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Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings
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CONTENTS |
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PREFACE by Carl Sandburg |
xvii |
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INTRODUCTION by Roy P. Basler |
xxiii |
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LINCOLN'S DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER |
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SELECTIONS, WITH NOTES : |
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To the People of Sangamo County: Political Announcement, March 9, 1832 |
53 |
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Announcement of Political Views in Sangamo Journal, June 13, 1836 |
58 |
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Letter to Colonel Robert Allen, June 21, 1836 |
59 |
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Letter to Miss Mary Owens, December 13, 1836 |
60 |
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Speech in the Illinois Legislature, January 11, 1837 |
63 |
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Letter to Miss Mary Owens, May 7, 1837 |
73 |
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Letter to Miss Mary Owens, August 16, 1837 |
75 |
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The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838 |
76 |
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Letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, April 1, 1838 |
85 |
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The Sub-Treasury: Speech at a Political Discussion in the Hall of the House of Representatives at Springfield, Illinois, December [26], 1839 |
90 |
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Letter to John T. Stuart, January 20, 1841 |
113 |
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Letter to John T. Stuart, January 23, 1841 |
115 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed,June 19, 1841 |
116 |
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Letter to Miss Mary Speed, September 27, 1841 |
121 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, January 3, 1842 |
124 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 3, 1842 |
127 |
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Eulogy on Benjamin Ferguson, February 8, 1842 |
128 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 13, 1842 |
130 |
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Temperance Address Delivered Before the Springfield Washington Temperance Society, February 22, 1842 |
131 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842 |
141 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842 |
143 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 27, 1842 |
144 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, July 4, 1842 |
146 |
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A Letter from the Lost Townships, August 27, 1842 |
148 |
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Correspondence About the Lincoln-Shields Duel, September 17, 1842 |
156 |
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Memorandum of Instructions to E. H. Merryman, Lincoln's Second, September 19, 1842 |
159 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 5, 1842 |
161 |
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Letter to James S. Irwin, November 2, 1842 |
163 |
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Letter to Samuel D. Marshall, November 11, 1842 |
164 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 24, 1843 |
165 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, May 18, 1843 |
167 |
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Letter to Williamson Durley, October 3, 1845 |
169 |
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Letter to Henry E. Dummer, November 18, 1845 |
171 |
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Letter to B. F. James, February 9, 1846 |
173 |
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Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder, April 15, 1846 |
175 |
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Letter to Andrew Johnston, April 18, 1846 |
184 |
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Religious Views: Letter to the Editor of the Illinois Gazette, August 11, 1846 |
186 |
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Letter to Andrew Johnston, September 6, 1846 |
189 |
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My Childhood Home I See Again, 1846 |
190 |
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The Bear Hunt, [1846] |
193 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 22, 1846 |
196 |
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Letter to William H. Herndon, December 12, 1847 |
199 |
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Resolutions in the United States House of Representatives, December 22, 1847 |
199 |
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The War with Mexico: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, January 12, 1848 |
202 |
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Letter to William H. Herndon, February 1, 1848 |
217 |
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Letter to William H. Herndon, February 2, 1848 |
219 |
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Letter to William H. Herndon, February 15, 1848 |
220 |
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Letter to Usher F. Linder, March 22, 1848 |
221 |
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Letter to David Lincoln, March 24, 1848 |
224 |
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Letter to David Lincoln, April 2, 1848 |
224 |
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Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, April 16, 1848 |
226 |
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Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, June 12, 1848 |
228 |
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Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, July 2, 1848 |
229 |
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Letter to William H. Herndon, July 11, 1848 |
232 |
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The Presidential Question: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, July 27, 1848 |
233 |
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Letters to Thomas Lincoln and John D. Johnston, December 24, 1848 |
250 |
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Letter to William H. Herndon, January 5, 1849 |
252 |
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Letter to C. U. Schlater, January 5, 1849 |
254 |
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Letter to C. R. Welles, February 20, 1849 |
254 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 20, 1849 |
256 |
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Letter to Abram Bale, February 22, 1850 |
258 |
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Letter to John D. Johnston, January 12, 1851 |
259 |
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Letter to Andrew McCallen, July 4, 1851 |
260 |
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Letter to John D. Johnston, November 4, 1851 |
261 |
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Letter to John D. Johnston, November 9, 1851 |
263 |
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Letter to John D. Johnston, November 25, 1851 |
263 |
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Eulogy on Henry Clay Delivered in the State House at Springfield, Illinois, July 6, 1852 |
264 |
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Fragments: On Slavery, [July 1, 1854?] |
278 |
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Letter to J. M. Palmer, September 7, 1854 |
279 |
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The 14th Section: An Editorial in the Illinois Journal, September 11, 1854 |
281 |
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The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the Propriety of Its Restoration: Speech at Peoria, Illinois, in Reply to Senator Douglas, October 16, 1854 |
283 |
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Letter to E. B. Washburne, December 14, 1854 |
325 |
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Letter to E. B. Washburne, February 9, 1855 |
326 |
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Letter to Owen Lovejoy, August 11, 1855 |
328 |
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Letter to George Robertson, August 15, 1855 |
330 |
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Letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855 |
332 |
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Letter to Isham Reavis, November 5, 1855 |
337 |
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Letter to R. P. Morgan, February 13, 1856 |
338 |
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Frémont, Buchanan, and the Extension of Slavery: Speech Delivered at Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 27, 1856 |
339 |
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Letter to Julian M. Sturtevant, September 27, 1856 |
346 |
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Sectionalism, [October 1?], 1856 |
347 |
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The Dred Scott Decision: Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857 |
352 |
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Letter to E. B. Washburne, April 26, 1858 |
366 |
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Letter to E. B. Washburne, May 15, 1858 |
368 |
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Letter to Jediah F. Alexander, May 15, 1858 |
369 |
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Letter to E. B. Washburne, May 27, 1858 |
370 |
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Letter to Samuel Wilkinson, June 10, 1858 |
371 |
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A House Divided: Speech Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, at the Close of the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858 |
372 |
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Letter to Joseph Medill, June 25, 1858 |
382 |
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Letter to James W. Somers, June 25, 1858 |
384 |
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Speech in Reply to Douglas at Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858 |
385 |
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Speech in Reply to Douglas at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858 |
405 |
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Letter to John Mathers, July 20, 1858 |
424 |
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Letter to Henry Asbury, July 31, 1858 |
425 |
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Fragment: On Slavery, [August 1, 1858?] |
427 |
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Letter to Henry E. Dummer, August 5, 1858 |
427 |
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First Debate, at Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858 |
428 |
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Fragment: Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858 |
469 |
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Letter to M. P. Sweet, September 16, 1858 |
475 |
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Verses: To Rosa, September 28, 1858 |
476 |
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Verses: To Linnie, September 30, 1858 |
477 |
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Fragment: On Slavery, [October 1, 1858?] |
477 |
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Letter to J. N. Brown, October 18, 1858 |
478 |
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Last Speech in Springfield, Illinois, in the Campaign of 1858, [October 30, 1858] |
480 |
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Letter to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858 |
482 |
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Letter to Doctor C. H. Ray, November 20, 1858 |
482 |
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Notes of An Argument, [December?], 1858 |
483 |
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Letter to James T. Thornton, December 2, 1858 |
485 |
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Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 11, 1858 |
486 |
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Letter to H. L. Pierce and Others, April 6, 1859 |
488 |
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Letter to T. J. Pickett, April 16, 1859 |
490 |
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Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 9, 1859 |
491 |
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Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 20, 1859 |
492 |
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Agriculture: Annual Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859 |
493 |
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Written by Lincoln in the Autograph Album of Mary Delahay, December 7, 1859 |
505 |
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Letter to William Kellogg, December 11, 1859 |
506 |
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Letter to G. W. Dole, G. S. Hubbard, and W. H. Brown, December 14, 1859 |
507 |
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Letter to J. W. Fell Inclosing Autobiography, December 20, 1859 |
510 |
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Fragment: The Constitution and the Union, [1860?] |
513 |
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Letter to M. W. Packard, February 10, 1860 |
514 |
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Letter to O. P. Hall, J. R. Fullinwider, and U. F. Correll, February 14, 1860 |
515 |
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Address at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860 |
517 |
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Letter to Mark W. Delahay, March 16, 1860 |
539 |
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Letter to F. C. Herburger, April 7, 1860 |
541 |
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Letter to Lyman Trumbull, April 29, 1860 |
542 |
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Letter to George Ashmun, May 23, 1860 |
543 |
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Letter to Samuel Haycraft and Autobiography, May 28, 1860 |
544 |
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Letter to Charles C. Nott, May 31, 1860 |
545 |
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Short Autobiography Written for the Campaign of 1860, June [1?], 1860 |
547 |
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Letter to Samuel Galloway, June 19, 1860 |
555 |
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Letter to Abraham Jonas, July 21, 1860 |
557 |
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Letter to George Latham, July 22, 1860 |
559 |
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Letter to Charles C. Nott, September 22, 1860 |
560 |
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Letter to Mrs. M. J. Green, September 22, 1860 |
561 |
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Letter to Miss Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860 |
561 |
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Letter to George T. M. Davis, October 27, 1860 |
563 |
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Letter to H. J. Raymond, November 28, 1860 |
564 |
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Letter to William Kellogg, December 11, 1860 |
565 |
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Letter to John D. Defrees, December 18, 1860 |
566 |
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Letter to A. H. Stephens, December 22, 1860 |
567 |
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Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861 |
568 |
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Speech at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 11, 1861 |
571 |
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Address to Germans at Cincinnati, Ohio, February 12, 1861 |
572 |
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Address to the Senate of New Jersey, February 21, 1861 |
574 |
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Address to the Assembly of New Jersey, February 21, 1861 |
575 |
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Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 |
577 |
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First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 |
579 |
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Reply to Secretary Seward's Memorandum, April 1, 1861 |
590 |
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Letter to Colonel E. E. Ellsworth, April 15, 1861 |
592 |
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Letter to Colonel E. E. Ellsworth's Parents, May 25, 1861 |
593 |
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Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861 |
594 |
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Proclamation of a National Fast-Day, August 12, 1861 |
610 |
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Letter to Governor Beriah Magoffin, August 24, 1861 |
611 |
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Letter to O. H. Browning, September 22, 1861 |
613 |
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Letter to Major [G. D.?] Ramsay, October 17, 1861 |
615 |
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Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861 |
616 |
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Letter to Mrs. Susannah Weathers, December 4, 1861 |
635 |
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Telegram to General D. C. Buell, January 4, 1862 |
636 |
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Letter to General D. C. Buell, January 6, 1862 |
636 |
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Letter to General A. E. Burnside, January 28, 1862 |
637 |
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Letter to General G. B. McClellan, April 9, 1862 |
638 |
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Letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, April 16, 1862 |
640 |
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Letter to General G. B. McClellan, May 9, 1862 |
641 |
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Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, May 28,1862 |
643 |
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Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, June 28, 1862 |
644 |
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Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 1, 1862 |
645 |
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Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 2, 1862 |
645 |
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Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 3, 1862 |
646 |
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Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 5, 1862 |
647 |
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Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 13, 1862 |
647 |
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Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862 |
648 |
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Letter to John M. Clay, August 9, 1862 |
651 |
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Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 |
651 |
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Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, September 15, 1862 |
653 |
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Testimonial for Doctor Isachar Zacharie, September 22, 1862 |
654 |
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Letter to John Ross, September 25, 1862 |
654 |
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Meditation on the Divine Will, September [30?], 1862 |
655 |
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Remarks to the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Maryland, October 4, 1862 |
656 |
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Letter to General G. B. McClellan, October 13, 1862 |
657 |
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Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 24, 1862 |
659 |
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Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 27, 1862 |
660 |
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Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 10, 1862 |
660 |
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Letter to Samuel Treat, November 19, 1862 |
663 |
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Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 24, 1862 |
664 |
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Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862 |
666 |
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Letter to Miss Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862 |
688 |
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Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 |
689 |
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Letter to General J. A. McClernand, January 22, 1863 |
692 |
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Letter to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863 |
693 |
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Letter to Governor Andrew Johnson, March 26, 1863 |
694 |
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Letter to General Joseph Hooker, May 7, 1863 |
695 |
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Letter to Isaac N. Arnold, May 26, 1863 |
696 |
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Telegram to General Joseph Hooker, June 5, 1863 |
698 |
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Letter to Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863 |
699 |
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Telegram to General Joseph Hooker, June 14, 1863 |
708 |
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Response to a Serenade, July 7, 1863 |
709 |
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Letter to General U. S. Grant, July 13, 1863 |
710 |
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Draft of Letter to General G. G. Meade, July 14, 1863 |
711 |
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Letter to General H. W. Halleck, July 29, 1863 |
713 |
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Letter to General N. P. Banks, August 5, 1863 |
714 |
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Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, August 8, 1863 |
716 |
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Letter to General J. A. McClernand, August 12, 1863 |
717 |
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Letter to J. H. Hackett, August 17, 1863 |
718 |
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Letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863 |
720 |
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Letter to James C. Conkling, August 27, 1863 |
725 |
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Letter to General H. W. Halleck, September 19, 1863 |
726 |
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Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863 |
727 |
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Telegram to General G. G. Meade, October 8, 1863 |
731 |
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Letter to General H. W. Halleck, October 16, 1863 |
731 |
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Letter to J. H. Hackett, November 2, 1863 |
732 |
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Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, November 11, 1863 |
733 |
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Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863 |
734 |
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Letter to Edward Everett, November 20, 1863 |
737 |
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Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863 |
738 |
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Letter to Crafts J. Wright and C. K. Hawkes, January 7, 1864 |
742 |
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Letter to General N. P. Banks, January 31, 1864 |
743 |
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Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, March 1, 1864 |
744 |
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Letter to Governor Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864 |
745 |
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Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, March 15, 1864 |
745 |
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Memorandum for Mrs. S. W. Hunt, April 11, 1864 |
747 |
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Address at a Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, April 18, 1864 |
748 |
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Letter to General U. S. Grant, April 30, 1864 |
750 |
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Speech at a Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, June 16, 1864 |
751 |
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Letter to William Dennison & Others, a Committee of the National Union Convention, June 27, 1864 |
753 |
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Letter to Horace Greeley, July 15, 1864 |
754 |
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Address to the 164th Ohio Regiment, August 18, 1864 |
755 |
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Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment, August 22, 1864 |
756 |
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Letter to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, September 4, 1864 |
757 |
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Letter to General U. S. Grant, September 22, 1864 |
758 |
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Letter to Henry W. Hoffman, October 10, 1864 |
759 |
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Response to a Serenade, October 19, 1864 |
760 |
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Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 20, 1864 |
761 |
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Telegram to General P. H. Sheridan, October 22, 1864 |
763 |
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Response to a Serenade, November 10, 1864 |
763 |
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Letter to General W. S. Rosecrans, November 19, 1864 |
765 |
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Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864 |
766 |
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Story Written for Noah Brooks, December [6?], 1864 |
772 |
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Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864 |
773 |
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Letter to General W. T. Sherman, December 26, 1864 |
789 |
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Letter to General U. S. Grant, January 19, 1865 |
790 |
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Terms for General R. E. Lee's Capitulation, March 3, 1865 |
791 |
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Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 |
792 |
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Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865 |
794 |
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Address to the 140th Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865 |
794 |
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Telegram to General U. S. Grant, April 2, 1865 |
796 |
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Last Public Address, April 11, 1865 |
796 |
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Telegram to General Godfrey Weitzel, April 12, 1865 |
802 |
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SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: |
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Sources of Text |
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Works Cited in the Notes |
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