Annotation
[1] Debates Scrapbook, DLC. Cheering, interruptions, and explanatory matter deleted by Lincoln have been retained in the text. Lincoln's other corrections and insertions have been indicated in footnotes. Typographical errors not corrected in the scrapbook have been corrected by the editors. All brackets are in the source unless footnoted.
[2] Lincoln's prefatory note in the scrapbook.
[3] ``On condition only that he should agree to answer as many for me'' is inserted by Lincoln in the margin.
[4] ``Agitate'' deleted and ``agravate'' inserted by Lincoln.
[5] ``Slavery'' deleted and ``the slave trade'' inserted by Lincoln.
[6] ``Affirmed'' deleted and ``offensive'' inserted by Lincoln.
[7] ``Decree'' deleted and ``decide'' inserted by Lincoln.
[8] Not in the source.
[9] William Bross of Chicago, who sat on the platform. This and succeeding references to Bross were deleted by Lincoln. They do not appear in the Press and Tribune.
[10] Jesse O. Norton.
[11] Cyrenius B. Denio, state representative from Jo Daviess County.
[12] Not in the source.