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University of Illinois at Springfield is a public university in Springfield, Illinois, United States. The university was established in 1969 as Sangamon...

have occurred during the session of 1836–1837, when efforts were made to move the capital of Illinois to Springfield; a bill to that effect was coupled...

erupted in Springfield, Illinois. According to the storied organization’s website, a group of white liberals that included descendants of famous abolitionists...

beliefs of human beings everywhere. And the proof of this, to my mind, is the very existence of the United Nations. Speech in Springfield Illinois (24 October...

in sucking the blood of genius and generosity. Abraham Lincoln, Address to the Washington Temperance Society, Springfield, Illinois, 22 February (1842)...

to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (27 January 1838) We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing...

William H. Herndon, Abraham Lincoln's law partner in Springfield, Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, 1896. Quoted in Freethinkers by Susan...

Lincoln, speech at Springfield, Illinois (26 June 1857) Now, it happens that we meet together once every year, sometimes about the fourth of July, for some...

is accused of firing in Tucson. Steven Kazmierczak packed a Glock 17 when he shot 21 people, killing five, at Northern Illinois University in 2008. The...

Speed, Springfield (August 24, 1855) in Selections from the Writings of Abraham Lincoln Ed. J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton [1922] I think the authors of that...

Abraham Lincoln, farewell address at Springfield, Illinois (February 11, 1861); in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 4...

long retain it. Abraham Lincoln, Letter to H.L. Pierce and others (Springfield, Illinois, 6 April 1859), published in Essential American History: Abraham...

precipitated it. The funeral train that carried Lincoln's remains home to Springfield, Illinois, drew millions, and while the tragedy felt senseless, it also offered...

indefinite outspreading of his bondage "a sacred right of self-government". Abraham Lincoln, speech at Springfield, Illinois (26 June 1857) "A house divided...

the analogy of experience. Abraham Lincoln, speech on the sub-Treasury, in the hall of the House of Representatives, Springfield, Illinois, December 26...

Springfield, Illinois (26 June 1857). Now, my countrymen if you have been taught doctrines conflicting with the great landmarks of the Declaration of...

Political Institutions: Lincoln's address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (27 January 1838). Many in the south once believed that slavery...

pussyfooting on the critical issue of law and order. Spiro Agnew, speech before Illinois Republican meeting, Springfield, Illinois (September 10, 1970); reported...

the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. Abraham Lincoln, address before the Young Men's Lyceum, Springfield, Illinois (January 27, 1838); Roy P...

delivered at the close of the Republican state convention, which named him the candidate for the United States Senate, Springfield, Illinois (June 16, 1858);...