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1858 - Lincoln Douglas Debates
Resources for Teachers
Illinois Political Campaign of 1858 Scrapbook and booklet
- EIU Teaching with Primary Sources page.
Lincoln - Douglas Debates: How It All Began
- Learning experience idea for elementary students from the Learning with Lincoln Institute.
Lincoln's Congressional Career: Debates over Slavery in the Territories
- U.S. History activities from the Collection Connection for American Memory's collection Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
Lincoln Douglas Debates: American Treasures from the Library of Congress Memory Exhibition
Resources for Students
Wikipedia Encyclopedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln-Douglas_debates_of_1858
Library of Congress Primary Sources
Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, Saturday, July 24, 1858 (Debates): American Memory
Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, Thursday, July 29, 1858 (Debates): American Memory
Stephen A. Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, July 30, 1858 (Debates): American Memory
Stephen A. Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, July 24, 1858 (Debates): American Memory
William A. Ross to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 18, 1859 (Publication of Debates): American Memory
Stephen A. Douglas to Follett Foster & Company, Saturday, June 09, 1860 (Protests publication of Lincoln Douglas Debates): American Memory
Norman B. Judd to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, July 27, 1858 (Debates): American Memory
Lincoln Douglas debate Du Page County Centennial, August 27, West Chicago/Kreger: Prints and Photographs
Anniversary of Lincoln Douglas Debate--Address of President McKinley/Allen Ayraulot Green, Galesburg, Illinois: Prints and Photographs
Abraham Lincoln: Two weeks before final Lincoln-Douglas debate in Lincoln's unsuccessful bid for the Senate, Pittsfield, Illinois: Prints and Photographs
Excerpt from Lincoln's speech, final debate with Stephen A. Douglas from Abraham Lincoln's scrapbook of the Illinois political campaign of 1858: Prints and Photographs
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, (August 27, 1858): American Memory
Other Resources
National Park Service -
http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/debates.htm