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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Speech at Peoria by Abraham Lincoln 1854
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Six (Quincy); Douglas Opening Remarks
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A House Divided by Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Seven (Alton); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Five (Galesburg); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Fragment of Speeches by Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Two (Freeport); Douglas's Opening Remarks
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Speech at Chicago by Stephen Douglas
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Lincoln Opening Remarks
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"Nebraska." Editorial.
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Speech at Kalamazoo by Abraham Lincoln
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The 14th Section by Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate One (Ottawa); Stephen Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate One (Ottawa); Lincoln Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Lincoln Rebuttal
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Speech at Beardstown by Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Three (Jonesboro); Douglas Rebuttal
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Fragment: Notes for Speeches by Abraham Lincoln
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