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Warner's Memories Top Section Lincoln traveled the Eighth Judicial Circuit six months a year, becoming close friends with his fellow lawyers, with whom he shared, not only courtroom, but also meals, an easy camaraderie, and often a room. "In my …
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DeWitt County was part of the Eighth Judicial Circuit from its beginning, and so was Abraham Lincoln, who attended the first session of DeWitt Circuit Court in Clinton on October 24, 1839. Court sessions were held each spring and fa…
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Top Section Clifton H. Moore, DeWitt County's first resident attorney, built this stately brick home in 1857-58 on an eighty-acre tract of land purchased from Judge David Davis. The original house suffered damage from a windstorm and now lacks th…
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Top SectionDuring the twenty years Abraham Lincoln attended the DeWitt County Court on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, he and Clifton H. Moore, Clinton's first resident attorney, developed a deep friendship as well as a mutual law practice. The two m…
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Left SectionWhen Lincoln called for troops to defend the Union, the men and boys of DeWitt County heeded his urgent request. Some who volunteered were from families who had know and befriended Lincoln during his days as a prairie lawyer and politi…
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A proper Presbyterian Church was under construction in the summer of 1859. A floor was laid, walls, roof, and belfry nearly completed, when "a halt due to lack of funds" occurred. In October 1859, money was urgently needed to complete construction…
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During his twenty years on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Abraham Lincoln tried numerous cases in the DeWitt County courthouses, including a slander case involving William Dungey. Dungey, "a dark skinned man of Portuguese descent," married Joseph Sp…
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Barnett Tavern, owned and operated by Alvin and Rebecca Barnett, stood at 200 South Center Street. The two-story home was a stopping-place for weary travelers, circuit lawyers, and judges journeying across the Illinois prairie. When in Clinton, Li…
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Top SectionThis satirical February 1863 editorial illustration, titled "The Copperhead Party, " depicts three Copperheads advancing on Columbia. Copperheads were Southern sympathizers who saw themselves as "Peace Democrats," opposed to Lincoln and…
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"You can fool all the people part of the time and part of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time."
Spoken in an address in Clinton July 27, 1858 by? ? ? ? ? Abraham Lincoln
"I must stand with anybody that s…