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	Lincoln/Net: Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Ninian Edwards was born in Maryland and educated in Pennsylvania.
		In 1809 President James Madison appointed Edwards Governor of the Illinois Territory, and he served in that capacity until its statehood in 1818.
		Edwards, Ninian W. History of Illinois, from 1778-1833; and Life and Times of Ninian Edwards.
	lincoln.lib.niu.edu /bio/ninian.html (134 words)

	Ninian Edwards, class of 1792 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Ninian Edwards was born in Montgomery County, Maryland on March 17, 1775 to Benjamin and Margaret Edwards, a well-connected political family.
		Edwards returned to Illinois where he was elected governor in 1826.
		Ninian Edwards died of cholera on July 20, 1833 in Belleville, Illinois.
	chronicles.dickinson.edu /encyclo/e/ed_edwardsN.htm (240 words)

	Ninian Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ninian Edwards (1775–1833) was a U.S. political figure.
		He served as the last governor of Illinois Territory between 1809 from 1818 and again as governor of Illinois (as a state) from 1826 until 1830.
		Upon his death in 1833, Edwards was interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ninian_Edwards (87 words)

	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
		Ninian Edwards was governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to 1818.
		Ninian W. Edwards was married to Elizabeth P. Todd, the sister of Mary Todd Lincoln.
		Ninian W. Edwards was part of a group of legislators called the "Long Nine" and was instrumental in having the state capitol moved from Vandalia to Springfield (Barringer 12).
	www.geocities.com /llcschool/OakRidge.htm (2498 words)

	Mr. Lincoln's White House: Elizabeth Todd Edwards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Edwards left in April and army nurse Rebecca Pomroy was engaged as a companion for Mary Lincoln.
		Ninian was the son of the first governor of State of Illinois and served briefly as Illinois Attorney General during Lincoln's first term in Vandalia.
		Ninian Edwards later was elected as a state senator, again as a state representative and as state superintendent of instruction in 1854.
	www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org /inside.asp?ID=19&subjectID=2 (812 words)

	Ninian Edwards
		EDWARDS, Ninian, senator, born in Montgomery County, Maryland, in March 1775; died in Belleville, Illinois, 20 July 1833.
		His son, Ninian Wirt Edwards, lawyer, born in Frankfort, Kentucky, 15 April 1809, was taken by his father, when an infant, to Kaskaskia, then the capital of Illinois territory.
		Edwards began the practice of law in 1833, and in 1834 was appointed attorney general of Illinois, but resigned in 1835, and removed to Springfield.
	www.famousamericans.net /ninianedwards (904 words)

	USGenWeb, ILGenWeb - Illinois History Project - Governor Ninian Edwards
		Ninian Edwards, Governor from 1827 to 1830, was a son of Benjamin Edwards, and was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, in March, 1775.
		As Gov. Edwards' term of office expired by law in 1812, he was re-appointed for another term of three years, and again in 1815 for a third term, serving until the organization of the State in the fall of 1818 and the inauguration of Gov. Bond.
		Edwards resided at and in the vicinity of Kaskaskia from 1809 to 1818; in Edwardwville (named after him) from that time to 1824; and from the latter date at Belleville, St. Clair County, until his death, July 20, 1833, of Asiatic cholera.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ilhistor/governors/edwards.html (1142 words)

	Thomas F. Schwartz \| Mary Todd's 1835 Visit to Springfield, Illinois \| Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 26.1 ...
		Although Ninian Wirt Edwards was the son of Ninian Edwards—Illinois territorial governor and one of Illinois' first senators after statehood in 1818 and its third governor—he had yet to make his mark in the world.
		In 1834, Governor John Reynolds appointed Edwards to be Illinois attorney general, most likely as a favor to Ninian's illustrious father.
		It is clear that Elizabeth Todd Edwards used the spare bedrooms to invite her sisters to visit for extended periods, always with an eye to finding a suitable spouse.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/jala/26.1/schwartz1.html (1076 words)

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		Edwards, Jonathan, 1745–1801, American theologian, the younger, 1745-1801, American theologian, b.
		Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–58, American theologian and metaphysician, 1703-58, American theologian and metaphysician, b.
		Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Edwards (214 words)

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		Ninian Edward's charges of financial mismanagement.","American State Papers--Finance, Volume V" "llsp","013","00140002.tif","018","001","h","2","2","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00150003.tif","018","001","h","3","3","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00160004.tif","018","001","h","4","4","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00170005.tif","018","001","h","5","5","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00180006.tif","018","001","h","6","6","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00190007.tif","018","001","h","7","7","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00200008.tif","018","001","h","8","8","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00210009.tif","018","001","h","9","9","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00220010.tif","018","001","h","10","10","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00230011.tif","018","001","h","11","11","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00240012.tif","018","001","h","12","12","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00250013.tif","018","001","h","13","13","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00260014.tif","018","001","h","14","14","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00270015.tif","018","001","h","15","15","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00280016.tif","018","001","h","16","16","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00290017.tif","018","001","h","17","17","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00300018.tif","018","001","h","18","18","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00310019.tif","018","001","h","19","19","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00320020.tif","018","001","h","20","20","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00330021.tif","018","001","h","21","21","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00340022.tif","018","001","h","22","22","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00350023.tif","018","001","h","23","23","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00360024.tif","018","001","h","24","24","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00370025.tif","018","001","h","25","25","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00380026.tif","018","001","h","26","26","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00390027.tif","018","001","h","27","27","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00400028.tif","018","001","h","28","28","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00410029.tif","018","001","h","29","29","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00420030.tif","018","001","h","30","30","18240419","","" "llsp","013","00430031.tif","018","001","h,s","31","31","18240423,18240428","No. 707.
		Ninian Edwards detained from mission to Mexico by House of Representatives.~No. 708.
		Answer of the Secretary of the Treasury to Ninian Edwards' charges of financial mismanagement.","Financial Mismanagement" "llsp","013","00540042.tif","018","001","h","42","42","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00550043.tif","018","001","h","43","43","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00560044.tif","018","001","h","44","44","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00570045.tif","018","001","h","45","45","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00580046.tif","018","001","h","46","46","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00590047.tif","018","001","h","47","47","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00600048.tif","018","001","h","48","48","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00610049.tif","018","001","h","49","49","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00620050.tif","018","001","h","50","50","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00630051.tif","018","001","h","51","51","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00640052.tif","018","001","h","52","52","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00650053.tif","018","001","h","53","53","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00660054.tif","018","001","h","54","54","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00670055.tif","018","001","h","55","55","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00680056.tif","018","001","h","56","56","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00690057.tif","018","001","h","57","57","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00700058.tif","018","001","h","58","58","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00710059.tif","018","001","h","59","59","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00720060.tif","018","001","h","60","60","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00730061.tif","018","001","h","61","61","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00740062.tif","018","001","h","62","62","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00750063.tif","018","001","h","63","63","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00760064.tif","018","001","h","64","64","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00770065.tif","018","001","h","65","65","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00780066.tif","018","001","h","66","66","18240511","","" "llsp","013","00790067.tif","018","001","h","67","67","18240521","No. 710.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ll/llsp/013/llsp013.txt (2928 words)

	150 Years: A Celebration of Education
		When Edwards took office there was still opposition to free public education; few students in poor or rural areas had access to schools and Illinois had no public institutions of higher learning for educating teachers.
		Edwards adopted an "advocacy" leadership role for the superintendent's office that would carry over into the next century.
		Ninian Edwards: Illinois' first full-time Superintendent; created the first statewide system for collecting and administering school funds.
	www.isbe.state.il.us /150_years (1483 words)

	Brief Biographies of Jackson Era Characters (E) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Men like Edwards and, to some extent, Lyman Beecher represented an intermediate stage in the church's philosophy of revivals.
		In this work, which began as a series of sermons in 1741-2, he presents a kind of aesthetics of Christianity, and seeks to distinguish the religious state that is truly a gift of God, from the untrue, which might be brought about by emotional manipulation.
		Edwards died in Princeton, NJ very soon after taking over the presidency of the College of New Jersey (later called Princeton).
	www.earlyrepublic.net /BIOG-E.htm (1691 words)

	Ninian Edwards Information
		Ninian Edwards (March 17, 1775–July 20, 1833) was a U.S. political figure.
		Born in 1775 in Montgomery County, Maryland, he served as the last governor of Illinois Territory between 1809 from 1818 and again as governor of Illinois (as a state) from 1826 until 1830.
		Upon his death in 1833 in Belleville, Illinois, Edwards was interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
	www.bookrags.com /Ninian_Edwards (81 words)

	Photo Archives - Ninian Edwards
		Edwards, land speculator, statesman and Governor, became an authority on frontier government.
		In 1819, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, and in 1826, he became the third Governor of the State of Illinois.
		Edwards is well known locally as the man who promoted Belleville as a town site after he had purchased all available town lots in 1828.
	www.laborandindustrymuseum.org /PhotoArchive-NinianEdwards.shtml (141 words)

	Stephenson House Home Page
		The United States Congress organized the Illinois territory and appointed Ninian Edwards to serve as territorial governor and Benjamin Stephenson was appointed the first sheriff of Randolph County.
		Politically, Stephenson was known to be a protege of Ninian Edwards and it is during this period that Stephenson and Edwards solidified their friendship.
		On June 26, 1834 the widow of Ninian Edwards, Elvira, bought the Stephenson house as a token of friendship for $2,000.
	www.stephensonhouse.com /history.html (963 words)

	1812 WAR INDEX PAGE
		Ninian Edwards was appointed the Governor of the Illinois Territory.
		Ninian Edwards was the son of Benjamin Edwards.
		Madison and Clinton and the Northern Border of White County ran through the present counties of Jefferson and Wayne and met the southern boundries of present Edwards and Wabash.
	www.iltrails.org /1812hx.htm (740 words)

	Edwards Place (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Edwards Place is the oldest house in Springfield on its original foundation, built in 1833.
		Ninian Wirt Edwards and Elizabeth Todd Edwards became legal guardians of Mary Todd, and she eventually married Abraham Lincoln in their home.
		Edwards Place was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and designated a Historic Landmark by the City of Springfield in 1992.
	www.springfieldart.org /construction.html (279 words)

	Notes for Chapter 19
		The connection with Crawford--Ironically, Crawford was thought to be the leader of a conspiracy to make the former northwest territories slave states in order to increase his chances of being elected president.
		Edward says that--Edward Coles to John Coles III, April 5, 1823, Roberts Coles Collection.
		Edward says John claims--Edward Coles to John Coles III, August 22, 1823, Roberts Coles Collection.
	www.poemsforfree.com /cn19.html (1095 words)

	SCHS - Edwards Trace Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Sangamon County Historical Society is currently involved in an effort to place an historical marker at one of the last remaining stretches of the historic Edwards Trace.
		This article, "Barely a trace, What’s Left of the Old Indian Trail known as Edwards Trace" by William Furry, is an excellent history of the trace and the efforts to preserve it.
		Edwards Trace, which has been used by a variety of ethnic and cultural populations in its long history.
	www.sancohis.org /trace.htm (2617 words)

	White House Studies: Mary Todd Lincoln: civil war first lady - Features: "Profile" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Among the visitors to the Edwards home in Springfield was Abraham Lincoln, a lawyer and ambitious state legislator, as well as a Whig political ally of Mary's brother-in-law Ninian Edwards.
		Ninian Edwards once acknowledged Mary's status as the belle of Springfield by remarking that she could make a bishop forget his prayers.
		There followed three more boys, Edward Baker, who was born in 1846 and named after a political associate of Lincoln's, William Wallace, born in 1850 and named after Mary's brother-in-law, and finally, in 1853, the irrepressible Thomas, nicknamed "Tad" and named after Abraham's father.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0KVD/is_1_2/ai_86851226 (1365 words)

	IHX Manuscripts D-G
		Edward F. Dunne was a leading progressive Democrat who served as mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois.
		Ninian Edwards served as Governor of the Illinois Territory (1809-18), U.S. Senator (1818-24), and Governor of Illinois (1826-30).
		Edwards were presented to the Chicago Historical Society by his son, Ninian Wirt Edwards.
	www.library.uiuc.edu /ihx/col_info-deg.htm (9092 words)

	Edwards County Fact Sheet
		Named after Ninian Edwards, Governor of the Illinois Territory and the third Governor of the State of Illinois.
		Edwards served as Territorial Governor from May 27, 1809 to October 6, 1818 and Governor of the State of Illinois from December 6, 1826 to December 6, 1830.
		Edwards County has never adopted township form of government.
	www.ilsos.com /departments/archives/irad/edwards.html (113 words)

	Ninian Edwards -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Ninian Edwards (1775–1833) was a (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) U.S. (Click link for more info and facts about political figure) political figure.
		He served as the last governor of (Click link for more info and facts about Illinois Territory) Illinois Territory between 1809 from 1818 and again as (Click link for more info and facts about governor of Illinois) governor of Illinois (as a state) from 1826 until 1830.
		He served as a US Senator from (A Midwest state in north-central United States) Illinois from 1818 to 1824.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/ninian_edwards.htm (134 words)

	Ledger Sentinel - Award winning newspaper published in Oswego, Illinois
		Edwards, a Kentucky aristocrat, had the support of the powerful Henry Clay and Sen. John Pope.
		As the War of 1812 loomed, Edwards strove to prove he was in charge.
		Edwards and his two regiments of Illinois Rangers returned to Kaskaskia in triumph.
	www.ledgersentinel.com /article.asp?num=806 (951 words)

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