Quincy Whig

City: Quincy

County: Adams

State: Illinois

A Whig newspaper established in Quincy, Illinois, in May 1838. Originally edited by Nehemiah Bushnell, it was subsequently edited by S. M. Bartlett and published by Henry V. Sullivan until Bartlett's death in 1852. Under different management, the paper operated continuously throughout the rest of Abraham Lincoln's life.

History of Adams County, Illinois (Chicago: Murray, Williamson & Phelps, 1879), 429-30.