Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865
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1. Front matter2. EDITED BY MERWIN ROE3. INTRODUCTION4. PUBLISHERS' NOTE5. Lincoln's First Public Speech. From an Address to the People of Sangamon County. March 9, 18326. Letter to Colonel Robert Allen. June 21, 18367. Lincoln's Opinion on Universal Suffrage. From a Letter published in the Sangamon "Journal." June 13, 18368. From an Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois. January 27, 18379. Humorous Account of His Experiences With a Lady He Was Requested to Marry10. From a Debate between Lincoln, E.D. Baker, and others against Douglas, Lamborn, and others. Springfield. December 183911. Letter to W.G. Anderson. Lawrenceville, Illinois. October 31, 184012. Extract from a Letter to John T. Stuart. Springfield Illinois. January 23, 184113. From an Address before the Washingtonian Temperance Society. Springfield, Illinois. February 22, 184214. From the Circular of the Whig Committee. An Address to the People of Illinois. March 4, 184315. From a Letter to Martin M. Morris. Springfield, Illinois. March 26, 184316. From a Letter to Joshua F. Speed. Springfield. October 22, 184617. From a Letter to William H. Herndon. Washington. January 8, 184818. From a Letter to William H. Herndon. Washington. June 22, 184819. From a Letter to William H. Herndon. Washington, July 10, 184820. Letter to John D. Johnston. January 2, 185121. Letter to John D. Johnston. Shelbyville. November 4, 185122. Note for Law Lecture. Written about July 1, 185023. A Fragment. Written about July 1, 185424. A Fragment on Slavery. July 185425. Lincoln's Reply to Senator Douglas at Peoria, Illinois. The Origin of the Wilmot Proviso. October 16, 185426. From Letter to the Hon. Geo. Robertson, Lexington, Kentucky. Springfield, Illinois. August 15, 185527. Extracts from Letter to Joshua F. Speed. August 24, 185528. Mr. Lincoln's Speech. May 19, 185629. From his Speech on the Dred Scott Decision. Springfield, Illinois. June 26, 185730. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." On Lincoln's Nomination to the United States Senate. Springfield, Illinois. June 17, 185831. Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at Chicago on Popular Sovereignty, the Nebraska Bill, etc. July 10, 185832. From a Speech at Springfield, Illinois. July 17, 185833. From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas in the First Joint Debate at Ottawa, Illinois. August 21, 185834. Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas in the Second Joint Debate. Freeport, Illinois. August 27, 185835. From Lincoln's Reply at Jonesboro'. September 15, 185836. From Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at Charleston, Illinois. September 18, 185837. From Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at Galesburg, Illinois. October, 185838. Notes for Speeches. October 185839. Mr. Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas in the Seventh and Last Debate. Alton, Illinois. October 15, 185840. From a Speech at Columbus, Ohio, on the Slave Trade, Popular Sovereignty, etc. September 16, 185941. From a Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Intentions of "Black Republicans," the Relation of Labour and Capital, etc. September 17, 185942. From a Letter to J.W. Fell. December 20, 185943. From an Address delivered at Cooper Institute, New York. February 27, 186044. Lincoln's Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois. February 11, 186145. A Letter to the Hon. Geo. Ashmun accepting his Nomination for the Presidency. May 23, 186046. Letter to Miss Grace Bedell. Springfield, Illinois. October 19, 186047. From an Address to the Legislature at Indianapolis, Indiana. February 12, 186148. From his Address to the Legislature at Columbus, Ohio. February 13, 186149. From his Remarks at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. February 15, 186150. From his Speech at Trenton to the Senate of New Jersey. February 21, 186151. Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. February 22, 186152. Reply to the Mayor of Washington, D.C. February 27, 186153. First Inaugural Address. March 4, 186154. Address at Utica, New York. February 18, 186155. From his First Message to Congress, at the Special Session. July 4, 186156. From his Message to Congress at its Regular Session. December 3, 186157. Letter to General G.B. McClellan. Washington. February 3, 186258. Lincoln's Proclamation revoking General Hunter's Order setting the Slaves free. May 19, 186259. Appeal to the Border States in behalf of Compensated Emancipation. July 12, 186260. From a Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt. July 28, 186261. Letter to August Belmont. July 31, 186262. His Letter to Horace Greeley. August 22, 186263. From his Reply to the Chicago Committee of United Religious Denominations. September 13, 186264. From the Annual Message to Congress. December 1, 186265. Emancipation Proclamation. January 1, 186366. Letter to General Grant. July 13, 186367. Letter to —— Moulton. Washington. July 31, 186368. Letter to Mrs. Lincoln. Washington. August 8, 186369. Letter to James H. Hackett. Washington. August 17, 186370. Note to Secretary Stanton. Washington. November 11, 186371. The Letter to James C. Conkling. August 26, 186372. His Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving. October 3, 186373. Address at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. November 19, 186374. From the Annual Message to Congress. December 8, 186375. Letter to Secretary Stanton. Washington. March 1, 186476. Letter to Governor Michael Hahn. Washington. March 13, 186477. An Address at a Fair for the Sanitary Commission. March 18, 186478. Letter to A.G. Hodges, of Kentucky. April 4, 186479. From an Address at a Sanitary Fair in Baltimore. April 18, 186480. Letter to General Grant. April 30, 186481. From an Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment. August 22, 186482. Reply to a Serenade. November 10, 186483. A Letter to Mrs. Bixley, of Boston. November 21, 186484. Letter to General Grant. Washington. January 19, 186585. The Second Inaugural Address. March 4, 186586. A Letter to Thurlow Weed. Executive Mansion, Washington. March 15, 186587. From an Address to an Indiana Regiment. March 17, 186588. From his Reply to a Serenade. Lincoln's Last Public Address. April 11, 186589. ANECDOTES