Friday, February 11, 1859.Jacksonville, IL.
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Lincoln lectures on "Discoveries and Inventions." Address, delivered
in Congregational Church, is sponsored by Phi Alpha Society of
Illinois College, which had elected Lincoln honorary member.
"Journal" says of Lincoln's address: "It was received with repeated
and hearty bursts of applause." After lecture Lincoln is guest of
honor at tea party given by Dr. Owen M. Long at his home.
Illinois State Journal, 14 February 1859; Second Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions, [11 February 1859], CW, 3:356-63; Frank J. Heinl, An Epitome of Jacksonville History (Jacksonville, IL: n.p., 1925), 20; ISLA—Mrs. H. E. English to H. E. Pratt, 19 July 1941. |