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<date value='1856-08-01'>Friday, August
1, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> Lincoln, Yates,
Herndon, and Jayne sign note to John M. Palmer: "It is our judgment that
whether you do or do not finally stand as a candidate for Congress, it is
better for you to not to publicly decline for a while. It is a long time till
the election; and what may turn up no one can tell." <bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A382' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
Lincoln et al. to John M. Palmer</xref>, 1 August 1856,
<title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:357.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-02'>Saturday, August 2, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln writes to Joseph Gillespie about prospect of collecting
nine-year-old judgment against "Bradford & Brother, or Bradford
& Son or some firm name having Bradford in it." He hopes to meet
Gillespie at Alton in three days, en route to stump speech at Paris
via Alton.
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A383' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Gillespie</xref>, 2 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:357.</bibl>
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<p>
Lincoln talks politics with Richard Yates, saying he is confident
Fremont will carry Illinois.
<bibl default='NO'>Yates to Trumbull, 3 August 1856, Lyman Trumbull Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<p>
Meeting to organize Fremont and Dayton Club is held at courthouse.
"Mr. Lincoln being called upon, explained the object of the meeting,
and made a graphic and forcible statement of the true issue in the
impending struggle. His remarks were very happy, frequently
interrupted by applause and sounds of laughter."
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois State Journal</title>, 4 August 1856.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-04'>Monday, August 4, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
Herndon writes Trumbull: "Lincoln this moment has gone south
east—down to Coles, Edgar &c will go further south."
<bibl default='NO'>Lyman Trumbull Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<p>
Before leaving, Lincoln writes John Bennett letter in which he argues
that vote for Fillmore is really vote for Buchanan. Choice is between
Fremont and Buchanan, and unless Fillmore men prefer latter, they
must vote for Fremont. He writes to H. G. Wells of Michigan, offering
to take stump at Kalamazoo August 27, 1856, if he can get there. "I
can not promise positively."
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A384' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to John Bennett</xref>, 4 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:358; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A385' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Hezekiah G. Wells</xref>, 4 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:358-59.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-05'>Tuesday, August 5, 1856.</date>
<place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln takes morning Springfield & Alton train, arriving in
Alton about noon. He boards next train east toward Terre Haute,
alighting at Paris after dark.
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A383' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Gillespie</xref>, 2 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:357.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-06'>Wednesday, August 6, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.6000, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Paris, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln, Matson of Indiana, and H. P. H. Bromwell address large
Fremont meeting. (Bromwell is candidate for Congress.) "Much
enthusiasm prevailed, and the meeting promised a rousing majority on
behalf of Edgar County for Fremont."
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois State Journal</title>, 13 August 1856; Archer to Trumbull, 11 August 1856, Lyman Trumbull Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A386' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Speech at Paris, Illinois</xref>, 6 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:359.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-07'>Thursday, August 7, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.5600, -87.8500' teiForm='name'>Grand View, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln and Bromwell speak at Fremont meeting.
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois State Journal</title>, 13 August 1856; Archer to Trumbull, 11 August 1856, Lyman Trumbull Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<p>
One who attends both meetings writes Trumbull that "a good impression
has been made particularly in the Fillmore wing."
<bibl default='NO'>Marshall to Trumbull, 7 August 1856, Lyman Trumbull Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-08'>Friday, August 8, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.4833, -88.1667' teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>.
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<p>
Nearly 6,000 people attend Fremont and Bissell meeting. Archer,
Bromwell, and Lincoln are listened to "with marked attention and
approbation."
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois State Journal</title>, 13 August 1856.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-09'>Saturday, August 9, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.4000, -88.7833' teiForm='name'>Shelbyville,
IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> Lincoln takes part in debate under Democratic
auspices. S. W. Moulton opens with Democratic address and challenges Lincoln to
answer his argument. Lincoln speaks for three hours—"all about 'freedom,'
'liberty' and niggers." Anthony Thornton follows, answering Lincoln "in an able
manner." According to Democratic paper, it was "a great gathering."
<bibl default='NO'>Register, 19 August 1856;
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A387' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Speech
at Shelbyville, Illinois</xref>, 9 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:359.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-10'>Sunday, August 10, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.4000, -88.7833' teiForm='name'>Shelbyville, IL</place> and <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place>.
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<p>
[On 11th Lincoln writes that he has just returned from Shelbyville.
Under conditions prevailing it was almost impossible to make trip in
one day; therefore he must have started on 10th.]
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<date value='1856-08-11'>Monday, August 11, 1856.</date>
<place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> and <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln writes Trumbull that he has just returned from speaking in
Edgar, Coles, and Shelby counties. "Our whole trouble along there has
been & is Fillmoreism. . . . I think we shall ultimately get all
the Fillmore men, who are realy anti-slavery extension—the rest
will probably go to Buchanan where they rightfully belong; if they do
not, so much the better for us."
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A388' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull</xref>, 11 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:359-60.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-12'>Tuesday, August 12, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
[Lincoln writes August 19, 1856 that he had been absent from
Springfield four days.
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A389' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Jesse K. Dubois</xref>, 19 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:360.</bibl>
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He must have been at home on 12th, 13th, and part of 14th.]
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<date value='1856-08-14'>Thursday, August 14, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place> and <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place>?
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<p>
[To reach Polo by next evening, Lincoln must have left Springfield during day.]
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<date value='1856-08-15'>Friday, August 15, 1856.</date>
<place key='41.9833, -89.5667' teiForm='name'>Polo, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln, arrives in Polo during evening and spends night.
<bibl default='NO'>John G. Campbell, <title>Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln</title> (n.p., [1905?]), 1-3.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-16'>Saturday, August 16, 1856.</date>
<place key='42.0000, -89.3167' teiForm='name'>Oregon, IL</place> and <place key='41.9833, -89.5667' teiForm='name'>Polo, IL</place>.
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<p>
In morning Lincoln and three friends drive to Oregon. Large crowd
gathers at public square, and "then moved to a beautiful grove on the
banks of Rock River. After partaking of a repast prepared by the
ladies of Ogle County . . . the people listened to most excellent
speeches from Hon. Ab. Lincoln, and Hon. John Wentworth." Lincoln
returns to Polo after meeting.
<bibl default='NO'>John G. Campbell, <title>Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln</title> (n.p., [1905?]), 1-3; Chicago Democratic Press, 22 August 1856.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-17'>Sunday, August 17, 1856.</date>
<place key='41.9833, -89.5667' teiForm='name'>Polo, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln stays here part of day, then starts back to Springfield.
<bibl default='NO'>John G. Campbell, <title>Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln</title> (n.p., [1905?]), 1-3.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-18'>Monday, August 18, 1856.</date>
<place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> and <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
[Lincoln's remark in his letter of 19th to Dubois—"I have been
absent four days"—indicates that he reaches home this evening.]
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A389' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Jesse K. Dubois</xref>, 19 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:360.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-19'>Tuesday, August 19, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln replies to letter from Jesse K. Dubois urging him to speak in
Lawrenceville and southeastern Illinois. He says that Trumbull will
go there after middle of Sept., and that he "will strain every nerve
to be with you and him. More than that I cannot promise now."
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A389' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Jesse K. Dubois</xref>, 19 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:360.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-21'>Thursday, August 21, 1856.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> Lincoln writes H. G. Wells at Kalamazoo, accepting
speaking engagement. <bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A390' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
Lincoln to Hezekiah G. Wells</xref>, 21 August 1856,
<title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:360.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-26'>Tuesday, August 26, 1856.</date>
<place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> and <place key='41.8500, -87.6500' teiForm='name'>Chicago, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln spends night at Matteson House, and leaves for Kalamazoo
early next morning.
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A390' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Hezekiah G. Wells</xref>, 21 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:360.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-27'>Wednesday, August 27, 1856.</date>
<place key='42.2833, -85.5833' teiForm='name'>Kalamazoo, MI</place>.
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<p>
Crowd estimated at 10,000 gathers for Republican demonstration. One
of speakers at five different stands is Lincoln. "He made a very fair
and argumentative address", opposition paper comments, "but was far
too conservative and Union loving in his sentiments to suit his
audience; and upon one occasion at least, his hearers protested in
emphatic tones against his views."
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Michigan History Magazine</title>, V, 287-88; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A391' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan</xref>, 27 August 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:361-66.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-28'>Thursday, August 28, 1856.</date>
<place key='42.2833, -85.5833' teiForm='name'>Kalamazoo, MI</place> and <place key='41.8500, -87.6500' teiForm='name'>Chicago, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln returns by rail to Chicago.
<bibl default='NO'>Thomas I. Starr, ed., <title>Lincoln's Kalamazoo Address Against Extending Slavery; Also His Life by Joseph J. Lewis</title> (Detroit, MI: Fine Book Circle, 1941), 18-24.</bibl>
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<date value='1856-08-30'>Saturday, August 30, 1856.</date>
<place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln addresses "a very large and attentive audience" with "most
telling effect."
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois State Journal</title>, 4 September 1856.</bibl>
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<p>
He reviews history of Nebraska bill, and appeals to Fillmore men to
vote for Fremont and defeat Buchanan.
<bibl default='NO'>Register, 4 September 1856; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A392' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Speech at Petersburg, Illinois</xref>, 1 September 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:366-68.</bibl>
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