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    Edward Coles (December 15, 1786 – July 7, 1868) was an American planter and politician, elected as the second Governor of Illinois (1822 to 1826). From...
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  • Governor Coles State Memorial, also known as the Edward E. Coles Monument and the Governor Coles Monument, is a concrete memorial dedicated to Edward Coles, the...
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    was named after Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois, from 1822 to 1826. The majority of the American settlers who founded Coles County were either...
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  • Edward Coles (23 November 1874 – 16 October 1945) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat...
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  • of the Wu-Tang Clan Edward Coles (1786–1868), American politician Elisha Coles (1640–1680), English lexicographer Elizabeth Coles (1912–1975), British...
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    Cartwright, Quaker James Lemen, publisher Hooper Warren and future governor Edward Coles. Kane claimed ownership of five people as slaves in 1820, After an unsuccessful...
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    retirement, Washburne published a biography of anti-slavery politician Edward Coles, and a memoir of his own diplomatic career in France. Washburne was born...
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    Isaac Coles (March 2, 1747 – June 3, 1813) was an American planter, militia officer and politician from Virginia. Coles was born in Richmond in the Colony...
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    legislature in 1826–27. Hamilton served as aide de camp to Governor Edward Coles, and while living in Illinois, first in Springfield and later in Peoria...
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    Retrieved December 17, 2023. Dubin 2003, p. 45. Sobel 1978, p. 366. "Edward Coles". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023. "Illinois...
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  • Edward Peter Collings (30 January 1892 – 14 September 1968) played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches in the 1921 season and a further two...
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    James Brown to Havana. She sailed for Europe on 14 August 1816 to take Edward Coles, special messenger from the President of the United States to the Emperor...
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    the pro-Adams was to depict Jackson as a "mere military chieftain." Edward Coles recounted that Jefferson told him in a conversation in August 1825 that...
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    John Mason Peck), publisher Hooper Warren and politicians (especially Edward Coles, Daniel Pope Cook and Risdon Moore), Illinois voters in 1824 rejected...
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  • Hay 1776 – 1780: William Broff 1780 – 1781: Hew Steuart 1781 – 1785: Edward Coles In 1785, Bencoolen became a Residency, within the Bengal Presidency 1785...
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  • Edward Bennett Coles (October 29, 1910 – June 18, 1970), known professionally as Eddie Cole, was an American jazz musician and brother to musicians Nat...
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  • George Edward Coles (11 February 1851 – 21 June 1903) was an Indian-born English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. He was born...
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    territorial governor in 1809 and later served as governor from 1826 to 1830; Edward Coles, elected in 1822 and a strong opponent of slavery; John Reynolds, governor...
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    Governor of Virginia between 1841 and 1842. He was the brother-in-law of Edward Coles. Rutherfoord graduated from Princeton University in 1816, studied law...
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  • Command from 1966 to 1968. Coles was also a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s as part of an RAF team. Coles joined the Royal Air Force...
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    revisionist argument that no plot actually existed. "Narrative of the Life of Edward Coles". Poemsforfree.com. 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2015-06-11. James David Essig...
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    George Coles (September 20, 1810 – August 21, 1875) was a Canadian politician, being the first premier of Prince Edward Island, and a Father of Canadian...
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  • Charles Edward Coles (June 27, 1931 – January 25, 1996) was an American professional baseball player whose career extended from 1950 through 1963. He had...
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  • a convention to legalize slavery, but they were blocked by Governor Edward Coles who mobilized anti-slavery forces, warning that rich slave owners would...
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     211. ISBN 978-0684845029. Retrieved 8 March 2016. Coles, Edward. "Autobiography." April 1844. Coles Collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania Welch...
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  • Representatives. He was born at Coles Ferry in Halifax County, Virginia, the son of the former Catherine Thompson, the second wife of Isaac Coles. His father was a...
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  • style where "the legs and feet did the work". Coles was also half of the professional tap dancing duo Coles and Atkins, whose specialty was performing with...
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    met Edward Coles, who would become Illinois' second governor in 1822. Appointed the federal land registrar by President James Monroe, Virginian Coles had...
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    Edward Mandell House (July 26, 1858 – March 28, 1938) was an American diplomat, and an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. He was known as Colonel House...
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    The Paul W. Dillon Home, often referred to as the Dillon Home, is located in Sterling, Illinois. It was home to businessman P.W. Dillon, who was the president...
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