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Fithian House Tour
Thursday January 21, 2010 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Vermilion County Museum
116 N Gilbert St
Danville, Illinois 61832 Get Directions
Visitors to the Vermilion County Museum are welcome to learn more about the home of Dr. William Fithian, a physician who in his time, served as prairie legislator, horseback doctor, Civil War surgeon and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. There are many personal effects and furnishings from Dr. Fithian, who hosted Lincoln many times when he visited Danville and supported him both financially and with speeches when Lincoln ran for office. In September of 1858, Lincoln gave a speech from the south balcony of the Museum when he was campaigning for the U. S. Senate. The balcony, the window Lincoln stepped out and the bedroom Lincoln used on his visits remain as they were that autumn day in 1858. The bed in the Lincoln room is the bed the tall statesman slept in when he visited Fithian. There is also an original newspaper announcing Lincoln's candidacy, a photograph of him taken in Danville and a hand-written note from Lincoln to Secretary Risley written just a few months before his assassination.

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