Leonard Swett (Eckley, 1999)

Scholarship
Eckley, Robert S., “Lincoln’s Intimate Friend: Leonard Swett,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 92, no. 3 (Autumn 1999): 278.
Political association also started early in their friendship. Swett volunteered to assist Lincoln in both of his U.S. Senate campaigns. In 1854, he wrote Lincoln to “use me in any way…” as preparations for the contest in the legislature began to take shape. He then made an extended swing through northern Illinois to sound out support for Lincoln. Similarly, in 1858 Swett spoke extensively for Lincoln’s candidacy and ran for and was elected to the legislature in order to support Lincoln there.

Emile Blondin, 1860

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 10, 2009.
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photograph
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No
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Original caption
Blondin 1860 [Tightrope artist "Blondin" crosses over the river, hand-colored view.]
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The Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views, NYPL Digital Gallery
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