DOUGLAS STEPHEN A Brief Autograph Letter Signed SADouglas to

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DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, "S.A.Douglas," to P. Stackhouse: "I have the honor to inform you that David B. Campbell Esq is the Attorney General of the State of Illinois and that he resides at Springfield the seat of government of that State." 1 page, 4to, pale blue paper; folds, minor toning. Washington, 4 March 1848

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Douglas (1813-1861) was an Illinois Democratic politician, statesman and noted orator, first elected to Congress in 1843, who served several terms as Senator in the 1840s and 1850s, and who defeated Abraham Lincoln in 1858 for reelection to the Senate after their well-known debates.