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Lincoln’s First Illinois Home
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On an eminence overlooking the Sangamon River three miles south of here stood the first home of Lincoln in Illinois. The Lincoln family came to this site in March, 1830, and lived here until 1831, when the parents moved to Coles County and Abraham set out on his own career.
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