Stephen A. Douglas

Stephen A. Douglas (HM2IXR)

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N 43° 48.023', W 73° 5.638'

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(side 1)
Teacher Lawyer Orator Statesman
United States Senator from Illinois 1847 to 1861
Democratic candidate for President of United States
against Abraham Lincoln. Loyal supporter of Lincoln and
the Union in the early days of the War of the Rebellion

Born at Brandon, April 23, 1813
in the cottage west of this site
Died in Chicago, June 3, 1861.


(side 2)
This monument erected by the citizens
of Brandon VT. April 23, 1913
in commemoration of the
100th anniversary of the birth
of
Stephen A. Douglas
who was born just west of this monument


The bas-relief on the other side is a replica of the one at the University of Chicago by Lorado Taft. Under the original is an inscription referring to the generous contribution by Mr. Douglas toward the foundation in 1855 of the first university established in Chicago which is now the University of Chicago
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HM NumberHM2IXR
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Year Placed1913
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Date Added Friday, July 19th, 2019 at 11:04am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 653327 N 4851467
Decimal Degrees43.80038333, -73.09396667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 48.023', W 73° 5.638'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 48' 1.3800000000002" N, 73° 5' 38.28" W
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