Henry L. Sheldon scrapbook 111 : Stephen Douglass [sic], ca. 1880-1900.

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Henry L. Sheldon scrapbook 111 : Stephen Douglass [sic], ca. 1880-1900.

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Articles (1897) about Stephen Douglas in the Vermonter and The American Sentinel, including portions of the Lincoln-Douglas debates; also invoices, promissory notes, estate papers, deeds, bill of sale for half-interest in the Judd-Harris house (the Sheldon Museum) and other family papers, chiefly of Douglas's grandfather, Benajah Douglass, and his step-grandmother, Sarah Harris Douglass (Sarah Harris was widow of Lebbeus Harris and mother of Lebbeus, Jr., William, and Dr. Nathaniel Harris. Her second husband was Benajah Douglass).

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