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A Day with Lincoln in the Illinois Growth Dream
Abe Lincoln leads Samson and Harry on a frontier journey through Illinois towns and canals, meeting Henry Brimstead and the Kelso family as they glimpse Chicago’s booming westward cityscape, land speculation, and the human cost of rapid growth. The diary diary entries recount fording streams, bartering with a horse thief, and the dawning vision of Vandalia era expansion.
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Abe
Chicago
Tt’s
Albany
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Abe Lincoln
Sarah
Samson
The
Young Statesman
Harry
Mrs. Luking
Suamsog
Josiah
Nebraska
Betsey
Wilss
Janes Rutledge
Threeen
Atates- Sbafi
Guy of Pie
William Ellery
Rawson
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Ann
McNamar
Henry Brimstead
Henry
Samaon
Brimstead
Grand Avenue
Empire Street
el Dorado
Illinois
Pope County
Sarason
Brinstead
Weil
Vies Valley
Mia
Bromstead
Thury
Annabel
Topedale
Kelsos
Davis
Bim
Tazewell County
Rx Dog
Wincoln
Sycn
Brimattend
Sam‘son
Sycamore Woods
Warry
Michigan
Lionel Davis
South Water Street
Kankakee
City Hotel
John Kelso
Barguis
Miisionaires
la Salle Street
Snack Kelso
Wen