Freeport, IL

Freeport, Is., c. h. Stephenson co. On Peekatonica River. 200 miles N. from Springfield. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)

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Record Data

Place Unit Type:

City or Town

Containing Unit:

Stephenson County, IL

Note Cards

Events

Life span		Type
08/27/1858	Lincoln and Douglas hold their second debate in Freeport, Illinois	Campaigns/Elections

Major Topics

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

People

Burial Place of

Atkins, Smith Dykins

Places

Name	Type
Brewster House, Freeport, IL	Location or Site

Documents

Subject

Date	Title
07/30/1858	Stephen Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858
08/17/1858	John W. Shaffer to Abraham Lincoln, August 17, 1858
08/27/1858	Abraham Lincoln, Second Debate with Stephen Douglas, Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858
08/27/1858	Recollection by A.A. Terrell, Freeport, August 27, 1858
08/27/1858	Recollection by Carl Schurz , Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
08/27/1858	Recollection by Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
08/27/1858	Recollection by Horace White, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
08/27/1858	Recollection by Ingalls Carleton, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
08/27/1858	Recollection by Joseph Medill, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
08/30/1858	Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign - The Discussion at Freeport," August 30, 1858
09/02/1858	(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, "Douglas - Lincoln," September 2, 1858
09/02/1858	New York Evening Post, “The Senatorial Contest in Illinois,” September 2, 1858
09/14/1858	Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, September 14, 1858
09/15/1858	Recollection by Usher F. Linder, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
09/17/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Jonesboro Debate," September 17, 1858
09/20/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas Puffers and Valets," September 20, 1858
09/21/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Charleston Debate," September 21, 1858
09/23/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858
09/14/1859	M. A. Northrop to Abraham Lincoln, September 14, 1859
01/15/1860	Abraham Lincoln to Alonzo J. Grover, January 15, 1860
08/23/1860	Ripley (OH) Bee, “Mr. Lincoln’s Foresight,” August 23, 1860
11/12/1860	John P. Sanderson to David Davis, November 12, 1860

Images

Freeport, Illinois, 1859, central area

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