Springfield, IL

Springfield, Illinois, 1867, zoomable map

SPRINGFIELD, p. v., seat of justice of Sangamon co., and capital of the state of Illinois; from W. 780 ms. The town is situated four miles south of Sangamon river, and became the capital of the state in 1840. It is surrounded by a rich and populous region, picturesquely varied with prairies, forests, vales, and gentle elevations. The village is one of the most pleasant and beautiful in the west, situated on the border of extensive prairie, laid out with broad and shaded streets, interspersed with spacious lawns and squares, and indicating, in its neat and comfortable dwellings, prosperity and vigorous health... The population in 1840 was 2,579; in 1850, 4,533. (Fanning's, 1853)

Record Data

Place Unit Type

City or Town

Containing Unit

Sangamon County, IL

Note Cards

Events

Date		Type
05/26/1857	A fugitive named Addison nearly kills slave-catchers while running in Illinois	Crime/Disasters
05/22/1849	Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois receives a patent for a device to aid riverboats over shoals	Science/Technology
05/03/1865	Abraham Lincoln returns to Springfield, Illinois where his remains lay in state in the State House	Personal
11/06/1860	Abraham Lincoln votes in Springfield, Illinois at 3:30PM and waits for election news at a local telegraph office	Campaigns/Elections
07/18/1860	Abraham Lincoln writes to introduce himself to his running mate Hannibal Hamlin	Campaigns/Elections
12/08/1860	Abraham Lincoln writes to offer William Henry Seward the post of Secretary of State in his new cabinet	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/12/1857	First Republican Governor of Illinois inaugurated	Campaigns/Elections
08/08/1860	Giant Republican rally in Springfield, Illinois	Campaigns/Elections
05/19/1862	Governor Yates of Illinois calls for recruits to fill up the state's depleted regiments	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/04/1860	Illinois Democrats choose their Charleston delegates and back Stephen Douglas as the nominee	Campaigns/Elections
08/29/1866	Illinois Democrats hold their state convention in Springfield.	Campaigns/Elections
06/13/1860	Illinois State Democratic Convention meets in Springfield	Campaigns/Elections
05/23/1860	In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln formally accepts the Republican nomination for President	Campaigns/Elections
05/19/1860	In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is formally offered the Republican Party nomination for President	Campaigns/Elections
05/18/1860	In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln receives the news by telegraph of his nomination for President	Campaigns/Elections
09/25/1900	John McAuley Palmer dies in Springfield, Illinois	Personal
03/20/1860	Lieutenant-Governor Wood sworn in as Governor of Illinois after the death of William Bissell	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/17/1860	Lincoln claims he cannot raise $10,000 for campaign even to save himself from "fate of John Brown"	Campaigns/Elections
06/26/1857	Lincoln denounces the Dred Scott decision	Legal/Political
08/12/1857	Lincoln deposits his largest legal fee	Personal
04/07/1857	Lincoln holds meeting regarding 1860 election	Campaigns/Elections
03/17/1860	Lincoln visits dying political ally	Legal/Political
06/01/1843	Lyman Trumbull marries Julia Maria Jayne in Springfield, Illinois	Personal
07/16/1882	Mary Lincoln dies in Springfield, Illinois	Personal
06/01/1839	Mary Lincoln moves to Springfield, Illinois	Personal
	Mary Lincoln visits Springfield, Illinois in the spring of 1837	Personal
09/28/1865	Outside Springfield, Illinois, thousands watch the races at the National Horse Fair	Education/Culture
03/12/1893	Ozias Mather Hatch dies in Springfield, Illinois	Personal
01/01/1857 - 01/31/1865	Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State	Personal
05/02/1865	President Lincoln's remains reboard his funeral train for the last time in Chicago bound for Springfield, Illinois and home	Personal
02/11/1861	President-Elect Lincoln departs Springfield, Illinois on his eleven-day pre-inaugural journey	Campaigns/Elections
01/02/1861	President-Elect Lincoln meets Alexander McClure in Springfield, Illinois	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/12/1860	Serious train wreck near Belleville, Illinois injures dozens	Crime/Disasters
06/03/1863	The Illinois State Legislature strongly protests the military shutdown of the Chicago Times	Lawmaking/Litigating
02/05/1857	The Lincolns entertain over 300 guests at their home in Springfield	Legal/Political
05/13/1863	The well-to-do women of Springfield, Illinois form a "Loyal Ladies League"	Campaigns/Elections

People

Birthplace of

Name	Type
Illinois Statehouse, Springfield, IL	Location or Site
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL	Location or Site

Documents

Date	Title
	Springfield Illinois Journal, "Fusion," August 31, 1854
01/11/1837	Abraham Lincoln, Speech in the Illinois Legislature Concerning the State Bank, January 11, 1837
08/16/1837	Abraham Lincoln to Mary S. Owens, August 16, 1837
01/27/1838	Abraham Lincoln, Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum, Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838
04/01/1838	Abraham Lincoln to Eliza Caldwell Browning, April 1, 1838
01/23/1841	Abraham Lincoln to John Stuart, January 23, 1841
02/22/1842	Abraham Lincoln, Address to Washington Temperance Society, February 22, 1842
02/25/1842	Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, February 25, 1842
02/25/1842	Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, February 25, 1842 (Second Letter of the Day)
07/04/1842	Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, July 4, 1842
10/05/1842	Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, October 5, 1842
03/04/1843	Abraham Lincoln, Campaign Circular from Whig Committee, March 4, 1843
10/03/1845	Abraham Lincoln to Williamson Durley, Springfield, Illinois, October 3, 1845
04/18/1846	Abraham Lincoln to Andrew Johnston with Poem, April 18, 1846
08/11/1846	Abraham Lincoln to Allen N. Ford, August 11, 1846
07/22/1848	Abraham Lincoln to William Hernden, June 22, 1848
09/03/1848	Abraham Lincoln to Thaddeus Stevens, September 3, 1848
06/03/1849	Abraham Lincoln to J. R. Underwood, June 3, 1849
07/28/1849	Abraham Lincoln to John M. Clayton, July 28, 1849
07/01/1850	Abraham Lincoln, Notes for a Law Lecture, circa 1850
01/12/1851	Abraham Lincoln to John D. Johnston, Springfield, Illinois, January 12, 1851
07/06/1852	Abraham Lincoln, Eulogy on Henry Clay, July 6, 1852
07/01/1854	Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Government, circa July 1, 1854
08/18/1854	Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, Springfield, Illinois, August 18, 1854
09/08/1854	Abraham Lincoln to Richard Oglesby, September 8, 1854
11/27/1854	Abraham Lincoln to Ichabod Codding, November 27, 1854
02/09/1855	Abraham Lincoln to Elihu Benjamin Washburne, February 9, 1855
02/16/1855	Abraham Lincoln to Jesse Olds Norton, February 16 1855
03/04/1855	David Davis to Julius Rockwell, March 4, 1855
06/07/1855	Abraham Lincoln to Henry Clay Whitney, June 7, 1855
08/11/1855	Abraham Lincoln to Owen Lovejoy, August 11,1855
08/24/1855	Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Fry Speed, August 24, 1855
06/07/1856	Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, June 7, 1856
06/10/1856	Abraham Lincoln's Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 10, 1856
09/08/1856	Abraham Lincoln, Form Letter to Fillmore men, September 8, 1856
12/01/1856	Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Stephen Douglas, December 1, 1856
01/20/1857	New York Times, “Gubernatorial Inaugurals,” January 20, 1857
05/09/1857	Abraham Lincoln to Charles D. Gilfillan, May 9, 1857
08/05/1857	Abraham Lincoln to B. Clarke Lundy, August 5, 1857
08/17/1857	Abraham Lincoln to James W. Grimes, August 17, 1857
09/30/1857	Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, September 30, 1857
12/18/1857	Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, December 18, 1857
12/28/1857	Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, December 28, 1857
04/23/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Thomas A. Marshall, April 23, 1858
06/01/1858	Norman Buel Judd to Abraham Lincoln, June 1, 1858
06/06/1858	John Wentworth to Abraham Lincoln, June 6, 1858
06/12/1858	Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, June 12, 1858
06/16/1858	Recollection by Shelby Cullom, House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858
06/16/1858	Recollection by Julian M. Sturtevant, House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858
06/16/1858	Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, June 16, 1858
06/21/1858	New York Times, "Illinois Republican State Convention," June 21, 1858
06/22/1858	John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, June 22, 1858
06/23/1858	Abraham Lincoln to John L. Scripps, June 23, 1858
06/23/1858	Raleigh (NC) Register, “The Northern Democracy Split to Pieces,” June 23, 1858
06/25/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Medill, June 25, 1858
06/28/1858	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “A Crumb of Comfort for Mr. Seward,” June 26, 1858
07/01/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Passage at Arms between Lincoln and Douglas in 1854," July 1, 1858
07/05/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “New Orleans Delta on the Illinois Republican Convention,” July 5, 1858
07/10/1858 - 11/02/1858	Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates
07/11/1858	(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, "Mr. A. Lincoln," July 11, 1858
07/17/1858	Gustave Philipp Koerner to Abraham Lincoln, July 17, 1858
07/19/1858	Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, July 19, 1858
07/19/1858	(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, "The Progress of Judge Douglas Through Illinois," July 19, 1858
07/20/1858	Abraham Smith to Abraham Lincoln, July 20, 1858
07/27/1858	Charles H. Ray to Abraham Lincoln, July 27, 1858
07/29/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Stephen Douglas, July 29, 1858
08/23/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Great Debate Between Lincoln and Douglas At Ottawa," August 23, 1858
08/24/1858	Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, August 24, 1858
08/25/1858	B. Lewis to Abraham Lincoln, August 25, 1858
08/25/1858	Quincy (IL) Whig, "Lincoln and Douglas," August 25, 1858
08/26/1858	Leavenworth (KS) Journal, "Cheering News," August 26, 1858
08/27/1858	Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, August 27, 1858
09/16/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Elihu B. Washburne, September 16, 1858
10/12/1858	Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “A Peep Behind the Curtain!,” October 12, 1858
10/15/1858	Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Alton Debate, October 15, 1858
10/16/1858	Quincy (IL) Whig, "Disappointed," October 16, 1858
10/20/1858	New York Evening Post, “Political,” October 20, 1858
10/23/1858	New York Times, “Vice-President Breckenridge for Douglas,” October 23, 1858
11/04/1858	Abraham Lincoln to John Jordan Crittenden, November 4, 1858
11/09/1858	Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Popular Majority,” November 9, 1858
11/10/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Abraham Lincoln,” November 10, 1858
11/15/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Norman Buel Judd, November 15, 1858
11/16/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Norman Buel Judd, November 16, 1858
11/19/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Eleazar A. Paine, November 19, 1858
11/19/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858
11/20/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Charles H. Ray, November 20, 1858
11/23/1858	Louisville (KY) Democrat, “From Abroad,” November 23, 1858
11/25/1858	(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, “Judge Douglas,” November 25, 1858
12/11/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, December 11, 1858
03/18/1859	William A. Ross to Abraham Lincoln, March 18, 1859
03/26/1859	Abraham Lincoln to William A. Ross, March 26, 1859
04/07/1859	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Beginning of the Presidential Campaign,” April 7, 1859
04/16/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Pickett, April 16, 1859
04/30/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Salmon Portland Chase, April 30, 1859
05/17/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Canisius, May 17, 1859
07/28/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, July 28, 1859
09/06/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Peter Zinn, September 6, 1859
09/21/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Salmon Portland Chase, September 21, 1859
10/09/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Corwin, October 9, 1859
10/20/1859	Charles H. Ray to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1859
11/01/1859	Abraham Lincoln to William E. Frazer, November 1, 1859
11/28/1859	Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, November 28, 1859
12/20/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Jesse W. Fell, December 20, 1859
01/09/1860	Oliver P. Hall and Others to Abraham Lincoln, January 9, 1860, Mechanicsburg, Illinois
01/15/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Alonzo J. Grover, January 15, 1860
02/14/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Oliver P. Hall, Jacob N. Fullinwider, and William F. Correll , Springfield, Illinois
03/17/1860	Abraham Lincoln to E. Stafford, March 17, 1860
05/23/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Lincoln as He Is,” May 23, 1860
05/23/1860	Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun, May 23, 1860
05/25/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune,“The Fillmore Men,” May 25, 1860
05/28/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Mr. Lincoln's Committals,” May 28, 1860
05/30/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Leonard Swett, May 30, 1860
06/04/1860	Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun, June 4, 1860
06/16/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Richard W. Thompson, June 18, 1860
06/18/1860	John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, June 18, 1860
06/19/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, June 19, 1860
07/06/1860	Richard W. Thompson to Abraham Lincoln, July 6, 1860
07/10/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Richard W. Thompson, July 10, 1860
07/11/1860	John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, July 11, 1860
07/17/1860	John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, July 17, 1860
08/30/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Alexander McClure, August 30, 1860
10/19/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860
10/20/1860	David Hunter to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1860
10/26/1860	Abraham Lincoln to David Hunter, October 26, 1860
11/08/1860	Boston (MA) Advertiser, "How Mr. Lincoln Voted," November 8, 1860
11/08/1860	New York Times, "From the Home of Mr. Lincoln," November 8, 1860
11/23/1860	New York Herald, “Untitled,” November 23, 1860
12/07/1860	Abraham Lincoln, Certified Transcript of Passage from the House Divided Speech, December 7, 1860
12/10/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, December 10, 1860
12/11/1860	Abraham Lincoln to William Kellogg, December 11, 1860
12/15/1860	Abraham Lincoln to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860
12/18/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Henry J. Raymond, December 18, 1860
12/20/1860	New York Times,“A Visit to Mr. Lincoln,” December 20, 1860
12/25/1860	New York Times, “Interesting from Springfield,” December 25, 1860
01/01/1861	Anonymous to Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1861
01/01/1861	John P. Verree to Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1861
01/01/1861	New York Herald, “Cabinet Rumors from Pennsylvania,” January 1, 1861
01/03/1861	Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron, January 3, 1861
01/06/1861	Joseph Medill to Charles H. Ray and John Locke Scripps, January 6, 1861
01/07/1861	Edwin V. Sumner to John G. Nicolay, January 7, 1861
01/24/1861	Leonard Swett to Abraham Lincoln, January 24, 1861
02/10/1861	New York Herald, “More Trouble About Old Abe’s Cabinet,” February 10, 1861
02/11/1861	Abraham Lincoln, Farewell Address to Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861
02/11/1861	Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861
04/03/1861	San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “A Story of ‘Prince Bob’,” April 3, 1861
04/05/1861	Cleveland (OH) Herald, “A Rugged Issue,” April 5, 1861
06/08/1861	Jesse K. Dubois to Abraham Lincoln, June 8, 1861
08/17/1861	Ozias Mather Hatch to Abraham Lincoln, August 17, 1861
08/08/1866	Resolutions, Republican Party of Illinois in Convention, August 8, 1866, Springfield, Illinois
05/12/1880 - 05/13/1880	John G. Nicolay's conversation with James Moorhead, May 12-13, 1880
02/12/1909	Recollection by James S. Owing, 1844-1860, in a Speech to the Illinois Schoolmasters' Club, Bloomington, Illinois, February 12, 1909