Sidney Breese
Sidney Breese (July 15, 1800 – June 27, 1878), a lawyer, soldier, author and jurist born in New York, became an early Illinois pioneer and represented the state in the United States Senate as well as served as Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, and has been called "father of the Illinois Central Railroad". Provided by Wikipedia-
Speech of Hon S Breese of Illinois on the Oregon questiondelivered in the Senate of the United States Monday March 2 1846Bookby Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878
Published 1846