In the evening, Lincoln travels by train from Peoria to Knoxville en route to Galesburg for a scheduled debate against Stephen A. Douglas the following day. A fellow passenger on the train notes that Lincoln, toting a carpetbag, is clad in "a big gray shawl, and a somewhat rusty stovepipe hat." The Metamora Herald (IL), 21 August 1931, 9:1-2; Chicago Press and Tribune (IL), 9 October 1858, 2:2.