Lincoln-Thornton Debate / Lincoln Circuit
[Larger Marker]:
Here
Abraham Lincoln
and
Anthony Thornton
June 15, 1856
debated for and against
Freedom
in our territories.
It was the initial speech that made
Lincoln President
and
The Great Emancipator.
[Smaller Marker]:
Lincoln Circuit
1847 - 1858
He practised law here
occupied a room in the hotel
then known as
Tackets Tavern.
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Illinois Route 16) and Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
