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Photographer: Kevin Craft
Taken: August 1, 2014
Caption:
Another Stephen A. Douglas Marker | Additional Description:
(Located on the median, there is a bas-relief of the bust of Stephen A. Douglas and the following text)
Stephen A. Douglas
Teacher, Lawyer, Orator, Statesman
United States Senator from Illinois 1847 to 1861
Democratic candidate for President of the United States
against Abraham Lincoln. Loyal supporter of Lincoln and
the Union in the early days of the War of the Rebellion
Born at Brandon April 23 1813
in the cottage west of this site
Died in Chicago June 3 1861
Submitted: August 5, 2014, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec.
Database Locator Identification Number: p281584
File Size: 3.555 Megabytes
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