Abraham Lincoln and Others to the Whigs of Illinois, 29 November 18511
WHIG STATE CONVENTION.
The whigs of the State of Illinois are respectfully requested to meet in Convention
at Springfield, on the Fourth Monday of December next, to take into consideration such action as upon consultation and deliberation may
be deemed necessary, proper and effective, for the best interests of the party, and
to secure a more thorough organization of the Whig party at an early day.
(Signed.)2
2Delegates to the Whig State Convention and other interested Whigs met at the Courthouse
for an organizational session on the morning of December 22, 1851. Abraham Lincoln
received appointment to a five-person committee to prepare business for the convention.
At the evening session, delegates selected Lincoln to represent the Seventh Congressional
District on the committee appointed to present the names of four persons to represent
the state at large at the Whig national convention.
Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 22 December 1851, 2:1; 23 December 1851, 2:1; 24 December 1851, 2:1-2.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Illinois Journal (Springfield), 3 December 1851, 2:3.