Lincoln's Reception

Part of a series of "wayside", or roadside, signs providing information on Lincoln's experiences in Rushville. The Looking for Lincoln projects provides the following information on their wayside exhibits: "Looking for Lincoln wayside exhibits tell the stories of Lincoln’s life and times in Illinois. Each wayside exhibit tells a unique Lincoln story and a local story. Many of the waysides share little known stories about Lincoln and the individuals he interacted with. There are over 260 Looking for Lincoln waysides in the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area."  

The wayside inscription is broken up into three parts, providing information on Lincoln's 1858 campaign for Senate, the historic Schuyler County Courthouse building, and Lincoln's interactions with campaign biographer John Locke Scripps. As part of his 1858 campaign for US Senate, Lincoln gave a series of speeches to Rushville republican, and was heckled by local "Douglas partisans". The wayside exhibit is located outside the Schuyler County Courthouse, and provides information on this historic building, where Lincoln spoke in 1858, and which briefly housed Mormon leader Joseph Smith in the winter of 1842-1843. Finally, the inscription also provides information on John Locke Scripps, part of the prominent Rushville Scripps family, who wrote a brief biography of Lincoln for his 1860 presidential campaign.

Jason Voigt, "Lincoln's Reception," last modified September 18, 2021, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=182091.

"Lincoln's Reception." Accessed December 10, 2021. https://www.lookingforlincoln.org/explore/sites/112/lincolns-reception.