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1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations |
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Originally published: Herrin, Illinois : Trovillion Private Press, 1940. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION / Paul M. Angle -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE / George W. Smith -- THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED -- WHEN LINCOLN CAME TO EGYPT / George W. Smith -- WHENCE CAME THE EGYPTIANS -- LINCOLN IN PUBLIC LIFE -- THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL -- RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- KANSAS--SLAVE OR FREE -- DOUGLAS TRIUMPHANT -- TWO GREAT LEADERS -- THIS SECTION CALLED EGYPT -- LINCOLN'S FRIENDS IN EGYPT -- LINCOLN IN EGYPT -- SOME TRADITIONS -- THE BATTLE BEGINS -- DOUGLAS EN ROUTE -- LINCOLN EN ROUTE -- AT THE DEBATE -- THE DEBATE -- LINCOLN REPLIES -- DOUGLAS CLOSES -- THE DEPARTURE -- A SHORT SAD CAREER -- A TRAGIC ENDING -- INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES. |
| Summary |
"In When Lincoln Came to Egypt, George W. Smith discusses Lincoln's various trips to southern Illinois, focusing mainly on Lincoln's most prominent visit, when he came to debate Stephen A. Douglas in Jonesboro in 1858"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Travel -- Illinois.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861.
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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861.
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Politicians -- Illinois -- Biography.
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Political candidates -- Illinois -- Biography.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858.
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Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
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Jonesboro (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, George Washington. When Lincoln came to Egypt. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016] 9780809335527 |
| ISBN |
9780809335527 (paperback) |
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9780809335527 |
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9780809335534 (e-book) |
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