Ottawa, IL

Headnote

OTTAWA, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of La Salle со., Ill., 133 ms. N. E. of Springfield ; from W. 773 ms. Watered by Illinois and Fox rivers. (Fanning's, 1853)

Record Data

Place Unit Type

City or Town

Containing Unit

La Salle County, IL

Date		Type
01/04/1860	Eight Ottawa, Illinois residents indicted under the Fugitive Slave Law for assisting a slave escape	Slavery/Abolition
08/21/1858	Lincoln and Douglas hold their first debate in Ottawa, Illinois	Campaigns/Elections

Name	Type
La Salle County Courthouse, Ottawa, IL	Location or Site
Mayor Glover's House, Ottawa, IL	Location or Site
Washington Square, Ottawa, IL	Location or Site

Date	Title
06/09/1858	Ward Hill Lamon to Abraham Lincoln, June 9, 1858
07/30/1858	Stephen Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858
08/21/1858	Abraham Lincoln, First Debate with Stephen Douglas, Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858
08/21/1858	Recollection by Henry Villard, Ottawa Debate, August 21, 1858
08/21/1858	Recollection by J.K. Magic, Ottawa Debate, August 21, 1858
08/21/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "All Aboard For Ottawa!," August 21, 1858
08/22/1858	Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign-- Douglas Among the People," August 22, 1858
08/22/1858	Abraham Lincoln to Joseph O. Cunningham, August 22, 1858
08/23/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Great Debate Between Lincoln and Douglas At Ottawa," August 23, 1858
08/23/1858	New York Times, "Meeting of Douglas and Lincoln," August 23, 1858
08/24/1858	Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, August 24, 1858
08/24/1858	Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "Lincoln and Douglas at Ottawa," August 24, 1858
08/25/1858	Schuyler Colfax to Abraham Lincoln, August 25, 1858
08/25/1858	B. Lewis to Abraham Lincoln, August 25, 1858
08/27/1858	Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, August 27, 1858
08/27/1858	New York Evening Post, "Senatorial Canvass in Illinois," August 27, 1858
08/27/1858	Recollection by A.A. Terrell, Freeport, August 27, 1858
09/01/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas and Lincoln," September 1, 1858
09/02/1858	New York Evening Post, “The Senatorial Contest in Illinois,” September 2, 1858
09/15/1858	Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Jonesboro Debate, September 15, 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
02/28/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Fraudulent Voting,” February 28, 1860
03/09/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Lesson for the South,” March 9, 1860

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Ottawa, IL

Ottawa, Illinois, 1859, central area

Washington Square, Ottawa, Illinois, circa 1890

Ottawa, IL

Ottawa, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Ottawa, Illinois, 1859, central area

Washington Square, Ottawa, Illinois, circa 1890