Otto Haack, a volunteer at the Early American Museum, portrays Mr. Alexander in the children's Discovery Room.
Greetings from
Mr. Alexander
Otto Haack, a volunteer at the Early American Museum, portrays Mr. Alexander
in the children's Discovery Room.
Greetings! My name is Mr. Issac H. Alexander.
I was the first person to buy a store license from the county government
of Champaign County, Illinois. I paid five dollars in November of 1833 for
my license. I knew that I wanted a lot of people to know about my new store
in Urbana but the town didn't have its own newspaper. So I advertised my
store in the Danville Enquirer on December 7,1833. You can see a
copy of this ad on my home page.
Please feel free to browse through my selection of newly arrived stock.
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