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Looking for Lincoln in Illinois [electronic resource] :Lincoln and Mormon country / Bryon C. Andreasen.

By: Andreasen, Bryon C.
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780809333851; 0809333856.Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates -- Anecdotes | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Anecdotes | Historic sites -- Illinois -- Guidebooks | Mormons -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes | Illinois -- GuidebooksGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 977.3 Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
Introduction: did Abraham Lincoln meet Joseph Smith? -- Part I. Nauvoo -- Lincoln and Nauvoo -- Unsuccessful peacemaker -- Nauvoo and Lincoln's Whig rivals -- Abraham Jonas, Whig politician -- The battle of Nauvoo -- Mormon emissary to Lincoln -- Daniel Wells, Nauvoo Whig -- Stephen A. Douglas and Nauvoo -- Lincoln and Joseph Smith III -- The president and the apostle -- Lincoln and the gunsmith -- Part II. Carthage -- Hancock County's Lincoln -- Lincoln's failed murder case -- Lincoln's Carthage speech -- Lincoln's agricultural world -- Hamilton House -- Lincoln's "confidential friend" -- Part III. Greater Hancock County -- Lincoln comes to Dallas City -- Lincoln in La Harpe -- The other Abraham Lincoln -- Lincoln campaigns in Augusta -- Lincoln's Warsaw secretary -- Part IV. Nauvoo-to-Springfield travel route -- Lincoln-era Plymouth -- Lincoln's Rushville reception -- Captain Dutch's Halfway House -- Part V. Springfield -- Globe Tavern -- James Adams residence -- Federal Court Room (Tinsley Building) -- Old State Capitol -- The American House -- Part VI. Zion's camp routes -- Macon County: first home and sham battle -- Jacksonville: politics and preaching -- Quincy: debate site and city of refuge.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: did Abraham Lincoln meet Joseph Smith? -- Part I. Nauvoo -- Lincoln and Nauvoo -- Unsuccessful peacemaker -- Nauvoo and Lincoln's Whig rivals -- Abraham Jonas, Whig politician -- The battle of Nauvoo -- Mormon emissary to Lincoln -- Daniel Wells, Nauvoo Whig -- Stephen A. Douglas and Nauvoo -- Lincoln and Joseph Smith III -- The president and the apostle -- Lincoln and the gunsmith -- Part II. Carthage -- Hancock County's Lincoln -- Lincoln's failed murder case -- Lincoln's Carthage speech -- Lincoln's agricultural world -- Hamilton House -- Lincoln's "confidential friend" -- Part III. Greater Hancock County -- Lincoln comes to Dallas City -- Lincoln in La Harpe -- The other Abraham Lincoln -- Lincoln campaigns in Augusta -- Lincoln's Warsaw secretary -- Part IV. Nauvoo-to-Springfield travel route -- Lincoln-era Plymouth -- Lincoln's Rushville reception -- Captain Dutch's Halfway House -- Part V. Springfield -- Globe Tavern -- James Adams residence -- Federal Court Room (Tinsley Building) -- Old State Capitol -- The American House -- Part VI. Zion's camp routes -- Macon County: first home and sham battle -- Jacksonville: politics and preaching -- Quincy: debate site and city of refuge.

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