Lincoln and Douglas hold their fourth debate in Charleston, Illinois

09/18/1858

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas meet in their fourth debate of seven in Coles County at the County Fairgrounds in Charleston, Illinois.

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Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 188-190.

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Date	Title
09/18/1858	Recollection by Lew Wallace, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858
09/18/1858	Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858
09/18/1858	New York Evening Post, "Senatorial Canvas in Illinois," September 18, 1858
09/18/1858	Abraham Lincoln, Fourth Debate with Stephen Douglas, Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858
09/21/1858	Chicago (IL) Times, "The Audience at Charleston," September 21, 1858
09/21/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Charleston Debate," September 21, 1858
09/22/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Audience at Charleston,” September 22, 1858
09/23/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858
09/25/1858	David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, September 25, 1858
10/11/1858	James G. Wright to Abraham Lincoln, October 11, 1858

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