THE PAPERS AND WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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VOLUME ONE
CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION
Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt The Essay on Lincoln by Carl Schurz The Address on Lincoln by Joseph Choate
CONTENTS
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 1.