Lincoln speaks at Edwardsville at 1 P.M., after morning trip from Alton. Horace White, reporter, is impressed by "the quiet autumn day in the quaint old town; the serious people clustered around the platform; Joseph Gillespie officiating as chairman," as by few other meetings of campaign. Herndon & Weik (1892 ed.), II, 114.

Lincoln speaks at Highland in evening. Chicago Tribune, 15 September 1858; Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, 11 September 1858, CW, 3:91-96; IHi—Transcript of statement of Joseph Gillespie.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys five pounds of coffee. Pratt, Personal Finances, 149.]