Freeport, IL

Freeport, Is., c. h. Stephenson co. On Peekatonica River. 200 miles N. from Springfield. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Burial Place of
Name Type
Brewster House, Freeport, IL Location or Site
Date Title
Stephen Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858
John W. Shaffer to Abraham Lincoln, August 17, 1858
Abraham Lincoln, Second Debate with Stephen Douglas, Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858
Recollection by A.A. Terrell, Freeport, 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 Ingalls Carleton, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858
Recollection by Joseph Medill, Freeport Debate, 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, "The Jonesboro Debate," September 17, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas Puffers and Valets," September 20, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Charleston Debate," September 21, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858
M. A. Northrop to Abraham Lincoln, September 14, 1859
Abraham Lincoln to Alonzo J. Grover, January 15, 1860
Ripley (OH) Bee, “Mr. Lincoln’s Foresight,” August 23, 1860
John P. Sanderson to David Davis, November 12, 1860
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