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President Lincoln's Farewell Address in Springfield
- Creator:
- J.L. Campbell
- Location:
- Illinois
- Origin Date:
- 1865
- Materials:
- paper, pen and ink
- Measurements:
- overall: 18 in x 14 m
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0332
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This is a poster printed after Lincoln's death that commemorates his farewell address given in Springfield, Illinois on February 11, 1861, just before departing for Washington, D. C., on the train. The poster is printed on paper, which has later been glued to a board. At the top of the poster there is an illustration depicting Lincoln's casket. Columbia holds her face in one hand, and places the other on the coffin as she kneels alongside it. This image is outlined by an arch. Atop the arch, two soldiers are grieving in either corner. Below the illustration is the following in quotations: "But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated upon this spot than surrender it." In the center of the page the heading is printed: "PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S / Farewell Address to his Old neighbors, / SPRINGFIELD, February 12, 1861." The text of his speech as it was printed in the February 23, 1861, issue of Harper's Weekly is below. At the bottom of the page, in small print is the following: "Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J.L. CAMPBELL, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of Illinois. Part of the Lincoln Financial foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum