Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas meet in the first of seven agreed political debates in Ottawa, Illinois. The town's numbers double as 10,000 people arrive to hear the two candidates for the Senate nomination.
Source Citation
Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 93.
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Exact
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Campaigns/Elections
