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Webinar - "To the Honorable, the General Assembly - The Treasure Trove in Legislative Petitions"

“To the Honorable, the General Assembly” -

The Treasure Trove in Legislative Petitions

Presenter: Judy G. Russell, CG
Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 9:00 pm Eastern
Description: As colonists and as citizens of the new United States, Americans were fiercely protective of their right to petition their government. Whether the issue was forming new counties, building bridges and highways, or some matter of public concern, our ancestors made their voices heard in legislative petitions that are a treasure trove for genealogists.
Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3615763026611679744
Sponsor: David A. Joens, author of From Slave to State Legislator: John W. E. Thomas, Illinois' First African American Lawmaker, available at SIU Press (http://www.suipress.com)

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