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Abraham Lincoln

Albion, IL , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 38° 22' 36.48", -88° 4' 5.220012"
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Spoke in the oak grove of General William Pickering north of here in the presidential campaign of 1840. He was stumping southern Illinois as a Whig elector for General William Henry Harrison in the Tippecanoe and Tyler Too campaign. In 1861 Lincoln appointed Pickering Governor of Washington Territory.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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