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Stephen A. Douglas spoke on this site on October 25, 1840, and September 13, 1854. He debated the slavery extension issue with Abraham Lincoln on August 21, 1858. His last talk in Ottawa was on October 8, 1860, when he was a presidential candidate.
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Ottawa, Illinois · United States
