M2571-Lincoln-Douglas book : Historical sketch of the causes leading to the Freeport Lincoln-Douglas debate, August 27, 1858; The great Freeport debate, a turning point in American history, the speeches of Lincoln and Douglas: A sketch of the history of the city of Freeport, August 26, 1922. Edited and compiled for the Citizens Committee under direction of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce.

Item — Box: Monaghan Boxes, item: E457.4.F8 1922

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James Jay Monaghan was a well known collector of Lincolniana in the early to mid-twentieth century. Born in 1891, Monaghan was also a scholar of Abraham Lincoln. Monaghan published a bioliography of works by and about Abraham Lincoln. Many of those materials are accessible in the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincoliana. This finding aid includes a list of those artifacts, pamphlets and other materials. This collection is organized by Monaghan number.