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Title: Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Release Date: January 17, 2005  [eBook #14721]

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SPEECHES AND LETTERS OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, 1832-1865***

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SPEECHES & LETTERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1832-1865

Edited by MERWIN ROE

London: Published
by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
and in New York
by E.P. Dutton & Co

First issue of this Edition 1907; Reprinted 1909, 1910, 1912

Mr. Bryce's Introduction to 'Lincoln's Speeches' is printed from plates
made and type set by the University Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.

Taken by permission from 'The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln,'
Century Company, 1894

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Assembled by Alan Liu on 3 September 2015 as individual files for each of Lincoln's writings and speeches in the volume.
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CONTENTS


1. Lincoln's First Public Speech--From an Address to the People of Sangamon
     County, March 9, 1832

2. Letter to Col. Robert Allen, June 21, 1836

3. From a Letter Published in the Sangamon "Journal," June 13, 1836

4. From his Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Jan. 27,
     1837

5. Letter to Mrs. O.H. Browning, Springfield, April 1, 1838

6. From a Political Debate, Springfield, Dec, 1839

7. Letter to W.G. Anderson, Lawrenceville, Ill., Oct. 31, 1840

8. Extract from a Letter to John T. Stuart, Springfield, Ill., Jan. 23,
     1841

9. From his Address before the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance
     Society, Feb. 22, 1842

10. From a Circular of the Whig Committee, March 4, 1843

11. From a Letter to Martin M. Morris, Springfield, Ill., March 26, 1843

12. From a Letter to Joshua F. Speed, Springfield, Ill., Oct. 22, 1846

13. From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, Jan. 8, 1848

14. From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, June 22, 1848

15. From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, July 10, 1848

16. Letter to John D. Johnston, Jan. 2, 1851

17. Letter to John D. Johnston, Shelbyville, Nov. 4, 1851

18. Note for Law Lecture--Written about July 1, 1850

19. A Fragment--Written about July 1, 1854

20. A Fragment on Slavery, July 1854

21. From his Reply to Senator Douglas, Peoria, Oct. 16, 1854

22. From a Letter to the Hon. Geo. Robertson, Lexington, Ky.; Springfield,
     Ill., Aug. 15, 1855

23. From a Letter to Joshua F. Speed, Aug. 24, 1855

24. Lincoln's "Lost Speech," May 19, 1856

25. Speech on the Dred Scott Case, Springfield, Ill., June 26, 1857

26. The "Divided House" Speech, Springfield, Ill., June 17, 1858

27. From his Speech at Chicago in Reply to the Speech of Judge Douglas, July
     10, 1858

28. From a Speech at Springfield, Ill., July 17, 1858

29. From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas in the First Joint Debate, Ottawa, Ill.,
     Aug. 21, 1858

30. From Lincoln's Rejoinder to Judge Douglas at Freeport, Ill., Aug. 27,
     1858

31. From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas at Jonesboro', Sept. 15, 1858

32. From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas at Charleston, Ill., Sept. 18, 1858

33. From Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 7, 1858

34. Notes for Speeches--Written about Oct. 1, 1858

35. From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas in the Seventh and Last Joint Debate, at
     Alton, Ill., Oct. 15, 1858

36. From Speech at Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1859

37. From Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1859

38. From a Letter to J.W. Fell, Dec. 20, 1859

39. From the Address at Cooper Institute, N.Y., Feb. 27, 1860

40. Lincoln's Farewell to the Citizens of Springfield, Ill., Feb. 11, 1861

41. Letter to Hon. Geo. Ashmun, Accepting the Nomination for Presidency, May
     23, 1860

42. Letter to Miss Grace Bedell, Springfield, Ill., Oct. 19, 1860

43. From his Address to the Legislature at Indianapolis, Feb. 12, 1861

44. From his Address to the Legislature at Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 13, 1861

45. From his Remarks at Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 15, 1861

46. From his Address at Trenton, N.J., Feb. 21, 1861

47. Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1861

48. His Reply to the Mayor of Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 1861

49. First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861

50. Address at Utica, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1861

51. From his First Message to Congress, at the Special Session, July 4, 1861

52. From his Message to Congress at its Regular Session, Dec. 3, 1861

53. Letter to Gen. G.B. McClellan, Washington, Feb. 3, 1862

54. Proclamation Revoking Gen. Hunter's Order Setting the Slaves Free, May
     19, 1862

55. Appeal to the Border States in Behalf of Compensated Emancipation, July
     12, 1862

56. From Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862

57. Letter to August Belmont, July 31, 1862

58. Letter to Horace Greeley, Aug. 22, 1862

59. From his Reply to the Chicago Committee of United Religious
     Denominations, Sept. 13, 1862

60. From the Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862

61. Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863

62. Letter to General Grant, July 13, 1863

63. Letter to ---- Moulton, Washington, July 31, 1863

64. Letter to Mrs. Lincoln, Washington, Aug. 8, 1863

65. Letter to James H. Hackett, Washington, Aug. 17, 1863

66. Note to Secretary Stanton, Washington, Nov. 11, 1863

67. Letter to James C. Conkling, Aug. 26, 1863

68. His Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving, Oct. 3, 1863

69. Remarks at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Nov.
     19, 1863

70. From his Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 8, 1863

71. Letter to Secretary Stanton, Washington, March 1, 1864

72. Letter to Governor Michael Hahn, Washington, March 13, 1864

73. Address at a Sanitary Fair, March 18, 1864

74. Letter to A.G. Hodges, April 4, 1864

75. Address at a Sanitary Fair at Baltimore, April 18, 1864

76. Letter to General Grant, April 30, 1864

77. From Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment, Aug. 22, 1864

78. Reply to a Serenade, Nov. 10, 1864

79. Letter to Mrs. Bixley, Nov. 21, 1864

80. Letter to General Grant, Washington, Jan. 19, 1865

81. Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

82. Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865

83. From an Address to an Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865

84. His Last Public Address, April 11, 1865