Extra Credit Questions

[Joe Di Cola]

(04-06-2013 08:21 AM)Laurie Verge Wrote:  It has to pertain to the Lincoln-Douglas debates, but I am not familiar enough with Lincoln's handwriting to credit him as the author of the letter. I'll say Stephen Douglas so that you Lincoln experts can prove me wrong.

And the agreement was made at the Francis E. Bryant Cottage in Bement, Illinois. Bryant was a friend of Douglas and on the evening of July 29, 1858, Lincoln and Douglas met in the parlor of the Bryant Cottage and set the terms for the debates. This letter is a conbfirmation of that discussion.