Glover, L[ivingston] M[aturin], Rev

Discourse occasioned by the death of Jacob Strawn, the great American farmer. Delivered in Strawn's Hall, Jacksonville, Ill., September 17, 1865 ... Published by request of the family

Jacksonville, [Ill.]: Franklin Printing Office, 1865. First edition, 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; fine in original printed yellow wrappers. Jacob Strawn had a successful farm northeast of Thornville, Ohio. He sold the farm and moved west to Illinois, boasting he would become the richest man in the state. He made his word more than good, for he became the largest land owner in Illinois, and the largest cattle owner in the United States, and probably the most extensive cattle dealer in the world at the time of his death in 1865. Item #53971

Price: $250.00