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On December 9, 1839, the Illinois Legislature convened at Springfield for the first time : Abraham Lincoln was a member of the lower house

by: Poor Richard Press

Publication date: 1939

Topics: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Homes and haunts--Illinois|zSpringfield, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political career before 1861, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Springfield, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Abraham Lincoln's political career before 1861, Homes, Illinois -- Springfield

Publisher: Chicago : The Poor Richard Press

Collection: lincolncollection; americana

Contributor: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

Language: English

Cover title ; Folder, paper ; Folder mailed in envelope with cachet (illustration of the Second Presbyterian Church at Springfield where the lower house met) symbolic of the event. The envelope is stamped and franked in Springfield, Ill., Dec. 9, 1939.

1 folded sheet ([4] pages) : 16 cm +

Folder mailed in envelope with cachet (illustration of the Second Presbyterian Church at Springfield where the lower house met) symbolic of the event. The envelope is stamped and franked in Springfield, Ill., Dec. 9, 1939

"In all forms of government the people is the true legislator--Burke" -- from cover

Cover title

Folder, paper