Quincy and Adams County History and Representative Men, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

The geogi aphical position of A dams Couuty gave it historical promiiieiiee from the time of its first settlement; so forcibly was this evident that in not a few of the events and movements which have been of national import, A dams County and its stanch citizenship have wielded decisive influence. Quincy, its beautiful county seat, occupying a coiinuanding site on tiie banks of the Mississippi, on the western confines of Central I llinois, which here juts into the border territory of the South, was early recognized as a community where disputants over Slavery, States Rights and Mormonism would be accorded justice and even uutramded discussion. A lthougii its leaders have never lacked positiveness and forceful expression of their opinions, A dams County earned a name for liberality and charity in its very infancy and has always maintained it. That statement applies to both its men and women, one of the pioneer organizations in the United States for the emancipation of the weaker sex having originated in Quincy and there developed, with the progress of the times, as a representative body of American womanhood. In politics, in social matters, in educational influence, in patriotic works and in industrial and counuercial expansion, Quincy and A dams County have constituted a credit to the state and the nation. The Soldiers Home, the Chamber of Commerce, churches, farmers and their splendidly conserved iiiterests, the factories and stores, and all the fine men and women, comprise subjects of interest and pride for the writers and compilers of this history. They do not pretend to liavc (lone any of such subjects full justice, but have been honest in their endeavor. In bringing these wonders to i)ass, no class or iiationality has been pre-eminent. Xo section of Illinois or tlie nation has been more truly American than A dams County; and especially has this been ma
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