Thursday, January 12, 1854.Springfield,
IL. | [Illinois State Colonization Society, organized for
purchasing freedom of slaves and "colonizing" them in Africa, holds its annual
meeting at First Presbyterian Church. Lincoln and Orville H. Browning of Quincy
have been announced as speakers, but only Browning attends. "On account of
illness in his family, Mr. Lincoln was not present." Illinois
Journal, 14 January 1854.] |