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CONTENTS
Volume One
VOLUME 1.
INTRODUCTORY
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: AN ESSAY BY CARL SHURZ
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BY JOSEPH H. CHOATE
THE WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1832-1843
1832
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF SANGAMON COUNTY.
1833
TO E. C. BLANKENSHIP.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR POSTAGE RECEIPT
1836
ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLITICAL VIEWS.
RESPONSE TO POLITICAL SMEAR
TO MISS MARY OWENS.
1837
SPEECH IN ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
OPPOSITION TO MOB-RULE
PROTEST IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY.
TO MISS MARY OWENS.
TO JOHN BENNETT.
TO MARY OWENS.
LEGAL SUIT OF WIDOW v.s. Gen. ADAMS
LINCOLN AND TALBOTT IN REPLY TO GEN. ADAMS.
Gen. ADAMS CONTROVERSY—CONTINUED
1838
TO Mrs. O. H. BROWNING—A FARCE
1839
REMARKS ON SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS
TO ——— ROW.
SPEECH ON NATIONAL BANK
TO JOHN T. STUART.
1840
CIRCULAR FROM WHIG COMMITTEE.
TO JOHN T. STUART.
RESOLUTION IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
RESOLUTION IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
REMARKS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
REMARKS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
1841
TO JOHN T. STUART—ON DEPRESSION
REMARKS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
CIRCULAR FROM WHIG COMMITTEE.
AGAINST THE REORGANIZATION OF THE JUDICIARY.
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED—MURDER CASE
STATEMENT ABOUT HARRY WILTON.
TO MISS MARY SPEED—PRACTICAL SLAVERY
1842
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED—ON MARRIAGE
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED.
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED—ON DEPRESSION
TO G. B. SHELEDY.
TO GEORGE E. PICKETT—ADVICE TO YOUTH
ADDRESS BEFORE THE SPRINGFIELD WASHINGTONIAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY,
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED.
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED—ON MARRIAGE CONCERNS
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED.
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED.
A LETTER FROM THE LOST TOWNSHIPS
LOST TOWNSHIPS
INVITATION TO HENRY CLAY.
CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT THE LINCOLN-SHIELDS DUEL.
TO J. SHIELDS.
TO A. LINCOLN FROM JAS. SHIELDS
MEMORANDUM OF INSTRUCTIONS TO E. H. MERRYMAN,
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED.
TO JAMES S. IRWIN.
1843
RESOLUTIONS AT A WHIG MEETING AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, MARCH 1, 1843.
CIRCULAR FROM WHIG COMMITTEE.
TO JOHN BENNETT.
JOSHUA F. SPEED.
TO MARTIN M. MORRIS.
TO MARTIN M. MORRIS.
TO GEN. J. J. HARDIN.
Volume Two
CONTENTS
VOLUME II., 1843-1858
1843
FIRST CHILD
1844
TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN.
1845
SELECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES
TO ——— WILLIAMS,
ABOLITION MOVEMENT
1846
REQUEST FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT
TO JOHN BENNETT.
TO N. J. ROCKWELL.
TO JAMES BERDAN.
TO JAMES BERDAN.
VERSES WRITTEN BY LINCOLN AFTER A VISIT TO HIS OLD HOME IN INDIANA
SECOND CHILD
TO MORRIS AND BROWN
TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON
TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.
RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
1848
DESIRE FOR SECOND TERM IN CONGRESS
SPEECH ON DECLARATION OF WAR ON MEXICO
REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 19, 1848.
TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON—LEGAL WORK
REGARDING SPEECH ON MEXICAN WAR
TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.
ON THE MEXICAN WAR
REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 29, 1848.
TO ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS.
REMARKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
ON TAYLOR'S NOMINATION
DEFENSE OF MEXICAN WAR POSITION
ON ZACHARY TAYLOR NOMINATION
SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG POLITICIANS
SALARY OF JUDGE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
NATIONAL BANK
YOUNG v.s. OLD—POLITICAL JEALOUSY
GENERAL TAYLOR AND THE VETO
SPEECH DELIVERED AT WORCESTER, MASS., ON SEPT. 12, 1848.
HIS FATHER'S REQUEST FOR MONEY
1849
BILL GRANTING LANDS TO THE STATES TO MAKE RAILWAYS AND CANALS
ON FEDERAL POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS
MORE POLITICAL PATRONAGE REQUESTS
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
TO THOMPSON.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
TO J. GILLESPIE.
REQUEST FOR GENERAL LAND-OFFICE APPPOINTMENT
REQUEST FOR A PATENT
TO THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.
TO W. H. HERNDON.
TO J. GILLESPIE.
RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY WITH THE CAUSE OF HUNGARIAN FREEDOM,
TO Dr. WILLIAM FITHIAN.
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 15, 1849.
1850
RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF JUDGE NATHANIEL POPE.
NOTES FOR LAW LECTURE
1851
LETTERS TO FAMILY MEMBERS
TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON.
TO C. HOYT.
TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON.
PETITION ON BEHALF OF ONE JOSHUA GIPSON
TO J. D. JOHNSTON.
TO J. D. JOHNSTON.
Nov. 4, 1851
TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON.
TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON.
1852
EULOGY ON HENRY CLAY,
CHALLENGED VOTERS
1853
LEGAL OFFICE WORK
TO JOSHUA R. STANFORD.
1854
NEBRASKA MEASURE
TO A. B. MOREAU.
REPLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS—PEORIA SPEECH
REQUEST FOR SENATE SUPPORT
TO T. J. HENDERSON.
TO J. GILLESPIE.
POLITICAL REFERENCES
TO T. J. HENDERSON.
1855
LOSS OF PRIMARY FOR SENATOR
RETURN TO LAW PROFESSION
TO O. H. BROWNING.
TO H. C. WHITNEY.
RESPONSE TO A PRO-SLAVERY FRIEND
1856
REQUEST FOR A RAILWAY PASS
SPEECH DELIVERED BEFORE THE FIRST REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE
ON OUT-OF-STATE CAMPAIGNERS
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN SPEECH
ON THE DANGER OF THIRD-PARTIES
TO JESSE K. DUBOIS.
TO HARRISON MALTBY.
TO Dr. R. BOAL.
TO HENRY O'CONNER, MUSCATINE, IOWA.
AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY OF BUCHANAN
TO Dr. R. BOAL.
1857
RESPONSE TO A DOUGLAS SPEECH
TO WILLIAM GRIMES.
ARGUMENT IN THE ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE CASE.
TO JESSE K. DUBOIS.
TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE.
TO J. GILLESPIE.
TO H. C. WHITNEY.
1858
ANOTHER POLITICAL PATRONAGE REFERENCE
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHY,
Volume Three
THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES I
SPEECH AT CHICAGO, JULY 10, 1858.
SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD, JULY 17, 1858.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS
MR. LINCOLN TO MR. DOUGLAS.
Mr. DOUGLAS TO Mr. LINCOLN.
Mr. LINCOLN TO Mr. DOUGLAS.
FIRST JOINT DEBATE, AT OTTAWA,
SECOND JOINT DEBATE, AT FREEPORT,
Mr. LINCOLN'S REJOINDER.
THIRD JOINT DEBATE, AT JONESBORO,
INTERROGATORIES:
CAMPBELL'S REPLY.
Volume Four
THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES II
LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS FOURTH DEBATE, AT CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858.
Mr. LINCOLN'S REJOINDER.
FIFTH JOINT DEBATE, AT GALESBURGH, OCTOBER 7, 1858
SIXTH JOINT DEBATE, AT QUINCY, OCTOBER 13, 1858.
Mr. LINCOLN'S REJOINDER.
LAST DEBATE, AT ALTON, OCTOBER 15, 1858
Mr. LINCOLN'S REPLY
Volume Five
THE WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Volume Five, 1858-1862
1858
TO SYDNEY SPRING, GRAYVILLE, ILL.
TO H. C. WHITNEY.
TO J. W. SOMERS.
TO A. CAMPBELL.
TO J. GILLESPIE.
TO JOHN MATHERS, JACKSONVILLE, ILL.
TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE.
TO B. C. COOK.
TO HON. J. M. PALMER.
TO ALEXANDER SYMPSON.
TO J. O. CUNNINGHAM.
ON SLAVERY IN A DEMOCRACY.
TO B. C. COOK.
TO DR. WILLIAM FITHIAN, DANVILLE, ILL.
FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT PARIS, ILL.,
SPEECH AT CLINTON, ILLINOIS,
FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.,
VERSE TO "LINNIE"
NEGROES ARE MEN
TO A. SYMPSON.
SENATORIAL ELECTION LOST AND OUT OF MONEY
THE FIGHT MUST GO ON
REALIZATION THAT DEBATES MUST BE SAVED
TO H. C. WHITNEY.
TO H. D. SHARPE.
TO A. SYMPSON.
ON BANKRUPTCY
NOTES OF AN ARGUMENT.
A LEGAL OPINION BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
TO M. W. DELAHAY.
TO W. M. MORRIS.
TO H. L. PIERCE AND OTHERS.
TO T. CANISIUS.
TO THE GOVERNOR, AUDITOR, AND TREASURER OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
ON LINCOLN'S SCRAP BOOK
1859
FIRST SUGGESTION OF A PRESIDENTIAL OFFER.
TO S. GALLOWAY.
IT IS BAD TO BE POOR.
SPEECH AT COLUMBUS, OHIO.
SPEECH AT CINCINNATI OHIO, SEPTEMBER 17, 1859
ON PROTECTIVE TARIFFS
ON MORTGAGES
FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS,
TO G. W. DOLE, G. S. HUBBARD, AND W. H. BROWN.
TO G. M. PARSONS AND OTHERS.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
ON NOMINATION TO THE NATIONAL TICKET
1860
SPEECH AT NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, MARCH 6, 1860
RESPONSE TO AN ELECTOR'S REQUEST FOR MONEY
TO J. W. SOMERS.
ACCUSATION OF HAVING BEEN PAID FOR A POLITICAL SPEECH
TO H. TAYLOR.
TELEGRAM TO A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION
REPLY TO THE COMMITTEE SENT BY THE CHICAGO CONVENTION TO INFORM
ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
To C. B. SMITH.
FORM OF REPLY PREPARED BY MR. LINCOLN,
TO E. B. WASHBURNE.
TO S. HAYCRAFT.
ABRAHAM OR "ABRAM"
UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
TO A. JONAS.
TO JOHN B. FRY.
TO THURLOW WEED
SLOW TO LISTEN TO CRIMINATIONS
TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN
TO E. B. WASHBURNE.
TO W. H. HERNDON.
TO L. M. BOND.
LETTER SUGGESTING A BEARD
EARLY INFORMATION ON ARMY DEFECTION IN SOUTH
TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN
TO SAMUEL HAYCRAFT.
TO ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS
TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN
BLOCKING "COMPROMISE" ON SLAVERY ISSUE
OPINION ON SECESSION
SOME FORTS SURRENDERED TO THE SOUTH
TO A. H. STEPHENS.
SUPPORT OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CLAUSE
TO D. HUNTER.
TO I. N. MORRIS
ATTEMPT TO FORM A COALITION CABINET
1861
TO W. H. SEWARD.
TO E. D. MORGAN
PATRONAGE CLAIMS
FAREWELL ADDRESS AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS,
REMARKS AT TOLONO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 11, 1861
REPLY TO ADDRESS OF WELCOME, INDIANAPOLIS,
ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF INDIANA, AT INDIANAPOLIS,
INTENTIONS TOWARD THE SOUTH
ADDRESS TO THE GERMAN CLUB OF CINCINNATI, OHIO,
ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF OHIO AT COLUMBUS
ADDRESS AT STEUBENVILLE, OHIO,
ADDRESS AT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
ADDRESS AT CLEVELAND, OHIO,
ADDRESS AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK,
ADDRESS AT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,
ADDRESS AT SYRACUSE, NEW YORK,
ADDRESS AT UTICA, NEW YORK,
REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF ALBANY, NEW YORK
REPLY TO GOVERNOR MORGAN OF NEW YORK, AT ALBANY,
ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK, AT ALBANY,
ADDRESS AT TROY, NEW YORK,
ADDRESS AT POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK,
ADDRESS AT HUDSON, NEW YORK.
ADDRESS AT PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK,
ADDRESS AT FISHKILL LANDING
REMARKS AT THE ASTOR HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY 19, 1861
ADDRESS AT NEW YORK CITY,
REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY,
ADDRESS AT JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY
REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,
ADDRESS IN TRENTON AT THE TRENTON HOUSE,
ADDRESS TO THE SENATE OF NEW JERSEY
ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY OF NEW JERSEY,
REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,
ADDRESS IN THE HALL OF INDEPENDENCE, PHILADELPHIA,
REPLY TO THE WILMINGTON DELEGATION,
ADDRESS AT LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA,
ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA, AT HARRISBURG,
REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, D.C.,
REPLY TO A SERENADE AT WASHINGTON, D.C.,
WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1861
FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, MARCH 4, 1861
REFUSAL OF SEWARD RESIGNATION
REPLY TO THE PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION,
REPLY TO THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION,
TO SECRETARY SEWARD
REPLY TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
TO SECRETARY SEWARD
TO J. COLLAMER
TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
NOTE ASKING CABINET OPINIONS ON FORT SUMTER.
ON ROYAL ARBITRATION OF AMERICAN BOUNDARY LINE
AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS
TO G. E. PATTEN.
RESPONSE TO SENATE INQUIRY RE. FORT SUMTER
PREPARATION OF FIRST NAVAL ACTION
TO ——— STUART.
TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE NEW YORK NAVY-YARD.
TO LIEUTENANT D. D. PORTER
RELIEF EXPEDITION FOR FORT SUMTER
ORDER TO CAPTAIN SAMUEL MERCER.
SECRETARY SEWARD'S BID FOR POWER
REPLY TO SECRETARY SEWARD'S MEMORANDUM
REPLY TO A COMMITTEE FROM THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION, APRIL 13, 1861
PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR 75,000 MILITIA,
PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE, APRIL 19, 1861
TO GOVERNOR HICKS AND MAYOR BROWN.
TO GOVERNOR HICKS.
ORDER TO DEFEND FROM A MARYLAND INSURRECTION
PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE, APRIL 27, 1861
REMARKS TO A MILITARY COMPANY, WASHINGTON, APRIL 27, 1861
LOCALIZED REPEAL OF WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
MILITARY ENROLLMENT OF ST. LOUIS CITIZENS
CONDOLENCE OVER FAILURE OF FT. SUMTER RELIEF
PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR 42,034 VOLUNTEERS,
COMMUNICATION WITH VICE-PRESIDENT
ORDER TO COLONEL ANDERSON,
PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN FLORIDA,
TO SECRETARY WELLES.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S CORRECTIONS OF A DIPLOMATIC DESPATCH
TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR,
TO GOVERNOR MORGAN.
TO CAPTAIN DAHLGREEN.
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO ONE OF FIRST CASUALTIES
TO COLONEL BARTLETT.
MEMORANDUM ABOUT INDIANA REGIMENTS.
TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
TO N. W. EDWARDS
TO SECRETARY CAMERON.
HON. SECRETARY OF WAR.
TO THE KENTUCKY DELEGATION.
August 5, 1861.
ORDER AUTHORIZING GENERAL SCOTT TO SUSPEND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, JULY
TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS IN SPECIAL SESSION,
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TO THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL
MEMORANDA OF MILITARY POLICY SUGGESTED BY THE BULL RUN DEFEAT. JULY 23,
TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TO SECRETARY CHASE.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE.
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE.
ORDER TO UNITED STATES MARSHALS.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE.
TO SECRETARY CAMERON.
PROCLAMATION OF A NATIONAL FAST-DAY, AUGUST 12, 1861.
TO JAMES POLLOCK.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR O. P. MORTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FREMONT,
PROCLAMATION FORBIDDING INTERCOURSE WITH REBEL STATES, AUGUST 16, 1861.
TO SECRETARY CAMERON.
TO GOVERNOR MAGOFFIN,
TO GENERAL FREMONT.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNORS
TO GENERAL FREMONT.
TO MRS. FREMONT.
TO JOSEPH HOLT,
TO GENERAL SCOTT
TO SECRETARY CAMERON.
TO GENERAL FREMONT,
To O. H. BROWNING.
MEMORANDUM FOR A PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
TO THE VICEROY OF EGYPT.
ORDER AUTHORIZING SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.
TO SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.
TWO SONS WHO WANT TO WORK
TO GENERAL THOMAS W. SHERMAN.
TO GENERAL CURTIS, WITH INCLOSURES.
WASHINGTON, October 24, 1861
WASHINGTON, October 24, 1861
ORDER RETIRING GENERAL SCOTT AND APPOINTING
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON.
ORDER APPROVING THE PLAN OF GOVERNOR GAMBLE OF MISSOURI.
REPLY TO THE MINISTER FROM SWEDEN.
INDORSEMENT AUTHORIZING MARTIAL LAW IN SAINT LOUIS.
OFFER TO COOPERATE AND GIVE SPECIAL LINE OF INFORMATION TO HORACE GREELEY
ORDER AUTHORIZING GENERAL HALLECK TO SUSPEND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,
ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
LETTER OF REPRIMAND TO GENERAL HUNTER
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HALLECK.
1862
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TO THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND,
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
MESSAGES OF DISAPPOINTMENT WITH HIS GENERALS
TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUELL.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
INDORSEMENT ON LETTER FROM GENERAL HALLECK,
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR ANDREW.
TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TO GENERAL McCLELLAN.
PRESIDENT'S GENERAL WAR ORDER NO. 1
TO SECRETARY STANTON,
PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL WAR ORDER NO. 1.
OPPOSITION TO McCLELLAN'S PLANS
TO WM. H. HERNDON.
RESPITE FOR NATHANIEL GORDON
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE.
TO GENERALS D. HUNTER AND J. H. LANE.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1, RELATING TO POLITICAL PRISONERS.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. WASHINGTON CITY, February 15, 1862
FIRST WRITTEN NOTICE OF GRANT
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2.—IN RELATION TO STATE PRISONERS.
ORDER RELATING TO COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
SPEECH TO THE PERUVIAN MINISTER,
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS RECOMMENDING COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION.
INDORSEMENT ON LETTER FROM GOVERNOR YATES.
PRESIDENT'S GENERAL WAR ORDER NO.2.
PRESIDENT'S GENERAL WAR ORDER NO.3.
INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND SOME BORDER SLAVE STATE
PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL WAR ORDER NO.3.
FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL MCCLELLAN.
SPEECH TO A PARTY OF MASSACHUSETTS GENTLEMAN
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
GIFT OF SOME RABBITS
INSTRUCTION TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
PROCLAMATION RECOMMENDING THANKSGIVING FOR VICTORIES,
ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE, MAY 1, 1862.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
RESPONSE TO EVANGELICAL LUTHERANS, MAY 6, 1862
TELEGRAM TO FLAG-OFFICER L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH.
FURTHER REPRIMAND OF McCLELLAN
TO FLAG-OFFICER L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH,
PROCLAMATION RAISING THE BLOCKADE OF CERTAIN PORTS.
Volume Six
THE WRITINGS OF A. LINCOLN, Volume Six, 1862-1863
1862
RECOMMENDATION OF NAVAL OFFICERS
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
SPEECH TO THE 12TH INDIANA REGIMENT, MAY [15?] 1862
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
MEMORANDUM OF PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO INSTRUCTIONS OF ABOVE DATE
MILITARY EMANCIPATION
FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL McCLELLAN.
PROCLAMATION REVOKING GENERAL HUNTER'S ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPATION,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. E. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL RUFUS SAXTON.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL D. S. MILES.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. W. GEARY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
ORDER TAKING MILITARY POSSESSION OF RAILROADS.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY CHASE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. SAXTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. SAXTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. SAXTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
HISTORY OF CONSPIRACY OF REBELLION
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT.
TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GOVERNOR ANDREW.
TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN
TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL FREMONT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MARCY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FREMONT
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MARCY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FREMONT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. WASHINGTON, June 12, 1862.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT.
TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT.
TO GENERAL C. SCHURZ.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS.
TREATY WITH MEXICO
VETO OF A CURRENCY BILL
SPEECH AT JERSEY CITY, JUNE 24, 1862.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
ORDER CONSTITUTING THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA.
TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAMS TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
WAR DEPARTMENT, June, 28, 1862
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX.
TELEGRAM TO FLAG-OFFICER L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH.
To GOVERNOR MORTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD. WAR DEPARTMENT, June 30, 1862.
CALL FOR TROOPS. NEW YORK, June 30, 1862.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX.
TELEGRAMS TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 1862.
CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, JULY 1, 1862.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July 1, 1862
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING TAXES IN REBELLIOUS STATES, JULY 1, 1862.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, JULY 1, 1862.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE.
CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE GOVERNORS.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
MEMORANDUM OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL McCLELLAN
ORDER MAKING HALLECK GENERAL-IN-CHIEF.
ORDER CONCERNING THE SOUTHWEST BRANCH OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 11, 1862.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 11, 1862.
APPEAL TO BORDER-STATES IN FAVOR OF COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE.
ACT OF COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TO SOLOMON FOOT.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. July 17, 1862.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. July 17, 1862.
FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
ORDER IN REGARD TO BEHAVIOR OF ALIENS
ORDER AUTHORIZING EMPLOYMENT OF "CONTRABANDS."
WARNING TO REBEL SYMPATHIZERS
HOLD MY HAND WHILST THE ENEMY STABS ME
TO CUTHBERT BULLITT.
TO LOYAL GOVERNORS.
BROKEN EGGS CANNOT BE MENDED
TO COUNT GASPARIN.
SPEECH AT A WAR MEETING, WASHINGTON, AUGUST 6, 1862
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR ANDREW. August 12, 1862.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. August 12, 1862.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. August 12, 1862.
ADDRESS ON COLONIZATION TO A DEPUTATION OF COLORED MEN.
TELEGRAM TO OFFICER AT CAMP CHASE, OHIO.
TO HIRAM BARNEY.
NOTE OF INTRODUCTION.
TO Mrs. PRESTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE OR GENERAL PARKE.
TO G. P. WATSON.
TO HORACE GREELEY.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR YATES.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR RAMSEY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAUPT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAUPT.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAUPT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BANKS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE.
ORDER TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. E. WOOL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B, McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL.
TELEGRAM TO T. WEBSTER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. September 11, 1862.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL C. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE.
TELEGRAM TO A. HENRY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
REPLY TO REQUEST THE PRESIDENT ISSUE A PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS. WASHINGTON, D.C.,
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN,
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MORTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL KETCHUM.
PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, SEPTEMBER 22, 1862.
PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,
REPLY TO SERENADE, SEPTEMBER 24, 1862.
RECORD EXPLAINING THE DISMISSAL OF MAJOR JOHN J. KEY
TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
TO GENERAL HALLECK.
REMARKS TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AT FREDERICK, MARYLAND,
TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL HALLECK
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN.
TO T. H. CLAY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS.
TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PIERPOINT.
EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING A PROVISIONAL COURT IN LOUISIANA.
TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL JAMESON.
GENERAL McCLELLAN'S TIRED HORSES
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
MEMORANDUM.
ORDER RELIEVING GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN
TELEGRAM TO M. F. ODELL.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL LOWE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. POPE.
TO COMMODORE FARRAGUT.
ORDER CONCERNING BLOCKADE.
ORDER CONCERNING THE CONFISCATION ACT.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
GENERAL ORDER RESPECTING THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH DAY
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BLAIR
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX.
TO GOVERNOR SHEPLEY.
ORDER PROHIBITING THE EXPORT OF ARMS AND MUNITIONS OF WAR.
DELAYING TACTICS OF GENERALS
TO CARL SCHURZ.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL BATES.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS.
ON EXECUTING 300 INDIANS
ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 1, 1862.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TELEGRAM TO H. J. RAYMOND.
TELEGRAM TO B. G. BROWN.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. December 8, 1862.
TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS.
TO J. K. DUBOIS.
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TO FERNANDO WOOD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. H. SIBLEY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR GAMBLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
TO SECRETARIES SEWARD AND CHASE.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR ANDREW.
TO T. J. HENDERSON.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE
TO SECRETARY OF WAR.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR GAMBLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO H. J. RAYMOND.
1863
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, JANUARY 1, 1863.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS.
TO SECRETARY WELLES.
TO GENERAL S. L CURTIS.
TO CALEB RUSSELL AND SALLIE A. FENTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO B. G. BROWN.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE, JANUARY 8, 1863.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON, January 7, 1863.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
INSTRUCTION TO THE JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JANUARY 14, 1863.
TO SECRETARY OF WAR.
PRINTING MONEY
TO THE WORKING-MEN OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
FITZ-JOHN PORTER COURT-MARTIAL.
FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
ORDER RELIEVING GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE AND MAKING OTHER CHANGES.
TO GENERAL J. HOOKER.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TO THURLOW WEED.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK.
TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. [Cipher.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE.
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO SIMON CAMERON.
TO ALEXANDER REED.
TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER
PROCLAMATION CONVENING THE SENATE, FEBRUARY 28, 1863
TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR TOD,
PROCLAMATION RECALLING SOLDIERS TO THEIR REGIMENTS, MARCH 10, 1863
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
TELEGRAM TO J. O. MORTON.
GRANT'S EXCLUSION OF A NEWSPAPER REPORTER
TO BENJAMIN GRATZ.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT.
QUESTION OF RAISING NEGRO TROOPS
PROCLAMATION APPOINTING A NATIONAL FAST-DAY.
LICENSE OF COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
TO GENERAL D. HUNTER.
PROCLAMATION ABOUT COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE, APRIL 2, 1863
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
OPINION ON HARBOR DEFENSE.
TELEGRAM TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT NASHVILLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO ADMIRAL S. P. DUPONT.
TO GENERAL D. HUNTER AND ADMIRAL S. F. DUPONT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. HOOKER.
ON COLONIZATION ARRANGEMENTS
STATEHOOD FOR WEST VIRGINIA, APRIL 20, 1863.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN.
TELEGRAM TO W. A. NEWELL.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN,
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. BUTTERFIELD.
GENERALS LOST
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL R. INGALLS.
TO GENERAL J. HOOKER.
DRAFTING OF ALIENS
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX.
TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTTERFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR
TELEGRAM TO A. G. HENRY.
TO GENERAL J. HOOKER.
FACTIONAL QUARRELS
TELEGRAM TO JAMES GUTHRIE.
TO SECRETARY OF WAR.
ORDERS SENDING C. L. VALLANDIGHAM BEYOND MILITARY LINES.
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 20, 1863.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT.
TELEGRAM TO ANSON STAGER.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAGGARD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BUCKINGHAM.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TO ERASTUS CORNING.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
TO J. K. DUBOIS AND OTHERS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL LUDLOW.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER. [Cipher.] EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTTERFIELD.
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. GRIMSLEY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO J. P. HALE.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TO ERASTUS CORNING AND OTHERS.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL TYLER.
RESPONSE TO A "BESIEGED" GENERAL
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL KELLEY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. C. SCHENCK.
NEEDS NEW TIRES ON HIS CARRIAGE
CALL FOR 100,000 MILITIA TO SERVE FOR SIX MONTHS, JUNE 15, 1863.
TELEGRAM TO P. KAPP AND OTHERS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEAGHER.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL BLISS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO JOSHUA TEVIS.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR TOD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DINGMAN.
TO B. B. MALHIOT AND OTHERS.
TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER.
TO SECRETARY OF WAR.
TELEGRAM TO MAJOR VAN VLIET.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL COUCH.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL PECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SLOCUM.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BOYLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK.
FURTHER DEMOCRATIC PARTY CRITICISM
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PARKER.
TELEGRAM TO A. K. McCLURE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL COUCH. [Cipher] WASHINGTON CITY, June 30, 1863. 3.23
TO GENERAL D. HUNTER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
REASSURING SON IN COLLEGE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS FROM GETTYSBURG.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FRENCH. [Cipher] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
CONTINUED FAILURE TO PURSUE ENEMY
RESPONSE TO A SERENADE,
SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG TO GENERAL GRANT
TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL G. C. MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL THOMAS.
NEWS OF GRANT'S CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG
TELEGRAM TO F. F. LOWE.
TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT AND P. F. LOWE.
TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK.
TO GENERAL GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD.
SON IN COLLEGE DOES NOT WRITE HIS PARENTS
INTIMATION OF ARMISTICE PROPOSALS
PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING, JULY 15, 1863
TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT.
TELEGRAM TO SIMON CAMERON.
TELEGRAM TO J. O. BROADHEAD.
TO GENERAL LANE.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MORTON.
TO GOVERNOR PARKER
TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD
TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR
TO SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
LETTER TO GOVERNOR PARKER.
To GENERAL G. G. MEADE. (Private.)
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. B. BURNSIDE.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
ORDER OF RETALIATION.
TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT.
TELEGRAM FROM GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER.
TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS.
TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.
TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.
TO GENERAL J. A. McCLERNAND.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.
To J. H. HACKETT.
TO F. F. LOWE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. GRIMSLEY.
TO CRITICS OF EMANCIPATION
TO JAMES CONKLING.
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO F. C. SHERMAN AND J. S. HAYES.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CRAWFORD.
TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAM TO J. C. CONKLING.
TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
POLITICAL MOTIVATED MISQUOTATION IN NEWSPAPER
ORDER CONCERNING COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.
TELEGRAM TO J. SEGAR.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO F. C. SHERMAN AND J. S. HAYES.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL WHEATON.
TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO H. H. SCOTT.
TELEGRAM TO J. G. BLAINE.
PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, SEPTEMBER 15, 1863.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. SPEED.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
REQUEST TO SUGGEST NAME FOR A BABY
TELEGRAM TO MRS. ARMSTRONG.
TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
MILITARY STRATEGY
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO O. M. HATCH AND J. K. DUBOIS.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
PROCLAMATION OPENING THE PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
MRS. LINCOLN'S REBEL BROTHER-IN-LAW KILLED
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCALLUM.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO F. S. CORKRAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL TYLER
TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. M. SCHOFIELD.
PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING, OCTOBER 3, 1863.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TO C. D. DRAKE AND OTHERS.
THE CASE OF DR. DAVID M. WRIGHT
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO WAYNE McVEIGH.
TO THURLOW WEED.
TO L. B. TODD.
AID TO MRS. HELM, MRS. LINCOLN'S SISTER
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO T. W. SWEENEY.
TELEGRAM TO T. C. DURANT.
COMMENT ON A NOTE.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, OCTOBER 17, 1863.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER.
TELEGRAM TO W. B. THOMAS
TELEGRAM TO J. WILLIAMS AND N. G. TAYLOR.
TELEGRAM TO T. C. DURANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. C. SCHENCK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. C. SCHENCK.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TO E. B. WASHBURNE.
TO SECRETARY CHASE.
Volume Seven
THE WRITINGS OF A. LINCOLN, Volume Seven, 1863-1865
1863
TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
TO VICE-PRESIDENT HAMLIN.
TO J. W. GRIMES.
TELEGRAM TO P. F. LOWE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
MEMORANDUM.
TELEGRAM TO W. H. SEWARD.
TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR.
TO GOVERNOR BRADFORD.
TO J. H. HACKETT
TELEGRAM TO W. H. SEWARD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 3, 1863.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, November
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE.
ORDER CONCERNING THE EXPORT OF TOBACCO PURCHASED BY FOREIGN NATIONS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
TELEGRAM TO HIRAM BARNEY.
TELEGRAM TO J. MILDERBORGER.
TELEGRAM to E. H. AND E. JAMESON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
TO SECRETARY CHASE
ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO E. P. EVANS.
TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT.
TO C. P. KIRKLAND.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF UNION SUCCESS IN EAST TENNESSEE.
PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY AND RECONSTRUCTION. DECEMBER 8, 1863.
ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 8, 1863.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. WASHINGTON D. C., December 8, 1863.
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1863.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TO GOVERNOR CURTIN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TO JUDGE HOFFMAN.
TELEGRAM TO MARY GONYEAG.
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING DISCRIMINATING DUTIES, DECEMBER 16, 1863.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HURLBUT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TO O. D. FILLEY.
TELEGRAM TO MILITARY COMMANDER AT POINT LOOKOUT.
TELEGRAM TO MILITARY COMMANDER AT POINT LOOKOUT.
TELEGRAM TO U. F. LINDER.
TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER.
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
1864
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PIERPOINT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS,
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE.
TO GENERAL Q. A. GILLMORE.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BROUGH. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, January 15,
TO CROSBY AND NICHOLS.
TO GENERAL P. STEELE.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, JANUARY 20, 1864
ORDER APPROVING TRADE REGULATIONS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER.
TELEGRAM TO E. STANLEY.
TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SICKLES.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE.
COLONIZATION EXPERIMENT
ORDER FOR A DRAFT OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR YATES.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MURPHY.
THE STORY OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SEDGWICK.
TELEGRAM TO HORACE MAYNARD.
TO W. M. FISHBACK.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL STEELE.
TELEGRAM TO A. ROBINSON.
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING BLOCKADE, FEBRUARY 18, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO COMMANDER BLAKE.
TELEGRAM FROM WARREN JORDAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL STEELE.
TO GENERAL F. STEELE.
DESERTERS DEATH SENTENCES REMITTED
FEMALE SPY
TO W. JAYNE.
TO E. H. EAST.
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TO SECRETARY CHASE.
TO GENERAL THOMAS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL STEELE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER.
ORDER IN REGARD TO THE EXPORTATION OF TOBACCO BELONGING TO THE FRENCH
TELEGRAM TO UNITED STATES MARSHAL, LOUISVILLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
MESSAGE TO SENATE.
ADDRESS TO GENERAL GRANT,
ORDER ASSIGNING U. S. GRANT COMMAND OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MURPHY.
TO GENERAL HAHN. (Private.)
CALL FOR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
PASS FOR GENERAL D. E. SICKLES.
ORDER TO GOVERNOR HAHN.
REMARKS AT A FAIR IN THE PATENT OFFICE,
REPLY TO A COMMITTEE FROM THE WORKINGMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL C. SCHURZ.
PROCLAMATION ABOUT AMNESTY,
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TO A. G. HODGES.
TO MRS. HORACE MANN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
LECTURE ON LIBERTY
TO CALVIN TRUESDALE.
TELEGRAM TO OFFICER COMMANDING AT FORT WARREN.
TELEGRAM TO OFFICER COMMANDING AT FORT WARREN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER.
INDORSEMENT ON OFFER OF TROOPS, APRIL 23, 1864.
TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO JOHN WILLIAMS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL THOMAS.
TO GOVERNOR MURPHY.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, APRIL 28, 1864.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS.
TO MRS. S. B. McCONKEY.
RECOMMENDATION OF THANKSGIVING.
RESPONSE TO A SERENADE,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL LEW WALLACE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS,
TO P. B. LOOMIS.
RESPONSE TO A METHODIST DELEGATION, MAY 14, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR YATES. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, May 18, 1864.
ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF IRRESPONSIBLE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS AND EDITORS
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL B. P. BUTLER.
ORDER CONCERNING THE EXEMPTION OF AMERICAN CONSULS FROM MILITARY SERVICE
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MORTON AND OTHERS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 21, 1864
TELEGRAM TO CHRISTIANA A. SACK. WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., May 21,
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BROUGH. WASHINGTON CITY, May 24, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, May 25,1864.
MEMORANDUM CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE NEW YORK NAVAL BRIGADE.
TO P. A. CONKLING AND OTHERS.
INDORSEMENT ON A LETTER TOUCHING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 6, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. WASHINGTON, June 8, 1864.
REPLY TO THE COMMITTEE NOTIFYING PRESIDENT LINCOLN OF HIS RENOMINATION,
PLATFORM OF THE UNION NATIONAL CONVENTION HELD IN BALTIMORE, MD., JUNE 7
REPLY TO A DELEGATION FROM THE NATIONAL UNION LEAGUE,
REPLY TO A DELEGATION FROM OHIO,
ADDRESS TO THE ENVOY FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS,
REMARKS TO AN OHIO REGIMENT,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL L. THOMAS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 13,
TELEGRAM TO THOMAS WEBSTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 13, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, June 15, 1864. 7 A.M.
ADDRESS AT A SANITARY FAIR IN PHILADELPHIA,
TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL BATES.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. WASHINGTON, June 24, 1864.
LETTER ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
TO GENERAL P. STEELE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 29, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO DAVID TOD.
TO J. L. SCRIPPS.
FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.
PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,
PROCLAMATION FOR A DAY OF PRAYER, JULY 7, 1864.
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING A BILL "TO GUARANTEE TO CERTAIN STATES,
TO HORACE GREELEY.
TELEGRAM TO J. W. GARRETT. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 9, 1864
TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL WALLACE.
TELEGRAM TO T. SWAN AND OTHERS. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 10, 1864. 9.20
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON CITY, July TO, 1864.2 P.M.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, July 11, 1864. 8 A.M.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12, 1864. 11.30
TELEGRAM AND LETTER TO HORACE GREELEY. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, JULY 15, 1864.
SAFE CONDUCT FOR CLEMENT C. CLAY AND OTHERS,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. [WASHINGTON] July 17. 1864. 11.25 A.M.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. HUNTER WASHINGTON JULY 17, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN.
ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING TERMS OF PEACE.
PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO J. L. WRIGHT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. HUNTER. (Cipher.)
TO GOVERNOR CURTIN, ENCLOSING A LETTER TO WILLIAM O. SNIDER.
PRESENTATION OF A CANE
FROM JOHN HAY TO J. C. WELLING.
TO COLONEL, FIRST N. Y. VETERAN CAVALRY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN.
FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL HALLECK.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, July 27, 1864.
TO Mrs. ANNE WILLIAMSON,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U, S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO HORACE GREELEY.
TELEGRAM TO HORACE GREELEY.
ON DISLOYAL FAMILY MEMBER
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN.
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN T. MILLS,
ENDORSEMENT OF APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT, AUGUST 15, 1864.
TO H. J. RAYMOND.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS, AUGUST 18, 1864.
INDORSEMENT CONCERNING AN EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, AUGUST 18, 1864.
ADDRESS TO THE 164TH OHIO REGIMENT,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., August
ADDRESS TO THE 166TH OHIO REGIMENT,
MEMORANDUM.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, August 26,
TELEGRAM TO B. H. BREWSTER. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., August
ORDER CONCERNING COTTON.
TO COLONEL HUIDEKOPER.
PROCLAMATION OF THANKSGIVING,
ORDERS OF GRATITUDE AND REJOICING.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, September 3, 1864.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, September 3, 1864.
TO MRS. GURNEY.
REPLY TO A COMMITTEE OF COLORED PEOPLE FROM BALTIMORE
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PICKERING.
ORDER OF THANKS TO HUNDRED-DAY TROOPS FROM OHIO.
TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO JAMES G. BLAINE. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., September
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SLOUGH.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 17,1864.
TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN.
INDORSEMENT CONCERNING AN EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, SEPTEMBER 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL P. SHERIDAN. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, September
TO GENERAL HITCHCOCK,
TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR.
ORDER CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS IN INSURRECTIONARY STATES.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 27, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D.C., September 29,1864.
INDORSEMENT.
ORDER RETURNING THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS FOR ONE HUNDRED DAYS
TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
INDORSEMENT ON A MEMORANDUM BY GENERAL McDOWELL, OCTOBER 7, 1864
TO H. W. HOFFMAN.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN.
TELEGRAM TO ROBERT T. LINCOLN, Cambridge, Mass.:
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 12, 1864.
RESPONSE TO A SERENADE,
PROCLAMATION OF THANKSGIVING, OCTOBER 20, 1864.
TELEGRAM To J. G. NICOLAY. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 21, 1864. 9.45 P.M.
TO WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL AND OTHERS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. H. THOMAS. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 23, 1864 5
TELEGRAM TO T. T. DAVIS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31,
PROCLAMATION ADMITTING NEVADA INTO THE UNION
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURBRIDGE.
TELEGRAM TO NAVAL OFFICER AT MOBILE BAY.
TELEGRAM TO SAILORS' FAIR, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
TELEGRAM TO A. H. RICE.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD. WASHINGTON, November 8, 1864.
RESPONSE TO A SERENADE, NOVEMBER 9, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO H. W. HOFFMAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C. November 10,
ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. O. BURBRIDGE. WASHINGTON, D.C., November 10, 1864.
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 10, 1864. GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE, Frankfort, Ky.:
TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT.
REPLY TO MARYLAND UNION COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 17, 1864.
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING BLOCKADE, NOVEMBER 19, 1864
FIVE-STAR MOTHER
TO J. PHILLIPS.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE. WASHINGTON, D. C. NOVEMBER 22, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN, WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 25, 1864
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON D.C., NOV.
MEMORANDUM,
ORDER CONCERNING THE STEAMER "FUNAYMA SOLACE."
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS,
RESPONSE TO A SERENADE, DECEMBER 6, 1864.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR HALL.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL FASLEIGH.
ORDER APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G, H. THOMAS. WASHINGTON, D.C., December 16, 1864.
ORIGIN OF THE "GREENBACK" CURRENCY
TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA. EXECUTIVE MANSION,
CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, DECEMBER 19, 1864.
SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA
TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT LEXINGTON.
TO J. MACLEAN.
TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT NASHVILLE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER.
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL WARNER.
1865
TELEGRAM TO J. WILLIAMS.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS,
TO SCHUYLER COLFAX.
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING COMMERCE, JANUARY 10, 1865.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL B. F. BUTLER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL B. F. BUTLER.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. M. DODGE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, January
FIRST OVERTURES FOR SURRENDER FROM DAVIS
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DODGE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ORD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. M. DODGE.
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
REPLY TO A COMMITTEE, JANUARY 24, 1865.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT.
EARLY CONSULTATIONS WITH REBELS
TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY OF WAR TO GENERAL ORD.
INDORSEMENT ON A LETTER FROM J. M. ASHLEY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
INSTRUCTIONS TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR THE ABOLISHING OF SLAVERY
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, February 1, 1865
TELEGRAM TO MAJOR ECKERT. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 1, 1865.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 2, 1865
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD, WASHINGTON, D. C., February 2, 1865.
ORDER TO MAKE CORRECTIONS IN THE DRAFT.
TO PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL.
TELEGRAM TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GLENN.
TO GOVERNOR SMITH.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, February
RESULT OF THE ELECTORAL COUNT
CHRONOLOGIC REVIEW OF PEACE PROPOSALS
Afterwards Mr. Blair dictated for and authorized me to make an entry on
Afterwards the Secretary of War placed in my hands the following telegram,
MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. WASHINGTON, February 10, 1865
MR. SEWARD TO MR. ADAMS.
TO ADMIRAL DAVID D. PORTER.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. POPE.
TO THE COMMANDING OFFICERS IN WEST TENNESSEE
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. POPE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL POPE.
PROCLAMATION CONVENING THE SENATE IN EXTRA SESSION,
TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT HARPER'S FERRY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL POPE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, February 25, 1865
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 27, 1865.
TO T. W. CONWAY.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2, 1865.
TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL GRANT.
SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS, MARCH 4, 1865.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL JOHN POPE.
TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 8, 1865.
PROCLAMATION OFFERING PARDON TO DESERTERS,
TELEGRAM TO H. T. BLOW.
LETTER TO THURLOW WEED,
TELEGRAM TO COLONEL ROUGH AND OTHERS.
ADDRESS TO AN INDIANA REGIMENT,
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING INDIANS,
ORDER ANNULLING THE SENTENCE
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. POPE.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ORD.
TELEGRAM TO JUDGE SCATES.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. HANCOCK.
ANOTHER FEMALE SPY
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. CITY POINT, April 1, 1865.
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN.
TELEGRAMS TO SECRETARY STANTON. CITY POINT, VIRGINIA, April 2, 1865. 8.30
TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. CITY POINT, VA., April 1, 1865.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. WEITZEL.
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON.
LET THE THING BE PRESSED.
NOTE ON A CARD TO SECRETARY STANTON.
RESPONSE TO A CALL,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. H. GORDON.
PROCLAMATION CLOSING CERTAIN PORTS, APRIL 11, 1865.
PROCLAMATION OPENING THE PORT OF KEY WEST,
PROCLAMATION CLAIMING EQUALITY OF RIGHTS WITH ALL MARITIME NATIONS,
LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS,
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. WEITZEL.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. WEITZEL. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 1865.
INTERVIEW WITH SCHUYLER COLFAX ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 14, 1865.
TO GENERAL VAN ALLEN.
LINCOLN'S LAST WRITTEN WORDS
CONTENTS OF YARNS AND STORIES
PREFACE.
LINCOLN’S NAME AROUSES AN AUDIENCE
LINCOLN AND McCLURE.
“ABE” LINCOLN’S YARNS AND STORIES.
LINCOLN ASKED TO BE SHOT.
TIME LOST DIDN’T COUNT.
NO VICES, NO VIRTUES.
LINCOLN’S DUES.
“DONE WITH THE BIBLE.”
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE.
A MISCHIEVOUS OX.
THE PRESIDENTIAL “CHIN-FLY.”
‘SQUIRE BAGLY’S PRECEDENT.
HE’D NEED HIS GUN.
KEPT UP THE ARGUMENT.
EQUINE INGRATITUDE.
‘TWAS “MOVING DAY.”
“ABE’S” HAIR NEEDED COMBING.
WOULD “TAKE TO THE WOODS.”
LINCOLN CARRIED HER TRUNK.
BOAT HAD TO STOP.
MCCLELLAN’S “SPECIAL TALENT.”
HOW “JAKE” GOT AWAY.
MORE LIGHT AND LESS NOISE.
ONE BULLET AND A HATFUL.
LINCOLN’S STORY TO PEACE COMMISSIONERS.
“ABE” GOT THE WORST OF IT.
IT DEPENDED UPON HIS CONDITION.
“GOT DOWN TO THE RAISINS.”
“HONEST ABE” SWALLOWS HIS ENEMIES.
SAVING HIS WIND.
RIGHT FOR, ONCE, ANYHOW.
“PITY THE POOR ORPHAN.”
A LOW-DOWN TRICK.
END FOR END.
LET SIX SKUNKS GO.
HOW HE GOT BLACKSTONE.
A JOB FOR THE NEW CABINETMAKER.
“I CAN STAND IT IF THEY CAN.”
LINCOLN MISTAKEN FOR ONCE.
FORGOT EVERYTHING HE KNEW.
HE LOVED A GOOD STORY.
HEELS RAN AWAY WITH THEM.
WANTED TO BURN HIM DOWN TO THE STUMP.
HAD A “KICK” COMING.
THE CASE OF BETSY ANN DOUGHERTY.
HAD TO WEAR A WOODEN SWORD.
“ABE” STIRRING THE “BLACK” COALS.
GETTING RID OF AN ELEPHANT.
GROTESQUE, YET FRIGHTFUL.
“ABE” WAS NO DUDE.
CHARACTERISTIC OF LINCOLN.
“PLOUGH ALL ‘ROUND HIM.”
“I’VE LOST MY APPLE.”
LOST HIS CERTIFICATE OF CHARACTER.
NOTE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT.
DOG WAS A “LEETLE BIT AHEAD.”
“ABE’S” FIGHT WITH NEGROES.
NOISE LIKE A TURNIP.
WARDING OFF GOD’S VENGEANCE.
JEFF DAVIS AND CHARLES THE FIRST.
LOVED SOLDIERS’ HUMOR.
BAD TIME FOR A BARBECUE.
HE’D SEE IT AGAIN.
CALL ANOTHER WITNESS.
A CONTEST WITH LITTLE “TAD.”
REMINDED HIM OF “A LITTLE STORY.”
“FETCHED SEVERAL SHORT ONES.”
LINCOLN LUGS THE OLD MAN.
McCLELLAN WAS “INTRENCHING.”
MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT, ANYWAY.
VICIOUS OXEN HAVE SHORT HORNS.
LINCOLN’S NAME FOR “WEEPING WATER.”
PETER CARTWRIGHT’S DESCRIPTION OF LINCOLN.
NO DEATHS IN HIS HOUSE.
PAINTED HIS PRINCIPLES.
DIGNIFYING THE STATUTE.
LINCOLN CAMPAIGN MOTTOES.
GIVING AWAY THE CASE.
POSING WITH A BROOMSTICK.
“BOTH LENGTH AND BREADTH.”
“ABE” RECITES A SONG.
“MANAGE TO KEEP HOUSE.”
GRANT “TUMBLED” RIGHT AWAY.
“DON’T KILL HIM WITH YOUR FIST.”
COULD BE ARBITRARY.
A GENERAL BUSTIFICATION.
MAKING QUARTERMASTERS.
NO POSTMASTERS IN HIS POCKET.
HE “SKEWED” THE LINE.
“WHEREAS,” HE STOLE NOTHING.
NOT LIKE THE POPE’S BULL.
COULD HE TELL?
DARNED UNCOMFORTABLE SITTING.
“WHAT’S-HIS-NAME” GOT THERE.
A REALLY GREAT GENERAL.
“SHRUNK UP NORTH.”
LINCOLN ADOPTED THE SUGGESTION.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
TOO MANY PIGS FOR THE TEATS.
GREELEY CARRIES LINCOLN TO THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
THE LAST TIME HE SAW DOUGLAS.
HURT HIS LEGS LESS.
A LITTLE SHY OR GRAMMAR.
HIS FIRST SATIRICAL WRITING.
LIKELY TO DO IT.
“THE ENEMY ARE ‘OURN’”
“AND—HERE I AM!”
SAFE AS LONG AS THEY WERE GOOD.
“SMELT NO ROYALTY IN OUR CARRIAGE.”
HELL A MILE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
HIS “GLASS HACK”
LEAVE HIM KICKING.
“WHO COMMENCED THIS FUSS?”
“ABE’S” LITTLE JOKE.
WHAT SUMMER THOUGHT.
A USELESS DOG.
ORIGIN OF THE “INFLUENCE” STORY.
FELT SORRY FOR BOTH.
WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
“LONG ABE” FOUR YEARS LONGER.
“ALL SICKER’N YOUR MAN.”
EASIER TO EMPTY THE POTOMAC.
HE WANTED A STEADY HAND.
LINCOLN SAW STANTON ABOUT IT.
MRS. LINCOLN’S SURPRISE.
MENACE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
TROOPS COULDN’T FLY OVER IT.
PAT WAS “FORNINST THE GOVERNMENT.”
“CAN’T SPARE THIS MAN.”
HIS TEETH CHATTERED.
“AARON GOT HIS COMMISSION.”
LINCOLN AND THE MINISTERS.
HARDTACK BETTER THAN GENERALS.
GOT THE PREACHER.
BIG JOKE ON HALLECK.
STORIES BETTER THAN DOCTORS.
SHORT, BUT EXCITING.
MR. BULL DIDN’T GET HIS COTTON.
STICK TO AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.
USED “RUDE TACT.”
“ABE” ON A WOODPILE.
TAKING DOWN A DANDY.
WHEN OLD ABE GOT MAD.
WANTED TO “BORROW” THE ARMY.
YOUNG “SUCKER” VISITORS.
“AND YOU DON’T WEAR HOOPSKIRTS.”
LIEUTENANT TAD LINCOLN’S SENTINELS.
DOUGLAS HELD LINCOLN’S HAT.
THE DEAD MAN SPOKE.
MILITARY SNAILS NOT SPEEDY.
OUTRAN THE JACK-RABBIT.
“FOOLING” THE PEOPLE.
“ABE, YOU CAN’T PLAY THAT ON ME.”
HIS “BROAD” STORIES.
SORRY FOR THE HORSES.
MILD REBUKE TO A DOCTOR.
COLD MOLASSES WAS SWIFTER.
LINCOLN CALLS MEDILL A COWARD.
THEY DIDN’T BUILD IT.
STANTON’S ABUSE OF LINCOLN.
THE NEGRO AND THE CROCODILE.
LINCOLN WAS READY TO FIGHT.
IT WAS UP-HILL WORK.
LEE’S SLIM ANIMAL.
“MRS. NORTH AND HER ATTORNEY.”
SATISFACTION TO THE SOUL.
WITHDREW THE COLT.
“TAD” GOT HIS DOLLAR.
TELLS AN EDITOR ABOUT NASBY.
LONG AND SHORT OF IT.
MORE PEGS THAN HOLES.
“WEBSTER COULDN’T HAVE DONE MORE.”
LINCOLN MET CLAY.
REMINDED “ABE” OF A LITTLE JOKE.
HIS DIGNITY SAVED HIM.
THE MAN HE WAS LOOKING FOR
HIS CABINET CHANCES POOR.
THE GENERAL WAS “HEADED IN”
SUGAR-COATED.
COULD MAKE “RABBIT-TRACKS.”
LINCOLN PROTECTED CURRENCY ISSUES.
LINCOLN’S APOLOGY TO GRANT.
LINCOLN SAID “BY JING.”
IT TICKLED THE LITTLE WOMAN.
“SHALL ALL FALL TOGETHER.”
DEAD DOG NO CURE.
“THOROUGH” IS A GOOD WORD.
THE CABINET WAS A-SETTIN’.
A BULLET THROUGH HIS HAT.
NO KIND TO GET TO HEAVEN ON.
THE ONLY REAL PEACEMAKER.
THE APPLE WOMAN’S PASS.
SPLIT RAILS BY THE YARD.
THE QUESTION OF LEGS.
TOO MANY WIDOWS ALREADY.
GOD NEEDED THAT CHURCH.
THE MAN DOWN SOUTH.
COULDN’T LET GO THE HOG.
THE CABINET LINCOLN WANTED.
READY FOR “BUTCHER-DAY.”
“THE BAD BIRD AND THE MUDSILL.”
GAVE THE SOLDIER HIS FISH.
A PECULIAR LAWYER.
IF THEY’D ONLY “SKIP.”
FATHER OF THE “GREENBACK.”
MAJOR ANDERSON’S BAD MEMORY.
NO VANDERBILT.
SQUASHED A BRUTAL LIE.
“ONE WAR AT A TIME.”
PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS.
NO OTHERS LIKE THEM.
CASH WAS AT HAND.
WELCOMED THE LITTLE GIRLS.
“DON’T SWAP HORSES”
MOST VALUABLE POLITICAL ATTRIBUTE.
“ABE” RESENTED THE INSULT.
ONE MAN ISN’T MISSED.
“STRETCHED THE FACTS.”
IT LENGTHENED THE WAR.
HIS THEORY OF THE REBELLION.
RAN AWAY WHEN VICTORIOUS.
WANTED STANTON SPANKED.
STANTON WAS OUT OF TOWN.
IDENTIFIED THE COLORED MAN.
OFFICE SEEKERS WORSE THAN WAR.
HE “SET ‘EM UP.”
WASN’T STANTON’S SAY.
“JEFFY” THREW UP THE SPONGE.
DIDN’T KNOW GRANT’S PREFERENCE.
JUSTICE vs. NUMBERS.
NO FALSE PRIDE IN LINCOLN.
EXTRA MEMBER OF THE CABINET.
HOW LINCOLN WAS ABUSED.
HOW “FIGHTING JOE” WAS APPOINTED.
KEPT HIS COURAGE UP.
A FORTUNE-TELLER’S PREDICTION.
TOO MUCH POWDER.
SLEEP STANDING UP.
SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT ANOTHER BATTLE.
LINCOLN UPBRAIDED LAMON.
MARKED OUT A FEW WORDS.
LINCOLN SILENCES SEWARD.
BROUGHT THE HUSBAND UP.
NO WAR WITHOUT BLOOD-LETTING.
LINCOLN’S TWO DIFFICULTIES.
WHITE ELEPHANT ON HIS HANDS.
WHEN LINCOLN AND GRANT CLASHED.
WON JAMES GORDON BENNETT’S SUPPORT.
STOOD BY THE “SILENT MAN.”
A VERY BRAINY NUBBIN.
SENT TO HIS “FRIENDS.”
GO DOWN WITH COLORS FLYING.
ALL WERE TRAGEDIES.
“HE’S THE BEST OF US.”
HOW LINCOLN “COMPOSED.”
HAMLIN MIGHT DO IT.
THE GUN SHOT BETTER.
LENIENT WITH McCLELLAN.
DIDN’T WANT A MILITARY REPUTATION.
“SURRENDER NO SLAVE.”
CONSCRIPTING DEAD MEN.
LINCOLN’S REJECTED MANUSCRIPT.
LINCOLN AS A STORY WRITER.
LINCOLN’S IDEAS ON CROSSING A RIVER WHEN HE GOT TO IT.
PRESIDENT NOMINATED FIRST.
“THEM GILLITEENS.”
“CONSIDER THE SYMPATHY OF LINCOLN.”
SAVED A LIFE.
LINCOLN PLAYED BALL.
HIS PASSES TO RICHMOND NOT HONORED.
“PUBLIC HANGMAN” FOR THE UNITED STATES.
FEW, BUT BOISTEROUS.
KEEP PEGGING AWAY.
BEWARE OF THE TAIL.
“LINCOLN’S DREAM.”
THERE WAS NO NEED OF A STORY.
LINCOLN A MAN OF SIMPLE HABITS.
HIS LAST SPEECH.
FORGOT EVERYTHING HE KNEW BEFORE.
LINCOLN BELIEVED IN EDUCATION.
LINCOLN ON THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.
LINCOLN MADE MANY NOTABLE SPEECHES.
WHAT AILED THE BOYS.
TAD’S CONFEDERATE FLAG.
CALLED BLESSINGS ON THE AMERICAN WOMEN.
LINCOLN’S “ORDER NO. 252.”
TALKED TO THE NEGROES OF RICHMOND.
“ABE” ADDED A SAVING CLAUSE.
HOW “JACK” WAS “DONE UP.”
ANGELS COULDN’T SWEAR IT RIGHT.
“MUST GO, AND GO TO STAY.”
LINCOLN WASN’T BUYING NOMINATIONS.
HE ENVIED THE SOLDIER AT THE FRONT.
DON’T TRUST TOO FAR
HE’D “RISK THE DICTATORSHIP.”
“MAJOR GENERAL, I RECKON.”
WOULD SEE THE TRACKS.
“ABE” GAVE HER A “SURE TIP.”
THE PRESIDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.
ONLY HALF A MAN.
GRANT CONGRATULATED LINCOLN.
“BRUTUS AND CAESAR.”
HOW STANTON GOT INTO THE CABINET.
“ABE” LIKE HIS FATHER.
“NO MOON AT ALL.”
“ABE” A SUPERB MIMIC.
WHY HE WAS CALLED “HONEST ABE.”
“ABE’S” NAME REMAINED ON THE SIGN.
VERY HOMELY AT FIRST SIGHT.
THE MAN TO TRUST.
“WUZ GOIN’ TER BE ‘HITCHED.”’
HE PROPOSED TO SAVE THE UNION.
THE SAME OLD RUM.
SAVED LINCOLN’S LIFE
WOULD NOT RECALL A SINGLE WORD.
OLD BROOM BEST AFTER ALL.
GOD WITH A LITTLE “g.”
“ABE’S” LOG.
IT WAS A FINE FIZZLE.
A TEETOTALER.
NOT TO “OPEN SHOP” THERE.
WE HAVE LIBERTY OF ALL KINDS.
TOM CORWINS’S LATEST STORY.
“CATCH ‘EM AND CHEAT ‘EM.”
A JURYMAN’S SCORN.
HE “BROKE” TO WIN.
WANTED HER CHILDREN BACK.
SIX FEET FOUR AT SEVENTEEN.
HAD RESPECT FOR THE EGGS.
HOW WAS THE MILK UPSET?
“PULLED FODDER” FOR A BOOK.
PRAISES HIS RIVAL FOR OFFICE.
ONE THING “ABE” DIDN’T LOVE.
THE MODESTY OF GENIUS.
WHY SHE MARRIED HIM.
NIAGARA FALLS.
MADE IT HOT FOR LINCOLN.
WOULDN’T HOLD TITLE AGAINST HIM.
ONLY ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
COULDN’T LOCATE HIS BIRTHPLACE.
“SAMBO” WAS “AFEARED.”
WHEN MONEY MIGHT BE USED.
“ABE” WAS NO BEAUTY.
“HE’S JUST BEAUTIFUL.”
BIG ENOUGH HOG FOR HIM.
“ABE” OFFERS A SPEECH FOR SOMETHING TO EAT.
THEY UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER.
FEW FENCE RAILS LEFT.
THE “GREAT SNOW” OF 1830-31.
CREDITOR PAID DEBTORS DEBT.
HELPED OUT THE SOLDIERS.
EVERY FELLOW FOR HIMSELF.
“BUTCHER-KNIFE BOYS” AT THE POLLS.
NO “SECOND COMING” FOR SPRINGFIELD.
HOW HE WON A FRIEND.
NEVER SUED A CLIENT.
THE LINCOLN HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
RUNNING THE MACHINE.
WAS “BOSS” WHEN NECESSARY.
“RATHER STARVE THAN SWINDLE.”
DON’T AIM TOO HIGH.
NOT MUCH AT RAIL-SPLITTING.
GAVE THE SOLDIER THE PREFERENCE.
THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT SCARED.
JEFF. DAVIS’ REPLY TO LINCOLN.
LINCOLN WAS a GENTLEMAN.
HIS POOR RELATIONS.
DESERTER’S SINS WASHED OUT IN BLOOD.
SURE CURE FOR BOILS.
PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
BASHFUL WITH LADIES.
SAW HUMOR IN EVERYTHING.
SPECIFIC FOR FOREIGN “RASH.”
FAVORED THE OTHER SIDE.
LINCOLN AND THE “SHOW”
“MIXING” AND “MINGLING.”
TOOK PART OF THE BLAME.
THOUGHT OF LEARNING A TRADE.
LINCOLN DEFENDS FIFTEEN MRS. NATIONS.
AVOIDED EVEN APPEARANCE OF EVIL
WAR DIDN’T ADMIT OF HOLIDAYS.
“NEUTRALITY.”
DAYS OF GLADNESS PAST.
WOULDN’T TAKE THE MONEY.
GRANT HELD ON ALL THE TIME.
CHEWED THE CUD IN SOLITUDE.
“ABE’S” YANKEE INGENUITY.
LINCOLN PAID HOMAGE TO WASHINGTON.
STIRRED EVEN THE REPORTERS.
WHEN “ABE” CAME IN.
ETERNAL FIDELITY TO THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY.
“ABE’S” “DEFALCATIONS.”
HE WASN’T GUILELESS.
SWEET, BUT MILD REVENGE.
DIDN’T TRUST THE COURT.
HANDSOMEST MAN ON EARTH.
THAT COON CAME DOWN.
WROTE “PIECES” WHEN VERY YOUNG.
“TRY TO STEER HER THROUGH.”
GRAND, GLOOMY AND PECULIAR.
ON THE WAY TO GETTYSBURG.
STOOD UP THE LONGEST.
A MORTIFYING EXPERIENCE.
NO HALFWAY BUSINESS.
DISCOURAGED LITIGATION.
GOING HOME TO GET READY.
“THE ‘RAIL-SPUTTER’ REPAIRING THE UNION.”
“FIND OUT FOR YOURSELVES.”
ROUGH ON THE NEGRO.
CHALLENGED ALL COMERS.
“GOVERNMENT RESTS IN PUBLIC OPINION.”
HURRY MIGHT MAKE TROUBLE.
SAW HIMSELF DEAD.
EVERY LITTLE HELPED.
ABOUT TO LAY DOWN THE BURDEN.
LINCOLN WOULD HAVE PREFERRED DEATH.
“PUNCH” AND HIS LITTLE PICTURE.
FASCINATED By THE WONDERFUL
“WHY DON’T THEY COME!”
GRANT’S BRAND OF WHISKEY.
HIS FINANCIAL STANDING.
THE DANDY AND THE BOYS.
“SOME UGLY OLD LAWYER.”
GOOD MEMORY OF NAMES.
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
THE FIVE POINTS SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SENTINEL OBEYED ORDERS.
WHY LINCOLN GROWED WHISKERS.
LINCOLN AS A DANCER.
SIMPLY PRACTICAL HUMANITY.
HAPPY FIGURES OF SPEECH.
A FEW “RHYTHMIC SHOTS.”
OLD MAN GLENN’S RELIGION.
LAST ACTS OF MERCY.
JUST LIKE SEWARD.
A CHEERFUL PROSPECT.
THOUGHT GOD WOULD HAVE TOLD HIM.
LINCOLN AND A BIBLE HERO.
BOY WAS CARED FOR.
THE JURY ACQUITTED HIM
TOOK NOTHING BUT MONEY.
NAUGHTY BOY HAD TO TAKE HIS MEDICINE.
WOULD BLOW THEM TO H—-.
“YANKEE” GOODNESS OF HEART.
WALKED AS HE TALKED.
THE SONG DID THE BUSINESS.
A “FREE FOR ALL.”
THREE INFERNAL BORES.
LINCOLN’S MEN WERE “HUSTLERS.”
A SLOW HORSE.
DODGING “BROWSING PRESIDENTS.”
A GREENBACK LEGEND.
GOD’S BEST GIFT TO MAN.
SCALPING IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR.
MATRIMONIAL ADVICE.
OWED LOTS OF MONEY.
“ON THE LORD’S SIDE.”
WANTED TO BE NEAR “ABE.”
GOT HIS FOOT IN IT.
SAVED BY A LETTER.
HIS FAVORITE POEM.
FIVE-LEGGED CALF.
A STAGE-COACH STORY.
THE “400” GATHERED THERE.
ONLY LEVEL-HEADED MEN WANTED.
HIS FAITH IN THE MONITOR.
HER ONLY IMPERFECTION.
THE OLD LADY’S PROPHECY.
HOW THE TOWN OF LINCOLN, ILL., WAS NAMED.
“OLD JEFF’S” BIG NIGHTMARE.
LINCOLN’S LAST OFFICIAL ACT.
THE LAD NEEDED THE SLEEP.
“MASSA LINKUM LIKE DE LORD!”
HOW LINCOLN TOOK THE NEWS.
PROFANITY AS A SAFETY-VALVE.
WHY WE WON AT GETTYSBURG.
HAD TO WAIT FOR HIM.
PRESIDENT AND CABINET JOINED IN PRAYER.
BELIEVED HE WAS A CHRISTIAN.
WITH THE HELP OF GOD.
TURNED TEARS TO SMILES.
LINCOLN’S LAST WRITTEN WORDS.
WOMEN PLEAD FOR PARDONS.
LINCOLN WISHED TO SEE RICHMOND.
SPOKEN LIKE A CHRISTIAN.
“LINCOLN GOES IN WHEN THE QUAKERS ARE OUT”
HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIM—“BUT—.”
HOW HOMINY WAS ORIGINATED.
HIS IDEA’S OLD, AFTER ALL.
LINCOLN’S FIRST SPEECH.
“ABE WANTED NO SNEAKIN’ ‘ROUND.”
DIDN’T EVEN NEED STILTS.
“HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF THIS PLACE?”
“TAD” INTRODUCES “OUR FRIENDS.”
MIXED UP WORSE THAN BEFORE.
“LONG ABE’S” FEET “PROTRUDED OVER.”
COULD LICK ANY MAN IN THE CROWD.
HIS WAY TO A CHILD’S HEART.
“LEFT IT THE WOMEN TO HOWL ABOUT ME.”
HE’D RUIN ALL THE OTHER CONVICTS.
IN A HOPELESS MINORITY.
“DID YE ASK MORRISSEY YET?”
GOT THE LAUGH ON DOUGLAS.
“FIXED UP” A BIT FOR THE “CITY FOLKS.”
EVEN REBELS OUGHT TO BE SAVED.
TRIED TO DO WHAT SEEMED BEST.
“HOLDING A CANDLE TO THE CZAR.”
NASHVILLE WAS NOT SURRENDERED.
HE COULDN’T WAIT FOR THE COLONEL.
LINCOLN PRONOUNCED THIS STORY FUNNY.
JOKE WAS ON LINCOLN.
THE OTHER ONE WAS WORSE.
“I’D A BEEN MISSED BY MYSE’F.”
IT ALL “DEPENDED” UPON THE EFFECT.
TOO SWIFT TO STAY IN THE ARMY.
ADMIRED THE STRONG MAN.
WISHED THE ARMY CHARGED LIKE THAT.
“UNCLE ABRAHAM” HAD EVERYTHING READY.
NOT AS SMOOTH AS HE LOOKED.
A SMALL CROP.
“NEVER REGRET WHAT YOU DON’T WRITE.”
A VAIN GENERAL.
DEATH BED REPENTANCE.
NO CAUSE FOR PRIDE.
THE STORY OF LINCOLN’S LIFE
A YOUTHFUL POET.
MADE SPEECHES WHEN A BOY.
ASSISTANT PILOT ON A STEAMBOAT.
“CAPTAIN LINCOLN” PLEASED HIM.
FAILURE AS A BUSINESS MAN.
GAINS FAME AS A STORY TELLER.
SURVEYOR WITH NO STRINGS ON HIM.
A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.
THE FAMOUS “LONG NINE.”
BEGINS TO OPPOSE SLAVERY.
BEGINS TO PRACTICE LAW.
HIS FIRST JOINT DEBATE.
MARRIES A SPRINGFIELD BELLE.
STORY OF ANNE RUTLEDGE.
HIS DUEL WITH SHIELDS.
FORMS NEW PARTNERSHIP.
DEFEATS PETER CARTWRIGHT FOR CONGRESS.
MAKES SPEECHES FOR “OLD ZACH.”
DECLINES A HIGH OFFICE.
LINCOLN AS A LAWYER.
TELLING STORIES ON THE CIRCUIT.
THE LION IS AROUSED TO ACTION.
SEEKS A SEAT IN THE SENATE.
HELPS TO ORGANIZE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE RAIL-SPLITTER vs. THE LITTLE GIANT.
WERE LIKE CROWDS AT A CIRCUS.
HIS BUCKEYE CAMPAIGN.
FIRST VISIT TO NEW YORK.
FIRST NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
FORMATION OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
GOOD-BYE TO THE OLD FOLK.
THE “SECRET PASSAGE” TO WASHINGTON.
HIS ELOQUENT INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
FOLLOWS PRECEDENT OF WASHINGTON.
GREATER DIPLOMAT THAN SEWARD.
LINCOLN A GREAT GENERAL.
ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE IN GRANT.
REASONS FOB FREEING THE SLAVES.
HARD TO REFUSE PARDONS.
A FUN-LOVING AND HUMOR-LOVING MAN.
WARNINGS OF HIS TRAGIC DEATH.
LINCOLN AT THE THEATRE.
LAMON’S REMARKABLE REQUEST.
HOW LINCOLN WAS MURDERED.
BOOTH BRANDISHES HIS DAGGER AND ESCAPES.
WALT WHITMAN’S DESCRIPTION.
BOOTH FOUND IN A BARN.
BOOTH SHOT BY “BOSTON” CORBETT.
FATE OF THE CONSPIRATORS.
HENRY WARD BEECHER’S EULOGY.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S FAMILY.
LINCOLN MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD.
FACSIMILES
NOTE
Washington, Dec. 24th, 1848.
Washington, April 30, 1864.
01 To his Father
02 To his Brother
03 To his Brother
04 To General Grant
05 Request for a Pardon
06 Request for a Pardon
07 Approval of a Pardon
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VOL. 1, BY HERNDON
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
INDEX FOR HERNDON TWO
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VOL. 1, BY HERNDON
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
APPENDIX.
UNPUBLISHED FAMILY LETTERS.
AN INCIDENT ON THE CIRCUIT.
LINCOLN'S FELLOW LAWYERS.
THE TRUCE WITH DOUGLAS.—TESTIMONY OF IRWIN.
THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION.
AN OFFICE DISCUSSION—LINCOLN'S IDEA OF WAR.
LINCOLN AND THE KNOW-NOTHINGS.
LINCOLN'S VIEWS ON THE RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE.
THE BURIAL OF THE ASSASSIN BOOTH.
A TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN BY A COLLEAGUE AT THE BAR.
LINCOLN AT FORT MONROE.
INDEX FOR "LAM"
THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY LAMON
PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX
APPENDIX.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece
Titlepage
Mrs. Sarah Lincoln, Mother of the President
Dennis Hanks
Mr. Lincoln As a Flatboatman
Map of New Salem
Black Hawk, Indian Chief
Joshua F. Speed
Judge David Davis
Stephen T. Logan
John T. Stuart
William Herndon
Uncle John Hanks
Mr. Lincoln's Home in Springfield, Ill.
Norman B. Judd
Facsimile of Autobiography 1
Facsimile of Autobiography 2
Facsimile of Autobiography 3