15. Richard J. Oglesby, Message of His Excellency, Richard J. Oglesby, Governor of Illinois, to the General Assembly, January 7, 1867 (Springfield, IL: Baker, Bailhache & Co., 1867). (43 p.)


State of the State address to the legislature, in which the governor talks about the budget, the state debt, state agencies and institutions (e.g., the School for Idiots), and internal improvements.