Lincoln and Douglas hold their third debate in Jonesboro, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas hold their third debate in southern Illinois Union County at Jonesboro.  Slavery was a prominent topic at this meeting.
Source Citation
Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 171-172.
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Campaigns/Elections
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Union County Fairgrounds, Jonesboro, IL
Date
Recollection by Henry Villard, Freeport Debate, August 27,1858
Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Jonesboro Debate, September 15, 1858
Recollection by Horace White, Jonesboro Debate, September 15, 1858
Recollection by Usher F. Linder, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
Abraham Lincoln, Third Debate with Stephen Douglas, Jonesboro, Illinois, September 15, 1858
Abraham Lincoln to Elihu B. Washburne, September 16, 1858
Abraham Lincoln to Martin P. Sweet, September 16, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Jonesboro Debate," September 17, 1858
Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign.--Douglas at Jonesboro," September 17, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas Puffers and Valets," September 20, 1858
Lowell (MA) Journal and Courier, "The Senatorial Canvass in Illinois," September 22, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858
Abraham Lincoln to John M. Schofield, Monday, June 22, 1863, Washington, D.C.
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