ABRAHAM LINCOLN From a photograph in the collection of the Illinois Historical Library. Evidence seems to show that the negative was made at Charleston, Illinois, during the Campaign of 1858. THE LINCOLN SERIES, VOL. I

OF THE

ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL

LIBRARY

VOLUME IN

LINCOLN SERIES, VOL. I

THE LINCOLN- DOUGLAS DEBATES

OF 1858

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

BY

EDWIN ERLE SPARKS, PH.D.
PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE; SOMETIME

PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE
ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS