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<p>Issue of the <i>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/Carroll_County_Republican">http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/Carroll_County_Republican</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Carroll County Republican&lt;/a&gt;</i> for the week of September 19, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://alplm.org/">http://alplm.org/</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Abraham Lincoln Library&lt;/a&gt; and digitized by &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.creeksidedigital.com/">http://www.creeksidedigital.com/</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Creekside Digital&lt;/a&gt;.  
The <i>Republican</i>, edited at this time by &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/David_Wheeler">http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/David_Wheeler</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;David Hilton Wheeler&lt;/a&gt;, was the principal newspaper of &lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carroll,_Illinois">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carroll,_Illinois</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mount Carroll, Illinois&lt;/a&gt; during the 1850s.
Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. 
The <i>Republican</i> frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount Carroll Seminary, which would later be known as &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://shimer.edu">http://shimer.edu</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Shimer College&lt;/a&gt;.  
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<center>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://archive.org/details/Carroll_County_Republican_1856-09-12">https://archive.org/details/Carroll_County_Republican_1856-09-12</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;<b><big>←</big>1856-09-12<big>←</big></b>&lt;/a&gt;           &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/Carroll_County_Republican_1856-09-19">http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/Carroll_County_Republican_1856-09-19</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;<b>September 19, 1856</b>&lt;/a&gt;           <b><big>→</big>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://archive.org/details/Carroll_County_Republican_1856-09-26">https://archive.org/details/Carroll_County_Republican_1856-09-26</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;1856-09-26 <big>→</big>&lt;/a&gt;</b></center>
<p>Founded in Mount Carroll in 1853, Shimer is now based in Chicago and known for its &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/curriculum/index.cfm">http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/curriculum/index.cfm</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Great Books curriculum&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/shimerinoxfordprogram.cfm">http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/shimerinoxfordprogram.cfm</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Oxford program&lt;/a&gt;, and long-standing advocacy of &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/earlyentrantprogram.cfm">http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/earlyentrantprogram.cfm</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;early entrance to college&lt;/a&gt;.
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<br>Subjects: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers</div>
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Carroll County Republican</div>
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