ON THIS DAY in 1818, the state of Illinois was admitted to the Union. A public auction was immediately scheduled in Kaskaskia for the new state’s two seats in the United States Senate.
Edited by H. Albertus Boli, LL.D.
ON THIS DAY in 1818, the state of Illinois was admitted to the Union. A public auction was immediately scheduled in Kaskaskia for the new state’s two seats in the United States Senate.