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Volume 1 of the Lincoln-Douglass debates of 1858, from the collection of the Illinois State library, beautifully bound in a fine red Moroccan leather volume with the signatures of president William Howard Taft and many members of the Lincoln Centennial Association.This volume which comprises the memorable debates between Mr. Lincoln and Judge Douglas during the Senatorial campaign of 1858, is presented to the members and guests at the banquet given by the Association on the one hundred and second anniversary of Mr. Lincoln's birth." etc Bound in marbled boards with leather spine and corners; frontispiece
Lincoln-Douglas Debates Signed by William Howard Taft
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