| Monday,
July 18, 1836. Varsell's Farm on Sugar Creek, Sangamon County, IL. |
Seventeen candidates meet at Varsell farm in southern Sangamon County.
Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 16 July 1836, 2:2. Lincoln takes
leading part in campaign, "espousing the Whig side of all questions . . . [and]
manifesting skill and tact." R. L. Wilson to William H. Herndon, 10 February 1866, William H. Herndon Papers, Henry E. Huntington
Library, San Marino, CA. |