Abraham Lincoln to Stephen Douglas, July 24, 1858

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Source citation:

Abraham Lincoln to Stephen Douglas, July 24, 1858, Chicago, IL, Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html.

Author:

Lincoln, Abraham

Judd, Norman Buel

Recipient:

Douglas, Stephen Arnold

Type:

Letter

Date Certainty:

Exact

Transcriber:

Transcribed by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, Galesburg, IL

Adapted by Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Transcription

The following transcript has been adapted from the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.

Chicago Ills. July 24, 1858

My Dear Sir

Will it be agreeable to you to make an arrangement for you and myself to divide time and address the same audiences during the present canvass? Mr. Judd who will hand you this is authorized to receive your answer; and if agreeable to you to enter into the terms of such arrangement.

Your Obt. Servt

A. Lincoln

Delivered the original of which the above is a true copy to the Hon. S. A. Douglass at Chicago on the 24 July 1858 and received for answer that he would send me down an answer when he sent down his mail on Monday morning

N. B. Judd

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