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Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas practiced at the Pike County Bar in the early days and spoke in this park during the Senatorial Campaign of 1858. John Hay, author of Pike County Ballads, diplomatist, and Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905, received his academic education here. John G. Nicolay, private secretary to President Lincoln, edited the Whig Free Press published here prior to the Civil War.
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Pittsfield, Illinois · United States
