David Dudley Field (1805-1894)
Mr. Lincoln first met David Dudley Field in Chicago at the River and Harbor Convention in July 1847 where Mr. Lincoln delivered a reply to Fields contention that publicly financed public works should be limited by the Constitution. The New York Tribune reported that the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, a tall specimen of an Illinoisan…was called out, and spoke briefly and happily in reply to Mr. Field…
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