Rally After the Debate / Lincoln in Coles County

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Nineteenth-century Illinois political campaigns and rallies were raucous affairs, part entertainment and part serious politics. The candidates were often accompanied or preceded by marchers, fireworks, flag bearers, musicians, and- - -in the case of Stephen A. ...

Lincoln's Care for His Family

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Abraham Lincoln was a frequent visitor to Cole County in the 1840's, traveling on the judicial circuit. In Charleston, according to Amanda Hanks Poorman (the daughter of Dennis Hanks), Lincoln would use the Hanks’s horse and ...

Lincoln's Last Visit / The Debaters in Mattoon

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Abraham Lincoln’s last visit to Cole County was indeed of a personal nature. Lincoln was described as he left Springfield by Henry C. Whitney, who accompanied him part of the way on the ...

Lincoln’s Hildene

Summer Home of Son of Civil War President

Eastward on the hillside can be seen the Manchester estate of Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. He became fond of Vermont, and for over twenty ...

Lincoln and Divorce

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Abraham Lincoln handled at least 147 divorce cases during his twenty-five years as a lawyer. One in Shelby County also concerned the ownership of land. William Stewardson and Mary Jane Dawson, both English immigrants, married in ...

Lincoln - Thornton Debate

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In the summer of 1856, Abraham Lincoln traveled across much of Illinois, giving speeches supporting the new Republican Party and its national and state candidates. On August 9, 1856, Lincoln arrived in Shelbyville to participate in ...

Abraham Lincoln

1809 - 1865

The

First Public and

Official Endorsement of

Abraham Lincoln

as a candidate

for President of

the United States

was given him in

Mansfield

at a County Convention

held November 5, 1858.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Park Avenue East (Ohio Route 430), on the left ...

Lincoln's Cavalry Guard

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In 1863, Ohio Governor David Tod believed that Lincoln needed a cavalry body-guard. Governor Tod requested one volunteer from each county in Ohio to serve on special duty. Guernsey County, in east-central Ohio supplied Ephraim Adamson, a ...

Lincoln / Lamon Law Office

Danville, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln occupied offices in a building on this site while practicing law in the Eighth Judicial District from 1847 - 1859.

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and North Vermilion Street, on the right when traveling ...

Abraham Lincoln at Danville Presbyterian Church

Abraham Lincoln

1841 - 1861

Lincoln attended the Presbyterian Church at this location when he was in Danville attending court. He and Reverend Enoch Kingsbury were friends. Lincoln appointed Kingsbury Postmaster when he was elected President.

Marker is at the intersection of North ...