Lincoln and Douglas hold their second debate in Freeport, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas hold their second debate of seven at Freeport, Illinois.  Lincoln comes back strongly from what some saw as a weak start at Ottawa.
Source Citation
Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 145-147.
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Campaigns/Elections
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Freeport, IL
Date
John W. Shaffer to Abraham Lincoln, August 17, 1858
Recollection by Joseph Medill, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
Abraham Lincoln, Second Debate with Stephen Douglas, Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858
Recollection by Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
Recollection by Carl Schurz , Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
Recollection by Horace White, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
Recollection by Henry Villard, Freeport Debate, August 27,1858
Recollection by Ingalls Carleton, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
Recollection by A.A. Terrell, Freeport, August 27, 1858
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, August 27, 1858
Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign - The Discussion at Freeport," August 30, 1858
New York Evening Post, “The Senatorial Contest in Illinois,” September 2, 1858
(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, "Douglas - Lincoln," September 2, 1858
Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, September 14, 1858
Recollection by Usher F. Linder, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Mr. Lincoln in Ohio,” September 19, 1859
Abraham Lincoln to Alonzo J. Grover, January 15, 1860
Ripley (OH) Bee, “Mr. Lincoln’s Foresight,” August 23, 1860
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