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Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings

by Abraham Lincoln, Roy P. Basler. 843 pgs.

Contributors:

   Abraham Lincoln, Roy P. Basler

Publisher:

   World Publishing

Place of Publication:

  Cleveland, OH  

Publication Year:

  1946

Subjects:

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865, United States--Politics And Government--1861-1865, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources

	CONTENTS
	PREFACE by Carl Sandburg	xvii
	INTRODUCTION by Roy P. Basler	xxiii
	LINCOLN'S DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER	1
	SELECTIONS, WITH NOTES :
	To the People of Sangamo County: Political Announcement, March 9, 1832	53
	Announcement of Political Views in Sangamo Journal, June 13, 1836	58
	Letter to Colonel Robert Allen, June 21, 1836	59
	Letter to Miss Mary Owens, December 13, 1836	60
	Speech in the Illinois Legislature, January 11, 1837	63
	Letter to Miss Mary Owens, May 7, 1837	73
	Letter to Miss Mary Owens, August 16, 1837	75
	The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838	76
	Letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, April 1, 1838	85
	The Sub-Treasury: Speech at a Political Discussion in the Hall of the House of Representatives at Springfield, Illinois, December [26], 1839	90
	Letter to John T. Stuart, January 20, 1841	113
	Letter to John T. Stuart, January 23, 1841	115
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed,June 19, 1841	116
	Letter to Miss Mary Speed, September 27, 1841	121
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, January 3, 1842	124
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 3, 1842	127
	Eulogy on Benjamin Ferguson, February 8, 1842	128
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 13, 1842	130
	Temperance Address Delivered Before the Springfield Washington Temperance Society, February 22, 1842	131
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842	141
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842	143
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 27, 1842	144
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, July 4, 1842	146
	A Letter from the Lost Townships, August 27, 1842	148
	Correspondence About the Lincoln-Shields Duel, September 17, 1842	156
	Memorandum of Instructions to E. H. Merryman, Lincoln's Second, September 19, 1842	159
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 5, 1842	161
	Letter to James S. Irwin, November 2, 1842	163
	Letter to Samuel D. Marshall, November 11, 1842	164
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 24, 1843	165
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, May 18, 1843	167
	Letter to Williamson Durley, October 3, 1845	169
	Letter to Henry E. Dummer, November 18, 1845	171
	Letter to B. F. James, February 9, 1846	173
	Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder, April 15, 1846	175
	Letter to Andrew Johnston, April 18, 1846	184
	Religious Views: Letter to the Editor of the Illinois Gazette, August 11, 1846	186
	Letter to Andrew Johnston, September 6, 1846	189
	My Childhood Home I See Again, 1846	190
	The Bear Hunt, [1846]	193
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 22, 1846	196
	Letter to William H. Herndon, December 12, 1847	199
	Resolutions in the United States House of Representatives, December 22, 1847	199
	The War with Mexico: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, January 12, 1848	202
	Letter to William H. Herndon, February 1, 1848	217
	Letter to William H. Herndon, February 2, 1848	219
	Letter to William H. Herndon, February 15, 1848	220
	Letter to Usher F. Linder, March 22, 1848	221
	Letter to David Lincoln, March 24, 1848	224
	Letter to David Lincoln, April 2, 1848	224
	Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, April 16, 1848	226
	Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, June 12, 1848	228
	Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, July 2, 1848	229
	Letter to William H. Herndon, July 11, 1848	232
	The Presidential Question: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, July 27, 1848	233
	Letters to Thomas Lincoln and John D. Johnston, December 24, 1848	250
	Letter to William H. Herndon, January 5, 1849	252
	Letter to C. U. Schlater, January 5, 1849	254
	Letter to C. R. Welles, February 20, 1849	254
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 20, 1849	256
	Letter to Abram Bale, February 22, 1850	258
	Letter to John D. Johnston, January 12, 1851	259
	Letter to Andrew McCallen, July 4, 1851	260
	Letter to John D. Johnston, November 4, 1851	261
	Letter to John D. Johnston, November 9, 1851	263
	Letter to John D. Johnston, November 25, 1851	263
	Eulogy on Henry Clay Delivered in the State House at Springfield, Illinois, July 6, 1852	264
	Fragments: On Slavery, [July 1, 1854?]	278
	Letter to J. M. Palmer, September 7, 1854	279
	The 14th Section: An Editorial in the Illinois Journal, September 11, 1854	281
	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
	Letter to E. B. Washburne, December 14, 1854	325
	Letter to E. B. Washburne, February 9, 1855	326
	Letter to Owen Lovejoy, August 11, 1855	328
	Letter to George Robertson, August 15, 1855	330
	Letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855	332
	Letter to Isham Reavis, November 5, 1855	337
	Letter to R. P. Morgan, February 13, 1856	338
	Frémont, Buchanan, and the Extension of Slavery: Speech Delivered at Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 27, 1856	339
	Letter to Julian M. Sturtevant, September 27, 1856	346
	Sectionalism, [October 1?], 1856	347
	The Dred Scott Decision: Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857	352
	Letter to E. B. Washburne, April 26, 1858	366
	Letter to E. B. Washburne, May 15, 1858	368
	Letter to Jediah F. Alexander, May 15, 1858	369
	Letter to E. B. Washburne, May 27, 1858	370
	Letter to Samuel Wilkinson, June 10, 1858	371
	A House Divided: Speech Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, at the Close of the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858	372
	Letter to Joseph Medill, June 25, 1858	382
	Letter to James W. Somers, June 25, 1858	384
	Speech in Reply to Douglas at Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858	385
	Speech in Reply to Douglas at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858	405
	Letter to John Mathers, July 20, 1858	424
	Letter to Henry Asbury, July 31, 1858	425
	Fragment: On Slavery, [August 1, 1858?]	427
	Letter to Henry E. Dummer, August 5, 1858	427
	First Debate, at Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858	428
	Fragment: Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858	469
	Letter to M. P. Sweet, September 16, 1858	475
	Verses: To Rosa, September 28, 1858	476
	Verses: To Linnie, September 30, 1858	477
	Fragment: On Slavery, [October 1, 1858?]	477
	Letter to J. N. Brown, October 18, 1858	478
	Last Speech in Springfield, Illinois, in the Campaign of 1858, [October 30, 1858]	480
	Letter to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858	482
	Letter to Doctor C. H. Ray, November 20, 1858	482
	Notes of An Argument, [December?], 1858	483
	Letter to James T. Thornton, December 2, 1858	485
	Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 11, 1858	486
	Letter to H. L. Pierce and Others, April 6, 1859	488
	Letter to T. J. Pickett, April 16, 1859	490
	Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 9, 1859	491
	Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 20, 1859	492
	Agriculture: Annual Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859	493
	Written by Lincoln in the Autograph Album of Mary Delahay, December 7, 1859	505
	Letter to William Kellogg, December 11, 1859	506
	Letter to G. W. Dole, G. S. Hubbard, and W. H. Brown, December 14, 1859	507
	Letter to J. W. Fell Inclosing Autobiography, December 20, 1859	510
	Fragment: The Constitution and the Union, [1860?]	513
	Letter to M. W. Packard, February 10, 1860	514
	Letter to O. P. Hall, J. R. Fullinwider, and U. F. Correll, February 14, 1860	515
	Address at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860	517
	Letter to Mark W. Delahay, March 16, 1860	539
	Letter to F. C. Herburger, April 7, 1860	541
	Letter to Lyman Trumbull, April 29, 1860	542
	Letter to George Ashmun, May 23, 1860	543
	Letter to Samuel Haycraft and Autobiography, May 28, 1860	544
	Letter to Charles C. Nott, May 31, 1860	545
	Short Autobiography Written for the Campaign of 1860, June [1?], 1860	547
	Letter to Samuel Galloway, June 19, 1860	555
	Letter to Abraham Jonas, July 21, 1860	557
	Letter to George Latham, July 22, 1860	559
	Letter to Charles C. Nott, September 22, 1860	560
	Letter to Mrs. M. J. Green, September 22, 1860	561
	Letter to Miss Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860	561
	Letter to George T. M. Davis, October 27, 1860	563
	Letter to H. J. Raymond, November 28, 1860	564
	Letter to William Kellogg, December 11, 1860	565
	Letter to John D. Defrees, December 18, 1860	566
	Letter to A. H. Stephens, December 22, 1860	567
	Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861	568
	Speech at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 11, 1861	571
	Address to Germans at Cincinnati, Ohio, February 12, 1861	572
	Address to the Senate of New Jersey, February 21, 1861	574
	Address to the Assembly of New Jersey, February 21, 1861	575
	Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861	577
	First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861	579
	Reply to Secretary Seward's Memorandum, April 1, 1861	590
	Letter to Colonel E. E. Ellsworth, April 15, 1861	592
	Letter to Colonel E. E. Ellsworth's Parents, May 25, 1861	593
	Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861	594
	Proclamation of a National Fast-Day, August 12, 1861	610
	Letter to Governor Beriah Magoffin, August 24, 1861	611
	Letter to O. H. Browning, September 22, 1861	613
	Letter to Major [G. D.?] Ramsay, October 17, 1861	615
	Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861	616
	Letter to Mrs. Susannah Weathers, December 4, 1861	635
	Telegram to General D. C. Buell, January 4, 1862	636
	Letter to General D. C. Buell, January 6, 1862	636
	Letter to General A. E. Burnside, January 28, 1862	637
	Letter to General G. B. McClellan, April 9, 1862	638
	Letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, April 16, 1862	640
	Letter to General G. B. McClellan, May 9, 1862	641
	Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, May 28,1862	643
	Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, June 28, 1862	644
	Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 1, 1862	645
	Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 2, 1862	645
	Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 3, 1862	646
	Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 5, 1862	647
	Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 13, 1862	647
	Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862	648
	Letter to John M. Clay, August 9, 1862	651
	Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862	651
	Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, September 15, 1862	653
	Testimonial for Doctor Isachar Zacharie, September 22, 1862	654
	Letter to John Ross, September 25, 1862	654
	Meditation on the Divine Will, September [30?], 1862	655
	Remarks to the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Maryland, October 4, 1862	656
	Letter to General G. B. McClellan, October 13, 1862	657
	Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 24, 1862	659
	Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 27, 1862	660
	Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 10, 1862	660
	Letter to Samuel Treat, November 19, 1862	663
	Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 24, 1862	664
	Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862	666
	Letter to Miss Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862	688
	Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863	689
	Letter to General J. A. McClernand, January 22, 1863	692
	Letter to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863	693
	Letter to Governor Andrew Johnson, March 26, 1863	694
	Letter to General Joseph Hooker, May 7, 1863	695
	Letter to Isaac N. Arnold, May 26, 1863	696
	Telegram to General Joseph Hooker, June 5, 1863	698
	Letter to Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863	699
	Telegram to General Joseph Hooker, June 14, 1863	708
	Response to a Serenade, July 7, 1863	709
	Letter to General U. S. Grant, July 13, 1863	710
	Draft of Letter to General G. G. Meade, July 14, 1863	711
	Letter to General H. W. Halleck, July 29, 1863	713
	Letter to General N. P. Banks, August 5, 1863	714
	Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, August 8, 1863	716
	Letter to General J. A. McClernand, August 12, 1863	717
	Letter to J. H. Hackett, August 17, 1863	718
	Letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863	720
	Letter to James C. Conkling, August 27, 1863	725
	Letter to General H. W. Halleck, September 19, 1863	726
	Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863	727
	Telegram to General G. G. Meade, October 8, 1863	731
	Letter to General H. W. Halleck, October 16, 1863	731
	Letter to J. H. Hackett, November 2, 1863	732
	Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, November 11, 1863	733
	Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863	734
	Letter to Edward Everett, November 20, 1863	737
	Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863	738
	Letter to Crafts J. Wright and C. K. Hawkes, January 7, 1864	742
	Letter to General N. P. Banks, January 31, 1864	743
	Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, March 1, 1864	744
	Letter to Governor Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864	745
	Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, March 15, 1864	745
	Memorandum for Mrs. S. W. Hunt, April 11, 1864	747
	Address at a Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, April 18, 1864	748
	Letter to General U. S. Grant, April 30, 1864	750
	Speech at a Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, June 16, 1864	751
	Letter to William Dennison & Others, a Committee of the National Union Convention, June 27, 1864	753
	Letter to Horace Greeley, July 15, 1864	754
	Address to the 164th Ohio Regiment, August 18, 1864	755
	Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment, August 22, 1864	756
	Letter to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, September 4, 1864	757
	Letter to General U. S. Grant, September 22, 1864	758
	Letter to Henry W. Hoffman, October 10, 1864	759
	Response to a Serenade, October 19, 1864	760
	Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 20, 1864	761
	Telegram to General P. H. Sheridan, October 22, 1864	763
	Response to a Serenade, November 10, 1864	763
	Letter to General W. S. Rosecrans, November 19, 1864	765
	Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864	766
	Story Written for Noah Brooks, December [6?], 1864	772
	Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864	773
	Letter to General W. T. Sherman, December 26, 1864	789
	Letter to General U. S. Grant, January 19, 1865	790
	Terms for General R. E. Lee's Capitulation, March 3, 1865	791
	Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865	792
	Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865	794
	Address to the 140th Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865	794
	Telegram to General U. S. Grant, April 2, 1865	796
	Last Public Address, April 11, 1865	796
	Telegram to General Godfrey Weitzel, April 12, 1865	802
	SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY:
	Sources of Text	807
	Works Cited in the Notes	820
	INDEX	823

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