Coles County Fairgrounds, Charleston, Illinois, circa 1890

Scanned by

John Osborne

Scan date

05/20/2008

Depicted ContentColes County Fairgrounds, Charleston, IL

Depicted ContentCharleston, IL

Depicted ContentLincoln-Douglas Debates

Depicted ContentLincoln and Douglas hold their fourth debate in Charleston, Illinois

Image type

photograph

Original caption

Charleston, Illinois, Fairgrounds Where the Charleston Debate was held

Source citation

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Arnold Douglas, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, ed. Edwin Earle Sparks (Springfield, IL: The Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1908), Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, 3; Lincoln Series, 1: facing page .