In 1840, an estimated 100,000 children were not in school and more than 28,000 adults in the state were illiterate. Governor Bissell signed a bill that would help create a school in Normal. Jesse W. Fell took up a campaign for the financial part of it, which totalled $141,000. This exceeded pledges secured by more that three communities including Peoria. Abraham Lincoln made sure it was able to be done though. This is just some of the background on how ISU became read on to find out more...
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