| Friday,
March 1, 1844. Sugar Creek Meeting House, Sangamon
County, IL. | Whig rally is held at early
candle lighting. In his speech on tariff, Lincoln attempts to convince farmers
that high tariff makes cheaper goods. Speeches are made by Dr. A. G. Henry,
Edward D. Baker, and Dr. F. A. McNeil.Register, 15 March 1844;
Speech at Sugar Creek,
Illinois, 1 March 1844, CW, 1:334. |