To commemorate the debate of Abraham Lincoln and Anthony Thornton on freedom of territories, June 15, 1856 in Old Court House, Shelbyville, Illinois.
Contributors: Shoaff, Thomas Benton, 1847-; Shelby County leader.
Publisher: Shelby County leader
Published: 1923
Place of publication: Shelbyville, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861.; Thornton, Anthony, 1814-1904.; Shelbyville (Ill.) -- History -- Miscellanea.
Other titles: Lincoln-Thornton debate, 1856, Shelbyville, Illinois.
Notes: Cover title: The Lincoln-Thornton debate, 1856, Shelbyville, Illinois.
Contains the report of a program held Feb. 12, 1922 at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Shelbyville, as given in the Democrat, Feb. 16, 1922, and the speeches delivered on Feb. 12, 1923, in Shelbyville, at the dedication of a memorial to the 1856 debate between Abraham Lincoln and Anthony Thornton.
Edited by Thomas B. Shoaff.