN 21251 785 32 . . . 21251 786 1 This this DT 21251 786 2 { { -LRB- 21251 786 3 p.58 p.58 NN 21251 786 4 } } -RRB- 21251 786 5 is be VBZ 21251 786 6 written write VBN 21251 786 7 entirely entirely RB 21251 786 8 from from IN 21251 786 9 memory memory NN 21251 786 10 , , , 21251 786 11 as as IN 21251 786 12 the the DT 21251 786 13 papers paper NNS 21251 786 14 and and CC 21251 786 15 dates date VBZ 21251 786 16 to to TO 21251 786 17 which which WDT 21251 786 18 we -PRON- PRP 21251 786 19 refer refer VBP 21251 786 20 are be VBP 21251 786 21 not not RB 21251 786 22 before before IN 21251 786 23 me -PRON- PRP 21251 786 24 , , , 21251 786 25 but but CC 21251 786 26 we -PRON- PRP 21251 786 27 will will MD 21251 786 28 retain retain VB 21251 786 29 a a DT 21251 786 30 copy copy NN 21251 786 31 and and CC 21251 786 32 if if IN 21251 786 33 there there EX 21251 786 34 proves prove VBZ 21251 786 35 to to TO 21251 786 36 be be VB 21251 786 37 any any DT 21251 786 38 errors error NNS 21251 786 39 in in IN 21251 786 40 this this DT 21251 786 41 one one NN 21251 786 42 , , , 21251 786 43 we -PRON- PRP 21251 786 44 will will MD 21251 786 45 have have VB 21251 786 46 them -PRON- PRP 21251 786 47 corrected correct VBN 21251 786 48 . . . 21251 787 1 There there EX 21251 787 2 was be VBD 21251 787 3 such such PDT 21251 787 4 a a DT 21251 787 5 demand demand NN 21251 787 6 for for IN 21251 787 7 them -PRON- PRP 21251 787 8 that that WDT 21251 787 9 some some DT 21251 787 10 of of IN 21251 787 11 Dr. Dr. NNP 21251 787 12 Peck Peck NNP 21251 787 13 's 's POS 21251 787 14 , , , 21251 787 15 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 787 16 's 's POS 21251 787 17 , , , 21251 787 18 Douglas Douglas NNP 21251 787 19 's 's POS 21251 787 20 , , , 21251 787 21 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 787 22 's 's POS 21251 787 23 and and CC 21251 787 24 some some DT 21251 787 25 other other JJ 21251 787 26 letters letter NNS 21251 787 27 were be VBD 21251 787 28 published publish VBN 21251 787 29 , , , 21251 787 30 and and CC 21251 787 31 some some DT 21251 787 32 of of IN 21251 787 33 them -PRON- PRP 21251 787 34 are be VBP 21251 787 35 included include VBN 21251 787 36 in in IN 21251 787 37 the the DT 21251 787 38 papers paper NNS 21251 787 39 we -PRON- PRP 21251 787 40 send send VBP 21251 787 41 . . . 21251 788 1 Some some DT 21251 788 2 years year NNS 21251 788 3 ago ago RB 21251 788 4 some some DT 21251 788 5 one one NN 21251 788 6 claimed claim VBD 21251 788 7 that that IN 21251 788 8 the the DT 21251 788 9 old old JJ 21251 788 10 family family NN 21251 788 11 notes note NNS 21251 788 12 had have VBD 21251 788 13 been be VBN 21251 788 14 found find VBN 21251 788 15 , , , 21251 788 16 which which WDT 21251 788 17 led lead VBD 21251 788 18 to to IN 21251 788 19 statements statement NNS 21251 788 20 in in IN 21251 788 21 the the DT 21251 788 22 papers paper NNS 21251 788 23 that that IN 21251 788 24 they -PRON- PRP 21251 788 25 would would MD 21251 788 26 soon soon RB 21251 788 27 be be VB 21251 788 28 placed place VBN 21251 788 29 where where WRB 21251 788 30 people people NNS 21251 788 31 could could MD 21251 788 32 see see VB 21251 788 33 and and CC 21251 788 34 read read VB 21251 788 35 them -PRON- PRP 21251 788 36 ; ; : 21251 788 37 but but CC 21251 788 38 it -PRON- PRP 21251 788 39 proved prove VBD 21251 788 40 to to TO 21251 788 41 be be VB 21251 788 42 a a DT 21251 788 43 mistake mistake NN 21251 788 44 . . . 21251 789 1 For for IN 21251 789 2 the the DT 21251 789 3 loss loss NN 21251 789 4 of of IN 21251 789 5 the the DT 21251 789 6 papers paper NNS 21251 789 7 the the DT 21251 789 8 family family NN 21251 789 9 do do VBP 21251 789 10 not not RB 21251 789 11 believe believe VB 21251 789 12 there there EX 21251 789 13 was be VBD 21251 789 14 any any DT 21251 789 15 fault fault NN 21251 789 16 with with IN 21251 789 17 the the DT 21251 789 18 parties party NNS 21251 789 19 originally originally RB 21251 789 20 holding hold VBG 21251 789 21 them -PRON- PRP 21251 789 22 , , , 21251 789 23 as as IN 21251 789 24 in in IN 21251 789 25 fact fact NN 21251 789 26 they -PRON- PRP 21251 789 27 had have VBD 21251 789 28 the the DT 21251 789 29 right right NN 21251 789 30 to to TO 21251 789 31 hold hold VB 21251 789 32 them -PRON- PRP 21251 789 33 where where WRB 21251 789 34 they -PRON- PRP 21251 789 35 pleased please VBD 21251 789 36 , , , 21251 789 37 according accord VBG 21251 789 38 to to IN 21251 789 39 the the DT 21251 789 40 agreement agreement NN 21251 789 41 ; ; : 21251 789 42 but but CC 21251 789 43 that that IN 21251 789 44 from from IN 21251 789 45 sudden sudden JJ 21251 789 46 deaths death NNS 21251 789 47 and and CC 21251 789 48 other other JJ 21251 789 49 circumstances circumstance NNS 21251 789 50 , , , 21251 789 51 they -PRON- PRP 21251 789 52 were be VBD 21251 789 53 misplaced misplace VBN 21251 789 54 . . . 21251 790 1 It -PRON- PRP 21251 790 2 should should MD 21251 790 3 be be VB 21251 790 4 added add VBN 21251 790 5 that that IN 21251 790 6 every every DT 21251 790 7 paper paper NN 21251 790 8 of of IN 21251 790 9 any any DT 21251 790 10 value value NN 21251 790 11 , , , 21251 790 12 which which WDT 21251 790 13 was be VBD 21251 790 14 given give VBN 21251 790 15 to to IN 21251 790 16 the the DT 21251 790 17 St. St. NNP 21251 790 18 Louis Louis NNP 21251 790 19 parties party NNS 21251 790 20 to to TO 21251 790 21 hold hold VB 21251 790 22 was be VBD 21251 790 23 copied copy VBN 21251 790 24 and and CC 21251 790 25 the the DT 21251 790 26 copies copy NNS 21251 790 27 preserved preserve VBN 21251 790 28 , , , 21251 790 29 except except IN 21251 790 30 mere mere JJ 21251 790 31 personal personal JJ 21251 790 32 , , , 21251 790 33 friendship friendship NN 21251 790 34 letters letter NNS 21251 790 35 , , , 21251 790 36 and and CC 21251 790 37 of of IN 21251 790 38 these these DT 21251 790 39 there there EX 21251 790 40 was be VBD 21251 790 41 quite quite PDT 21251 790 42 a a DT 21251 790 43 large large JJ 21251 790 44 stock stock NN 21251 790 45 ; ; : 21251 790 46 also also RB 21251 790 47 that that IN 21251 790 48 much much JJ 21251 790 49 of of IN 21251 790 50 Dr. Dr. NNP 21251 790 51 Peck Peck NNP 21251 790 52 's 's POS 21251 790 53 writings writing NNS 21251 790 54 and and CC 21251 790 55 many many JJ 21251 790 56 letters letter NNS 21251 790 57 of of IN 21251 790 58 his -PRON- PRP 21251 790 59 and and CC 21251 790 60 others other NNS 21251 790 61 were be VBD 21251 790 62 loaned loan VBN 21251 790 63 out out RP 21251 790 64 and and CC 21251 790 65 could could MD 21251 790 66 not not RB 21251 790 67 be be VB 21251 790 68 given give VBN 21251 790 69 to to IN 21251 790 70 the the DT 21251 790 71 St. St. NNP 21251 790 72 Louis Louis NNP 21251 790 73 parties party NNS 21251 790 74 to to TO 21251 790 75 keep keep VB 21251 790 76 , , , 21251 790 77 but but CC 21251 790 78 all all DT 21251 790 79 of of IN 21251 790 80 any any DT 21251 790 81 real real JJ 21251 790 82 value value NN 21251 790 83 have have VBP 21251 790 84 been be VBN 21251 790 85 copied copy VBN 21251 790 86 or or CC 21251 790 87 published publish VBN 21251 790 88 , , , 21251 790 89 except except IN 21251 790 90 the the DT 21251 790 91 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 790 92 - - HYPH 21251 790 93 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 790 94 interviews interview NNS 21251 790 95 and and CC 21251 790 96 some some DT 21251 790 97 others other NNS 21251 790 98 , , , 21251 790 99 and and CC 21251 790 100 that that IN 21251 790 101 even even RB 21251 790 102 some some DT 21251 790 103 of of IN 21251 790 104 these these DT 21251 790 105 copies copy NNS 21251 790 106 are be VBP 21251 790 107 loaned loan VBN 21251 790 108 out out RP 21251 790 109 , , , 21251 790 110 among among IN 21251 790 111 them -PRON- PRP 21251 790 112 copies copy NNS 21251 790 113 of of IN 21251 790 114 letters letter NNS 21251 790 115 from from IN 21251 790 116 Dr. Dr. NNP 21251 790 117 Peck Peck NNP 21251 790 118 , , , 21251 790 119 Douglas Douglas NNP 21251 790 120 , , , 21251 790 121 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 21251 790 122 , , , 21251 790 123 Lovejoy Lovejoy NNP 21251 790 124 , , , 21251 790 125 if if IN 21251 790 126 I -PRON- PRP 21251 790 127 recall recall VBP 21251 790 128 correctly correctly RB 21251 790 129 , , , 21251 790 130 and and CC 21251 790 131 others other NNS 21251 790 132 ; ; : 21251 790 133 though though IN 21251 790 134 the the DT 21251 790 135 facts fact NNS 21251 790 136 or or CC 21251 790 137 information information NN 21251 790 138 in in IN 21251 790 139 them -PRON- PRP 21251 790 140 have have VBP 21251 790 141 already already RB 21251 790 142 been be VBN 21251 790 143 published publish VBN 21251 790 144 , , , 21251 790 145 except except IN 21251 790 146 such such JJ 21251 790 147 facts fact NNS 21251 790 148 as as IN 21251 790 149 will will MD 21251 790 150 be be VB 21251 790 151 held hold VBN 21251 790 152 for for IN 21251 790 153 the the DT 21251 790 154 James James NNP 21251 790 155 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 790 156 history history NN 21251 790 157 , , , 21251 790 158 and and CC 21251 790 159 we -PRON- PRP 21251 790 160 have have VBP 21251 790 161 copies copy NNS 21251 790 162 of of IN 21251 790 163 them -PRON- PRP 21251 790 164 , , , 21251 790 165 so so RB 21251 790 166 nothing nothing NN 21251 790 167 will will MD 21251 790 168 be be VB 21251 790 169 lost lose VBN 21251 790 170 . . . 21251 791 1 ( ( -LRB- 21251 791 2 Signed sign VBN 21251 791 3 ) ) -RRB- 21251 791 4 JOSEPH JOSEPH NNP 21251 791 5 B. 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NN 21251 796 3 26 26 CD 21251 796 4 . . . 21251 797 1 2 2 LS 21251 797 2 . . . 21251 798 1 Reynolds Reynolds NNP 21251 798 2 " " `` 21251 798 3 My -PRON- PRP$ 21251 798 4 Own own JJ 21251 798 5 Times time NNS 21251 798 6 " " '' 21251 798 7 and and CC 21251 798 8 " " `` 21251 798 9 Pioneer Pioneer NNP 21251 798 10 History history NN 21251 798 11 of of IN 21251 798 12 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 798 13 . . . 21251 798 14 " " '' 21251 799 1 3 3 LS 21251 799 2 . . . 21251 800 1 See see VB 21251 800 2 " " `` 21251 800 3 Territorial Territorial NNP 21251 800 4 Records Records NNPS 21251 800 5 of of IN 21251 800 6 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 800 7 " " '' 21251 800 8 ( ( -LRB- 21251 800 9 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 800 10 State State NNP 21251 800 11 Historical Historical NNP 21251 800 12 Library Library NNP 21251 800 13 , , , 21251 800 14 _ _ NNP 21251 800 15 Publication Publication NNP 21251 800 16 _ _ NNP 21251 800 17 , , , 21251 800 18 III III NNP 21251 800 19 . . . 21251 801 1 ) ) -RRB- 21251 801 2 , , , 21251 801 3 and and CC 21251 801 4 compare compare VB 21251 801 5 p. p. NN 21251 801 6 54 54 CD 21251 801 7 _ _ NNP 21251 801 8 post post NN 21251 801 9 _ _ NNP 21251 801 10 . . . 21251 802 1 4 4 LS 21251 802 2 . . . 21251 803 1 See see VB 21251 803 2 Biographical biographical JJ 21251 803 3 sketches sketch NNS 21251 803 4 in in IN 21251 803 5 " " `` 21251 803 6 Lemen Lemen NNP 21251 803 7 Family Family NNP 21251 803 8 History history NN 21251 803 9 . . . 21251 803 10 " " '' 21251 804 1 5 5 CD 21251 804 2 . . . 21251 805 1 See see VB 21251 805 2 pp pp NNP 21251 805 3 . . . 21251 806 1 33 33 CD 21251 806 2 , , , 21251 806 3 53 53 CD 21251 806 4 . . . 21251 807 1 6 6 CD 21251 807 2 . . . 21251 808 1 See see VB 21251 808 2 pp pp NNP 21251 808 3 . . . 21251 809 1 27 27 CD 21251 809 2 , , , 21251 809 3 28 28 CD 21251 809 4 . . . 21251 810 1 7 7 LS 21251 810 2 . . . 21251 811 1 See see VB 21251 811 2 pp pp NNP 21251 811 3 . . . 21251 812 1 23 23 CD 21251 812 2 , , , 21251 812 3 42 42 CD 21251 812 4 , , , 21251 812 5 56 56 CD 21251 812 6 . . . 21251 813 1 8 8 LS 21251 813 2 . . . 21251 814 1 Peck Peck NNP 21251 814 2 , , , 21251 814 3 J. J. NNP 21251 814 4 M. M. NNP 21251 814 5 , , , 21251 814 6 " " `` 21251 814 7 Annals Annals NNPS 21251 814 8 of of IN 21251 814 9 the the DT 21251 814 10 West West NNP 21251 814 11 , , , 21251 814 12 " " '' 21251 814 13 _ _ NNP 21251 814 14 in in IN 21251 814 15 loco loco NNP 21251 814 16 _ _ NNP 21251 814 17 . . . 21251 815 1 9 9 CD 21251 815 2 . . . 21251 816 1 See see VB 21251 816 2 p. p. NN 21251 816 3 54 54 CD 21251 816 4 _ _ NNP 21251 816 5 post post NN 21251 816 6 _ _ NNP 21251 816 7 , , , 21251 816 8 and and CC 21251 816 9 Hinsdale Hinsdale NNP 21251 816 10 , , , 21251 816 11 " " `` 21251 816 12 Old old JJ 21251 816 13 Northwest Northwest NNP 21251 816 14 . . . 21251 816 15 " " '' 21251 817 1 10 10 CD 21251 817 2 . . . 21251 818 1 Alvord Alvord NNP 21251 818 2 , , , 21251 818 3 " " '' 21251 818 4 Cahokia Cahokia NNP 21251 818 5 Records Records NNPS 21251 818 6 , , , 21251 818 7 " " '' 21251 818 8 Introduction introduction NN 21251 818 9 . . . 21251 819 1 11 11 CD 21251 819 2 . . . 21251 820 1 Reynolds reynold NNS 21251 820 2 , , , 21251 820 3 " " `` 21251 820 4 My -PRON- PRP$ 21251 820 5 Own own JJ 21251 820 6 Times time NNS 21251 820 7 , , , 21251 820 8 " " '' 21251 820 9 p. p. NN 21251 820 10 208 208 CD 21251 820 11 . . . 21251 821 1 12 12 CD 21251 821 2 . . . 21251 822 1 McMaster McMaster NNP 21251 822 2 , , , 21251 822 3 " " `` 21251 822 4 People People NNS 21251 822 5 of of IN 21251 822 6 United United NNP 21251 822 7 States States NNP 21251 822 8 , , , 21251 822 9 " " '' 21251 822 10 II ii CD 21251 822 11 : : : 21251 822 12 30 30 CD 21251 822 13 , , , 21251 822 14 31 31 CD 21251 822 15 ; ; : 21251 822 16 III iii CD 21251 822 17 : : : 21251 822 18 108 108 CD 21251 822 19 ; ; : 21251 822 20 St. St. NNP 21251 822 21 Clair Clair NNP 21251 822 22 Papers Papers NNP 21251 822 23 . . . 21251 823 1 13 13 CD 21251 823 2 . . . 21251 824 1 Blake blake VB 21251 824 2 , , , 21251 824 3 " " `` 21251 824 4 History history NN 21251 824 5 of of IN 21251 824 6 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 824 7 , , , 21251 824 8 " " '' 21251 824 9 p. p. NN 21251 824 10 431 431 CD 21251 824 11 . . . 21251 825 1 14 14 CD 21251 825 2 . . . 21251 826 1 See see VB 21251 826 2 p. p. NN 21251 826 3 29 29 CD 21251 826 4 . . . 21251 827 1 15 15 CD 21251 827 2 . . . 21251 828 1 See see VB 21251 828 2 p. p. NN 21251 828 3 30 30 CD 21251 828 4 , , , 21251 828 5 and and CC 21251 828 6 compare compare VB 21251 828 7 No no UH 21251 828 8 . . . 21251 829 1 16 16 CD 21251 829 2 below below RB 21251 829 3 . . . 21251 830 1 16 16 CD 21251 830 2 . . . 21251 831 1 Blake blake VB 21251 831 2 , , , 21251 831 3 " " `` 21251 831 4 History history NN 21251 831 5 of of IN 21251 831 6 Slavery Slavery NNP 21251 831 7 , , , 21251 831 8 " " '' 21251 831 9 _ _ NNP 21251 831 10 in in IN 21251 831 11 loco loco NNP 21251 831 12 _ _ NNP 21251 831 13 . . . 21251 832 1 17 17 CD 21251 832 2 . . . 21251 833 1 See see VB 21251 833 2 pp pp NNP 21251 833 3 . . . 21251 834 1 35 35 CD 21251 834 2 , , , 21251 834 3 36 36 CD 21251 834 4 , , , 21251 834 5 43 43 CD 21251 834 6 . . . 21251 835 1 18 18 CD 21251 835 2 . . . 21251 836 1 See see VB 21251 836 2 p. p. NN 21251 836 3 53 53 CD 21251 836 4 . . . 21251 837 1 19 19 CD 21251 837 2 . . . 21251 838 1 See see VB 21251 838 2 p. p. NN 21251 838 3 30 30 CD 21251 838 4 . . . 21251 839 1 20 20 CD 21251 839 2 . . . 21251 840 1 See see VB 21251 840 2 p. p. NN 21251 840 3 30 30 CD 21251 840 4 , , , 21251 840 5 and and CC 21251 840 6 compare compare VB 21251 840 7 , , , 21251 840 8 Patterson Patterson NNP 21251 840 9 , , , 21251 840 10 " " `` 21251 840 11 Early early JJ 21251 840 12 Illinois Illinois NNP 21251 840 13 , , , 21251 840 14 " " `` 21251 840 15 Fergus Fergus NNP 21251 840 16 Historical Historical NNP 21251 840 17 Coll Coll NNP 21251 840 18 . . . 21251 840 19 , , , 21251 840 20 No no UH 21251 840 21 . . . 21251 841 1 14 14 CD 21251 841 2 , , , 21251 841 3 pp pp NNP 21251 841 4 . . . 21251 842 1 141 141 CD 21251 842 2 - - SYM 21251 842 3 2 2 CD 21251 842 4 . . . 21251 843 1 21 21 CD 21251 843 2 . . . 21251 844 1 See see VB 21251 844 2 pp pp NNP 21251 844 3 . . . 21251 845 1 30 30 CD 21251 845 2 , , , 21251 845 3 35 35 CD 21251 845 4 . . . 21251 846 1 22 22 CD 21251 846 2 . . . 21251 847 1 Reynolds reynold NNS 21251 847 2 , , , 21251 847 3 " " `` 21251 847 4 My -PRON- PRP$ 21251 847 5 Own own JJ 21251 847 6 Times time NNS 21251 847 7 , , , 21251 847 8 " " '' 21251 847 9 p. p. NN 21251 847 10 170 170 CD 21251 847 11 . . . 21251 848 1 23 23 CD 21251 848 2 . . . 21251 849 1 See see VB 21251 849 2 p. p. NN 21251 849 3 36 36 CD 21251 849 4 . . . 21251 850 1 24 24 CD 21251 850 2 . . . 21251 851 1 See see VB 21251 851 2 p. p. NN 21251 851 3 55 55 CD 21251 851 4 , , , 21251 851 5 and and CC 21251 851 6 compare compare VB 21251 851 7 reference reference NN 21251 851 8 No no UH 21251 851 9 . . . 21251 852 1 19 19 CD 21251 852 2 . . . 21251 853 1 25 25 CD 21251 853 2 . . . 21251 854 1 See see VB 21251 854 2 p. p. NN 21251 854 3 37 37 CD 21251 854 4 . . . 21251 855 1 26 26 CD 21251 855 2 . . . 21251 856 1 See see VB 21251 856 2 " " `` 21251 856 3 Centennial Centennial NNP 21251 856 4 History history NN 21251 856 5 of of IN 21251 856 6 Madison Madison NNP 21251 856 7 Co. Co. NNP 21251 856 8 , , , 21251 856 9 " " `` 21251 856 10 I -PRON- PRP 21251 856 11 : : : 21251 856 12 52 52 CD 21251 856 13 - - SYM 21251 856 14 55 55 CD 21251 856 15 . . . 21251 857 1 27 27 CD 21251 857 2 . . . 21251 858 1 See see VB 21251 858 2 p. p. NN 21251 858 3 38 38 CD 21251 858 4 . . . 21251 859 1 28 28 CD 21251 859 2 . . . 21251 860 1 See see VB 21251 860 2 p. p. NN 21251 860 3 47 47 CD 21251 860 4 . . . 21251 861 1 29 29 CD 21251 861 2 . . . 21251 862 1 See see VB 21251 862 2 p. p. NN 21251 862 3 50 50 CD 21251 862 4 . . . 21251 863 1 30 30 CD 21251 863 2 . . . 21251 864 1 See see VB 21251 864 2 p. p. NN 21251 864 3 34 34 CD 21251 864 4 . . . 21251 865 1 31 31 CD 21251 865 2 . . . 21251 866 1 See see VB 21251 866 2 p. p. NN 21251 866 3 41 41 CD 21251 866 4 . . . 21251 867 1 32 32 CD 21251 867 2 . . . 21251 868 1 See see VB 21251 868 2 p. p. NN 21251 868 3 54 54 CD 21251 868 4 . . . 21251 869 1 33 33 CD 21251 869 2 . . . 21251 870 1 _ _ NNP 21251 870 2 Cf Cf NNP 21251 870 3 . . . 21251 870 4 _ _ NNP 21251 870 5 Smith Smith NNP 21251 870 6 , , , 21251 870 7 J. J. NNP 21251 871 1 A. A. NNP 21251 871 2 , , , 21251 871 3 " " `` 21251 871 4 History history NN 21251 871 5 of of IN 21251 871 6 the the DT 21251 871 7 Baptists Baptists NNPS 21251 871 8 , , , 21251 871 9 " " '' 21251 871 10 p. p. NN 21251 871 11 40 40 CD 21251 871 12 ; ; : 21251 871 13 Benedict Benedict NNP 21251 871 14 , , , 21251 871 15 " " `` 21251 871 16 History history NN 21251 871 17 of of IN 21251 871 18 the the DT 21251 871 19 Baptists Baptists NNPS 21251 871 20 , , , 21251 871 21 " " '' 21251 871 22 II ii CD 21251 871 23 : : : 21251 871 24 246 246 CD 21251 871 25 - - SYM 21251 871 26 8 8 CD 21251 871 27 . . . 21251 872 1 34 34 CD 21251 872 2 . . . 21251 873 1 See see VB 21251 873 2 p. p. NN 21251 873 3 39 39 CD 21251 873 4 . . . 21251 874 1 35 35 CD 21251 874 2 . . . 21251 875 1 See see VB 21251 875 2 pp pp NNP 21251 875 3 . . . 21251 876 1 42 42 CD 21251 876 2 , , , 21251 876 3 56 56 CD 21251 876 4 and and CC 21251 876 5 Peck Peck NNP 21251 876 6 , , , 21251 876 7 J. J. NNP 21251 876 8 M. M. NNP 21251 876 9 , , , 21251 876 10 " " '' 21251 876 11 Father Father NNP 21251 876 12 Clark Clark NNP 21251 876 13 , , , 21251 876 14 " " `` 21251 876 15 _ _ NNP 21251 876 16 in in IN 21251 876 17 loco loco NNP 21251 876 18 _ _ NNP 21251 876 19 . . .