The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 website, brought to you by Lincoln/Net, at Northern Illinois University, provides the texts of the debates from John Nicolay and John Hay, editors of Lincoln's writings, as well as debate transcriptions from both Democratic and Republican newspapers around the state. In addition to the texts of the debates, there are newspaper commentaries on the events, video of historians discussing the significance of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, images, maps, and lesson plans.