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Author Andreasen, Bryon C., author.

Title Looking for Lincoln in Illinois : Lincoln and Mormon country / Bryon C. Andreasen.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]
2015

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Description 1 online resource (133 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: did Abraham Lincoln meet Joseph Smith? -- Part I. Nauvoo -- Lincoln and Nauvoo -- Unsuccessful peacemaker -- Nauvoo and Lincoln's Whig rivals -- Abraham Jonas, Whig politician -- The battle of Nauvoo -- Mormon emissary to Lincoln -- Daniel Wells, Nauvoo Whig -- Stephen A. Douglas and Nauvoo -- Lincoln and Joseph Smith III -- The president and the apostle -- Lincoln and the gunsmith -- Part II. Carthage -- Hancock County's Lincoln -- Lincoln's failed murder case -- Lincoln's Carthage speech -- Lincoln's agricultural world -- Hamilton House -- Lincoln's "confidential friend" -- Part III. Greater Hancock County -- Lincoln comes to Dallas City -- Lincoln in La Harpe -- The other Abraham Lincoln -- Lincoln campaigns in Augusta -- Lincoln's Warsaw secretary -- Part IV. Nauvoo-to-Springfield travel route -- Lincoln-era Plymouth -- Lincoln's Rushville reception -- Captain Dutch's Halfway House -- Part V. Springfield -- Globe Tavern -- James Adams residence -- Federal Court Room (Tinsley Building) -- Old State Capitol -- The American House -- Part VI. Zion's camp routes -- Macon County: first home and sham battle -- Jacksonville: politics and preaching -- Quincy: debate site and city of refuge.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Anecdotes.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates -- Anecdotes.
Mormons -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
Historic sites -- Illinois -- Guidebooks.
Illinois -- Guidebooks.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Andreasen, Bryon C. Looking for Lincoln in Illinois : Lincoln and Mormon country. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015] xii, 115 pages ; 23 cm 9780809333844
ISBN 9780809333844 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0809333848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780809333851 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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