Description
The first edition of Personal Recollections of John M. Palmer, published in 1901, from the library of Illinois Governor Richard J. Oglesby.
Octavo, xv, [3], 631pp. Red cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, seal of the State of Illinois on front cover. Top edge gilt. Notable rubbing to cloth on the spine, front hinge starting, text block solid. This work is complete with a frontispiece portrait and ten illustrated plates. Edited by John McAuley. Includes the bookplate of Governor Oglesby affixed to the front pastedown. (Nevins I, 141)
Richard James Oglesby (1824-1899) was an American politician and Union Army general during the Civil War. Born in Kentucky and raised in Illinois, he served in the Mexican-American War before becoming a prominent Republican leader. Oglesby was elected Governor of Illinois three times (1865-1869, briefly in 1873, and 1885-1889) and also served as a U.S. Senator from 1873 to 1879. A close ally of Abraham Lincoln, he played a key role in promoting Lincoln’s political career.
