[A scrapbook of contemporary newspaper clippings of the speeches and letters of Stephen A. Douglas, 1858-1860, including the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the Douglas-Black controversy, as reported in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield [O.] Republican, Missouri Republican, Chicago Press and Trib
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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...
Turney, William R. J. R. (William Ralph J. R.)
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Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883
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United States Attorney General. From the description of Jeremiah S. Black letters, 1860-1877. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936671 Biographical Note 1810, Jan. 10 Born, near Stony Creek, Pa. 1830 Admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania ...