In Chicago on legal business, Abraham Lincoln addresses a Republican Party meeting in the city that will endorse the nomination of "Long" John Wentworth, longtime editor of the Chicago Democrat, as the organization's nominee for mayor. (By Matthew Pinsker)
Source Citation
"The Lincoln Log," February 28, 1857, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, http://www.thelincolnlog.org/view/1857/2/28
Record Data
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Legal/Political
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Personal
