Springfield, Illinois

Springfield is the capital city of the state of Illinois, in the Midwestern U.S. It was the home of Abraham Lincoln, who as a state legislator was instrumental in moving the state capital.

Bibliography

• Angle, Paul M. "Here I have lived": A history of Lincoln's Springfield, 1821-1865 (1950, 1971)
• Harrison, Shelby Millard, ed. The Springfield Survey: Study of Social Conditions in an American City (1920), famous sociological study of the city vol 3 online