Lincoln and Douglas hold their fourth debate in Charleston, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas meet in their fourth debate of  seven in Coles County at the County Fairgrounds in Charleston, Illinois.
Source Citation
Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 188-190.
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Campaigns/Elections
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Coles County Fairgrounds, Charleston, IL
Date
New York Evening Post, "Senatorial Canvas in Illinois," September 18, 1858
Recollection by Lew Wallace, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858
Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858
Abraham Lincoln, Fourth Debate with Stephen Douglas, Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Charleston Debate," September 21, 1858
Chicago (IL) Times, "The Audience at Charleston," September 21, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Audience at Charleston,” September 22, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858
David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, September 25, 1858
James G. Wright to Abraham Lincoln, October 11, 1858
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