Wednesday, October 13, 1858.Quincy, IL. | Sixth joint debate takes place. Lincoln arrived on morning train from
Macomb. Crowd meets him at depot and escorts him to residence of O. H.
Browning. Debate occupies afternoon. Republicans end day with "splendid
torchlight procession." Illinois State
Journal, 16 October 1858;
Sixth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas, at
Quincy, Illinois, 13 October 1858, CW, 3:245-83. |