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From the Founder
of the Lincoln Institute
Lincoln at Peoria
The Turning Point
by Lewis E. Lehrman |
Students of Abraham Lincoln know the canon of his major speeches — from his Lyceum Speech of 1838 to his “Final Remarks” delivered from a White House window, days before he was murdered in 1865. Less well-known are the two speeches given at Springfield and Peoria two weeks apart in 1854. They marked Mr. Lincoln’s reentry into the politics of Illinois and, as he could not know, his preparation for the Presidency in 1861. These Lincoln addresses catapulted him into the debates over slavery which dominated Illinois and national politics for the rest of the decade.
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Abraham Lincoln
and Chicago
Springfield attorney Abraham Lincoln frequently went to Chicago during the 1850s on political or legal business.
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Abraham Lincoln State By State
An examination of Abraham Lincoln’s experiences in each state and with the states' political leaders.
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