Abraham Lincoln - Albion, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 22.611 W 088° 04.077
16S E 406717 N 4248168
Lincoln stumping for William Henry Harrison.
Waymark Code: WM4PMR
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member Stunod
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Marker Erected by: the Illinois State Historical Society.
Date Marker Erected: 1956.
County of Marker: Edwards County.
Location of Marker: W. Main St. (IL-15), turnout in front of schools, W. of Albion.

Marker Text:
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.

Location Type: Historic Marker

Property Type: Public

Date of Event: October, 1840

Location Notes:
Leave Albion on Illinois highway 15, travel west and on the front lawn of the schools complex, to your left, will be the marker.

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