Isaac Hawley Home Site

This was the site of the home of Isaac A. Hawley, son of Pekin pioneer settler Gideon Hawley. Abraham Lincoln worked as Isaac Hawley's attorney during the settlement of Gideon Hawley's estate, but Isaac Hawley failed to pay Lincoln's attorney fees. Lincoln then sued the Hawley Estate on 6 Oct. 1853 in the case of Lincoln v. Hawley. Lincoln won and collected the $30 fee that was due him.

The site of the Hawley home on Broadway is shown at the center of the accompanying illustration, which is a detail from an 1877 aerial depiction of Pekin.