Lincoln and Douglas knew they were speaking to the ... but in the general election he would win only one state—Missouri. In the debates of 1858, Lincoln had also finally forced the coruscating ...

1, No. 2/3, JULY AND OCTOBER 1908 Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary ... Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 This is the metadata section. Skip to ...

Before his historic presidency and before the legendary Lincoln-Douglas debates that would define ... Illinois. It was 1858, and tensions over slavery were already tearing at the fabric of the ...

Also on view are printings of Lincoln’s speeches, including his 1860 Cooper Union address and his 1858 debates with Douglas for a seat in the United States Senate. Originally printed in ...