through scores of newspaper files, and has levied upon the courtesy of librarians and friends, to mention whose names would involve a list of impossible proportions. That the edition may be of service to the student as well as to the general reader; that it may aid in bringing to their true proportions these two great citizens of Illinois; and that it may reflect some credit upon the General Assembly of Illinois through whose beneficence it is made possible, is the hope that sustains a labor of love.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
March 11, 1908

EDWIN ERLE SPARKS

Douglas' Opening at Jonesboro, 214
Lincoln's Reply at Jonesboro, 229
Douglas' Rejoinder at Jonesboro, 249

VIII. THE CHARLESTON DEBATE

Lincoln's Opening at Charleston, 267
Douglas' Reply at Charleston, 281
Lincoln's Rejoinder at Charleston, 303

IX. THE GALESBURG DEBATE

Douglas' Opening at Galesburg, 329
Lincoln's Reply at Galesburg, 333
Douglas' Rejoinder at Galesburg, 346

X. THE QUINCY DEBATE

Lincoln's Opening at Quincy, 395

Douglas' Reply at Quincy, 407
Lincoln's Rejoinder at Quincy, 427

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ILLUSTRATIONS

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS

FACING PAGE

Frontispiece

THE OLD STATE HOUSE, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

CONGRESSIONAL MAP OF ILLINOIS, 1858

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FREEPORT, ILLINOIS THE BREWSTER HOUSE, 1860
CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS, FAIR GROUNDS

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