Illinois: Looking for Lincoln
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Lincoln wrote Douglas on July 24, 1858, challenging him "to divide time and address the same audiences" during the campaign. The Senator suggested seven locations, adding, "I will confer with you at the earliest convenient opportunity in regard to the mode …
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A pocket watch is meant to be used with a chain. Three styles were popular: T-bar, which slips through a vest buttonhole; spring ring, which attaches to a belt loop; and fob. Lincoln's pocket watch shown here has a shorter style chain, featuring a decorativ…
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Edgar Camp came to Bement in 1855 along with two brothers. As one of the early settlers, he assisted in building the first houses. The Camp boys were joined by another brother in 1858.
When Civil War broke out, Edgar, James and William volunteered. Edga…
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Top SectionThis satirical February 1863 editorial illustration, titled "The Copperhead Party, " depicts three Copperheads advancing on Columbia. Copperheads were Southern sympathizers who saw themselves as "Peace Democrats," opposed to Lincoln and the force…
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Barnett Tavern, owned and operated by Alvin and Rebecca Barnett, stood at 200 South Center Street. The two-story home was a stopping-place for weary travelers, circuit lawyers, and judges journeying across the Illinois prairie. When in Clinton, Lincoln and …
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During his twenty years on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Abraham Lincoln tried numerous cases in the DeWitt County courthouses, including a slander case involving William Dungey. Dungey, "a dark skinned man of Portuguese descent," married Joseph Spencer's si…
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A proper Presbyterian Church was under construction in the summer of 1859. A floor was laid, walls, roof, and belfry nearly completed, when "a halt due to lack of funds" occurred. In October 1859, money was urgently needed to complete construction. The view…
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Left SectionWhen Lincoln called for troops to defend the Union, the men and boys of DeWitt County heeded his urgent request. Some who volunteered were from families who had know and befriended Lincoln during his days as a prairie lawyer and politician, for …
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Top SectionDuring the twenty years Abraham Lincoln attended the DeWitt County Court on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, he and Clifton H. Moore, Clinton's first resident attorney, developed a deep friendship as well as a mutual law practice. The two men shared …
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Top Section Clifton H. Moore, DeWitt County's first resident attorney, built this stately brick home in 1857-58 on an eighty-acre tract of land purchased from Judge David Davis. The original house suffered damage from a windstorm and now lacks the west win…