Biographical and Historical Sketches of Early Indiana

<p>"Many of the sketches contained in this book were originally published in the Indianapolis Journal. These and such as have been given the public in other papers have been carefully revised and rewritten. ... The dead Governors of Indiana 'both Territorial and State' are sketched and monographs of other distinguished men are given. The book contains other papers of a historical character... The information contained in this book which necessarily develops much of the early political history of the State was obtained from various sources and can not elsewhere be found without great research and labor." Sketches include: William Henry Harrison John Gibson Thomas Posey Jonathan Jennings Ratliff Boon William Hendricks James Brown Ray Noah Noble David Wallace Samuel Bigger James Whitcomb Joseph A. Wright Ashbel P. Willard Abram A. Hammond Henry S. Lane Oliver P. Morton James D. Williams Christopher Harrison Milton Stapp David Hillis James Noble John Tipton Oliver H. Smith Albert S. White Edward A. Hannegan Jesse D. Bright John W. Davis George G. Dunn William W. Wick Tilghman A. Howard James H. Cravens Andrew Kennedy Robert Dale Owen Thomas Smith John L. Robinson Cyrus L. Dunham John Law Michael C. Kerr Isaac Blackford Stephen C. Stevens Charles Dewey Jeremiah Sullivan A Historical Trio Benjamin Parke Thomas Randolph Williamson Dunn Abel C. Pepper Joseph Lane James Gregory Joseph G. Marshall Michael G. Bright Nicholas McCarty Calvin Fletcher William H. Morrison James S. Athon Michael C. Garber John D. Defrees Free Masonry in Indiana Madison from 1844 to 1852 and Indiana Press in the Olden Time. Five portraits and a full-name index add to the value of this work.</p>