Headnote
OTTAWA, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of La Salle со., Ill., 133 ms. N. E. of Springfield ; from W. 773 ms. Watered by Illinois and Fox rivers. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
La Salle County, IL

Ottawa, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
OTTAWA, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of La Salle со., Ill., 133 ms. N. E. of Springfield ; from W. 773 ms. Watered by Illinois and Fox rivers.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 278.
Date Type
Eight Ottawa, Illinois residents indicted under the Fugitive Slave Law for assisting a slave escape Slavery/Abolition
Lincoln and Douglas hold their first debate in Ottawa, Illinois Campaigns/Elections
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Name Type
La Salle County Courthouse, Ottawa, IL Location or Site
Mayor Glover's House, Ottawa, IL Location or Site
Washington Square, Ottawa, IL Location or Site
Date Title
Ward Hill Lamon to Abraham Lincoln, June 9, 1858
Stephen Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858
Abraham Lincoln, First Debate with Stephen Douglas, Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858
Recollection by Henry Villard, Ottawa Debate, August 21, 1858
Recollection by J.K. Magic, Ottawa Debate, August 21, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "All Aboard For Ottawa!," August 21, 1858
Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign-- Douglas Among the People," August 22, 1858
Abraham Lincoln to Joseph O. Cunningham, August 22, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Great Debate Between Lincoln and Douglas At Ottawa," August 23, 1858
New York Times, "Meeting of Douglas and Lincoln," August 23, 1858
Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, August 24, 1858
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "Lincoln and Douglas at Ottawa," August 24, 1858
Schuyler Colfax to Abraham Lincoln, August 25, 1858
B. Lewis to Abraham Lincoln, August 25, 1858
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, August 27, 1858
New York Evening Post, "Senatorial Canvass in Illinois," August 27, 1858
Recollection by A.A. Terrell, Freeport, August 27, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas and Lincoln," September 1, 1858
New York Evening Post, “The Senatorial Contest in Illinois,” September 2, 1858
Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Jonesboro Debate, September 15, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Jonesboro Debate," September 17, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas Puffers and Valets," September 20, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Charleston Debate," September 21, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Fraudulent Voting,” February 28, 1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Lesson for the South,” March 9, 1860
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