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Freeport's Lincoln : exercises attendant upon the unveiling of a statue of Abraham Lincoln, Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1929, the seventy-first anniversary of the Freeport-Lincoln-Douglas debate ; containing addresses delivered at unveiling, list of exhibits displayed, account of Lincoln-Douglas debate, etc.
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- Creator
- [compiled by William Thomas Rawleigh]
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Freeport, Ill. : W.T. Rawleigh, 1930
- Physical Details
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- viii, 291 pages, xi, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- OCLC
- ocm04099620
- On cover: Seventy-first anniversary edition.
- Preface signed: J.R. Jackson, President, Lincoln-Douglas Society.
- "Statue designed and executed by Leonard Crunelle, and presented to the people of Stephenson County, Illinois by William Thomas Rawleigh, of Freeport Illinois." -- Title page.
- Includes index.
- Preface -- Introduction -- Seventy-first anniversary celebration -- Addresses: J. R. Jackson ; Philip F. La Follette ; Rev. J. T. McCreery ; W. T. Rawleigh ; Leonard Crunelle ; Judge E. E. Laughlin ; Dr. H. J. Burgstahler ; Dr. John Wesley Hill -- Lincoln's example as a guide / Senator George W. Norris, Nebraska -- Lincoln makes Freeport a milestone in history / Fred L. Holmes -- Recognition by Legislature of Wisconsin -- Survivors who heard Lincoln-Douglas debates -- Words of commendation -- Letters from persons who heard debates -- Interviews with people who remembered Lincoln -- Lincoln-Douglas and pioneer exhibits displayed -- What Lincoln and Douglas said at Freeport -- Appendix: Lincoln as surveyor ; Abraham Lincoln chronology ; Bronze face of Lincoln