A Toast Volunteered at a Public Dinner at Springfield, Illinois1Jump to section
July 25, 1837
By A. Lincoln, Esq.---All our friends.---They are too numerous to be now named individually, while there is no one of them who is not too dear to be forgotten or neglected.
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[1] Sangamo Journal, July 29, 1837. The dinner was held at Spottswood's Rural Hotel in celebration of the removal to Springfield of the state capital.