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Title: Complete works of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905 Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: New York : Tandy-Thomas Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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as I know, con-tradicted those charges. In the two speecheswhich I heard he certainly did not. On his owntacit admission I renew that charge. I chargehim with having been a party to that conspiracy,and to that deception, for the sole purpose ofnationalizing slavery. ^Letter to John Mathers Springfield, July 20, 1858.My dear Sir: Your kind and interesting let-ter of the 19th was duly received. Your sug-gestions as to placing ones self on the offensiverather than the defensive are certainly correct.That is a point which I shall not disregard. Ispoke here on Saturday night. The speech, notvery well reported, appears in the State Journalof this morning. You doubtless will see it; andI hope that you will perceive in it, that I amalready improving. I would mail you a copynow, but have not one at hand. I thank you foryour letter and shall be pleased to hear from youagain. Yours very truly, A. Lincoln. Stephen A. Douglas Wood Engraving from a Daguerreotype taken afterhis Debates with Lincoln.
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1858) Challenge to Debates 189 Challenge to the Joint Debates, July 24, 1858 Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Douglas. Chicago, Illinois, July 24, 1858. MY DEAR SIR: Will it be agree-able to you to make an arrangementfor you and myself to divide time,and address the same audiences the present can-vass? Mr. Judd, who will hand you this, isauthorized to receive your answer; and, if agree-able to you, to enter into the terms of such ar-rangement. Your obedient servant, A. Lincoln. Mr. Douglas to Mr. Lincoln. Chicago, July 24, 1858. Dear Sir: Your note of this date, in whichyou inquire if it would be agreeable to me tomake an arrangement to divide the time and ad-dress the same audiences during the present can-vass, was handed me by Mr. Judd. Recentevents have interposed difficulties in the way ofsuch an arrangement. I went to Springfield last week for the pur- 190 Stephen A. Douglas (July 24 pose of conferring with the Democratic StateCentral Committee upon the mode of conduct-ing the canvass, and wit

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