Lincoln called this state's governor "the skeer'dest man I ever knew," and George Julian was a radical congressman from this state.
Following an 1863 state supreme court decision empowering this state's Treasurer and Auditor, its governor resorted to funding this state through the so-called "Bureau of Finance," a safe in his office, with loans from politically friendly county governments and the War Department. Lincoln called this state's governor "the skeer'dest man I ever knew," and George Julian was a radical congressman from this state. In a letter to Edwin Stanton, this state's governor alleged that the (*) Knights of the Golden Circle had plans to involve this state in a "North-Western Confederacy;" that letter was written by Oliver Morton and was carried to Washington by Robert Dale Owen. For 10 points, name this state where Owen's father founded the utopian community of New Harmony.
Following an 1863 state supreme court decision empowering this state's Treasurer and Auditor, its governor resorted to funding this state through the so-called "Bureau of Finance," a safe in his office, with loans from politically friendly county governments and the War Department.
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