Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865, by Abraham Lincoln, Edited by Merwin Roe
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SPEECHES & LETTERS of ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1832-1865
EDITED BY MERWIN ROE
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
APPENDIX
APPENDIX
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
LINCOLN'S SPEECHES AND LETTERS
Lincoln's First Public Speech. From an Address to the People of Sangamon County. March 9, 1832
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen. June 21, 1836
Lincoln's Opinion on Universal Suffrage. From a Letter published in the Sangamon "Journal." June 13, 1836
From an Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois. January 27, 1837
Humorous Account of His Experiences With a Lady He Was Requested to Marry
A Letter to Mrs. O.H. Browning. Springfield, Illinois. April 1, 1838
A Letter to Mrs. O.H. Browning. Springfield, Illinois. April 1, 1838
From a Debate between Lincoln, E.D. Baker, and others against Douglas, Lamborn, and others. Springfield. December 1839
Letter to W.G. Anderson. Lawrenceville, Illinois. October 31, 1840
Extract from a Letter to John T. Stuart. Springfield Illinois. January 23, 1841
From an Address before the Washingtonian Temperance Society. Springfield, Illinois. February 22, 1842
From the Circular of the Whig Committee. An Address to the People of Illinois. March 4, 1843
From a Letter to Martin M. Morris. Springfield, Illinois. March 26, 1843
From a Letter to Joshua F. Speed. Springfield. October 22, 1846
From a Letter to William H. Herndon. Washington. January 8, 1848
From a Letter to William H. Herndon. Washington. June 22, 1848
From a Letter to William H. Herndon. Washington, July 10, 1848
Letter to John D. Johnston. January 2, 1851
Letter to John D. Johnston. Shelbyville. November 4, 1851
Note for Law Lecture. Written about July 1, 1850
A Fragment. Written about July 1, 1854
A Fragment on Slavery. July 1854
Lincoln's Reply to Senator Douglas at Peoria, Illinois. The Origin of the Wilmot Proviso. October 16, 1854
From Letter to the Hon. Geo. Robertson, Lexington, Kentucky. Springfield, Illinois. August 15, 1855
Extracts from Letter to Joshua F. Speed. August 24, 1855
Mr. Lincoln's Speech. May 19, 1856
From his Speech on the Dred Scott Decision. Springfield, Illinois. June 26, 1857
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." On Lincoln's Nomination to the United States Senate. Springfield, Illinois. June 17, 1858
Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at Chicago on Popular Sovereignty, the Nebraska Bill, etc. July 10, 1858
From a Speech at Springfield, Illinois. July 17, 1858
From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas in the First Joint Debate at Ottawa, Illinois. August 21, 1858
Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas in the Second Joint Debate. Freeport, Illinois. August 27, 1858
From Lincoln's Reply at Jonesboro'. September 15, 1858
From Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at Charleston, Illinois. September 18, 1858
From Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at Galesburg, Illinois. October, 1858
Notes for Speeches. October 1858
Mr. Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas in the Seventh and Last Debate. Alton, Illinois. October 15, 1858
From a Speech at Columbus, Ohio, on the Slave Trade, Popular Sovereignty, etc. September 16, 1859
From a Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Intentions of "Black Republicans," the Relation of Labour and Capital, etc. September 17, 1859
From a Letter to J.W. Fell. December 20, 1859
From an Address delivered at Cooper Institute, New York. February 27, 1860
Lincoln's Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois. February 11, 1861
A Letter to the Hon. Geo. Ashmun accepting his Nomination for the Presidency. May 23, 1860
Letter to Miss Grace Bedell. Springfield, Illinois. October 19, 1860
From an Address to the Legislature at Indianapolis, Indiana. February 12, 1861
From his Address to the Legislature at Columbus, Ohio. February 13, 1861
From his Remarks at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. February 15, 1861
From his Speech at Trenton to the Senate of New Jersey. February 21, 1861
Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. February 22, 1861
Reply to the Mayor of Washington, D.C. February 27, 1861
First Inaugural Address. March 4, 1861
Address at Utica, New York. February 18, 1861
From his First Message to Congress, at the Special Session. July 4, 1861
From his Message to Congress at its Regular Session. December 3, 1861
Letter to General G.B. McClellan. Washington. February 3, 1862
Lincoln's Proclamation revoking General Hunter's Order setting the Slaves free. May 19, 1862
Appeal to the Border States in behalf of Compensated Emancipation. July 12, 1862
From a Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt. July 28, 1862
Letter to August Belmont. July 31, 1862
His Letter to Horace Greeley. August 22, 1862
From his Reply to the Chicago Committee of United Religious Denominations. September 13, 1862
From the Annual Message to Congress. December 1, 1862
Emancipation Proclamation. January 1, 1863
Letter to General Grant. July 13, 1863
Letter to —— Moulton. Washington. July 31, 1863
Letter to Mrs. Lincoln. Washington. August 8, 1863
Letter to James H. Hackett. Washington. August 17, 1863
Note to Secretary Stanton. Washington. November 11, 1863
The Letter to James C. Conkling. August 26, 1863
His Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving. October 3, 1863
Address at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. November 19, 1863
From the Annual Message to Congress. December 8, 1863
Letter to Secretary Stanton. Washington. March 1, 1864
Letter to Governor Michael Hahn. Washington. March 13, 1864
An Address at a Fair for the Sanitary Commission. March 18, 1864
Letter to A.G. Hodges, of Kentucky. April 4, 1864
From an Address at a Sanitary Fair in Baltimore. April 18, 1864
Letter to General Grant. April 30, 1864
From an Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment. August 22, 1864
Reply to a Serenade. November 10, 1864
A Letter to Mrs. Bixley, of Boston. November 21, 1864
Letter to General Grant. Washington. January 19, 1865
The Second Inaugural Address. March 4, 1865
A Letter to Thurlow Weed. Executive Mansion, Washington. March 15, 1865
From an Address to an Indiana Regiment. March 17, 1865
From his Reply to a Serenade. Lincoln's Last Public Address. April 11, 1865
Appendix
ANECDOTES
LINCOLN'S ENTRY INTO RICHMOND THE DAY AFTER IT WAS TAKEN
As Described at that time by a Writer in the "Atlantic Monthly"
As Described at that time by a Writer in the "Atlantic Monthly"
"YOU DON'T WEAR HOOPS—AND I WILL ... PARDON YOUR BROTHER"
HIS JOY IN GIVING A PARDON
HIS SIMPLICITY AND UNOSTENTATIOUSNESS
A PENITENT MAN CAN BE PARDONED
"KEEP SILENCE, AND WE'LL GET YOU SAFE ACROSS"
REBUFF TO A MAN WITH A SMALL CLAIM
THE PRESIDENT'S SILENCE OVER CRITICISMS
"GLAD OF IT"
HIS DEMOCRATIC BEARING
LINCOLN'S ENTRY INTO RICHMOND THE DAY AFTER IT WAS TAKEN
As Described at that time by a Writer in the "Atlantic Monthly"
As Described at that time by a Writer in the "Atlantic Monthly"
"YOU DON'T WEAR HOOPS—AND I WILL ... PARDON YOUR BROTHER"
HIS JOY IN GIVING A PARDON
HIS SIMPLICITY AND UNOSTENTATIOUSNESS
A PENITENT MAN CAN BE PARDONED
"KEEP SILENCE, AND WE'LL GET YOU SAFE ACROSS"
REBUFF TO A MAN WITH A SMALL CLAIM
THE PRESIDENT'S SILENCE OVER CRITICISMS
"GLAD OF IT"
HIS DEMOCRATIC BEARING
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