Lincoln In Worcester Massachusetts

[Craig Hipkins]

Ladies and Gents,

I have been doing a little research into Abraham Lincoln's visit to Massachusetts in September 1848. Lincoln had gone there to stump for the Whig candidate Zachary Taylor. Although Massachusetts was a Whig stronghold the party was at this time split over the issue of slavery. A new party the "Free Soil" party had formed from disgruntled Whigs who were anti-slavery, and northern Democrats who believed that the party of Jackson was ignoring northern interests. Lincoln made a stirring speech at the old City Hall in Worcester on the evening of September 12, 1848. I wrote an article about Lincoln's visit on my blog if you want to read it go here: http://crhipkins.blogspot.com/2012/07/ab...ester.html

Craig