Reminiscences of Lincoln and the 1858 Freeport debate, 1907.

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Reminiscences of Lincoln and the 1858 Freeport debate, 1907.

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Letters and copies of speeches from those responding, include a letter from B.F. Shaw, newspaper editor and friend of Lincoln, Henry Rush Boss a writer, Cyrus Barnes who was a soldier in a regiment that held the post of honor in Lincoln's second inaugural parade and remembered the response in the barracks the night of Lincoln's assassination and others. A newspaper article remembering Lincoln by B.F. Shaw.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Polo Historical Society (Polo, Ill.)

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In 1907 the Polo Historical Society sent out a request for reminiscences from anyone who had memories of Abraham Lincoln and specifically his debate with Stephen Douglas at Freeport, Ill. in 1858. Those with memories were invited to share them at a series of programs given by the Society. From the description of Reminiscences of Lincoln and the 1858 Freeport debate, 1907. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53882396 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Barnes, Cyrus.

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Boss, Henry Rush.

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Shaw, Benjamin Franklin, 1962-

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