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The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.

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Lincoln–Douglas debates

1858 political debates in Illinois, U.S.

The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. Until the Seventeenth Amendment to the…
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Ottawa, Illinois

City in Illinois, United States

Ottawa is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the confluence of the navigable Fox River and Illinois River, the latter being a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago to the Mississippi River. The…
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August 21

Day of the year

August 21 is the 233rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 132 days remain until the end of the year.
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