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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Lincoln's Development as a Writer | |
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| Selections, with Notes | |
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| To the People of Sangamo County: Political Announcement, March 9, 1832 | |
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| Announcement of Political Views in Sangamo Journal, June 13, 1836 | |
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| Letter to Colonel Robert Allen, June 21, 1836 | |
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| Letter to Miss Mary Owens, December 13, 1836 | |
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| Speech in the Illinois Legislature, January 11, 1837 | |
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| Letter to Miss Mary Owens, May 7, 1837 | |
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| Letter to Miss Mary Owens, August 16, 1837 | |
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| The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838 | |
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| Letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, April 1, 1838 | |
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| The Sub-Treasury: Speech at a Political Discussion in the Hall of the House of Representatives at Springfield, Illinois, December [26], 1839 | |
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| Letter to John T. Stuart, January 20, 1841 | |
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| Letter to John T. Stuart, January 23, 1841 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, June 19, 1841 | |
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| Letter to Miss Mary Speed, September 27, 1841 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, January 3, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 3, 1842 | |
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| Eulogy on Benjamin Ferguson, February 8, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 13, 1842 | |
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| Temperance Address Delivered Before the Springfield Washington Temperance Society, February 22, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 27, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, July 4, 1842 | |
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| A Letter from the Lost Townships, August 27, 1842 | |
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| Correspondence About the Lincoln-Shields Duel, September 17, 1842 | |
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| Memorandum of Instructions to E. H. Merryman, Lincoln's Second, September 19, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 5, 1842 | |
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| Letter to James S. Irwin, November 2, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Samuel D. Marshall, November 11, 1842 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 24, 1843 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, May 18, 1843 | |
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| Letter to Williamson Durley, October 3, 1845 | |
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| Letter to Henry E. Dummer, November 18, 1845 | |
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| Letter to B. F. James, February 9, 1846 | |
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| Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder, April 15, 1846 | |
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| Letter to Andrew Johnston, April 18, 1846 | |
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| Religious Views: Letter to the Editor of the Illinois Gazette, August 11, 1846 | |
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| Letter to Andrew Johnston, September 6, 1846 | |
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| My Childhood Home I See Again, 1846 | |
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| The Bear Hunt, [1846] | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 22, 1846 | |
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| Letter to William H. Herndon, December 12, 1847 | |
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| Resolutions in the United States House of Representatives, December 22, 1847 | |
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| The War with Mexico: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, January 12, 1848 | |
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| Letter to William H. Herndon, February 1, 1848 | |
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| Letter to William H. Herndon, February 2, 1848 | |
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| Letter to William H. Herndon, February 15, 1848 | |
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| Letter to Usher F. Linder, March 22, 1848 | |
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| Letter to David Lincoln, March 24, 1848 | |
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| Letter to David Lincoln, April 2, 1848 | |
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| Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, April 16, 1848 | |
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| Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, June 12, 1848 | |
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| Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, July 2, 1848 | |
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| Letter to William H. Herndon, July 11, 1848 | |
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| The Presidential Question: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, July 27, 1848 | |
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| Letters to Thomas Lincoln and John D. Johnston, December 24, 1848 | |
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| Letter to William H. Herndon, January 5, 1849 | |
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| Letter to C. U. Schlater, January 5, 1849 | |
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| Letter to C. R. Welles, February 20, 1849 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 20, 1849 | |
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| Letter to Abram Bale, February 22, 1850 | |
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| Letter to John D. Johnston, January 12, 1851 | |
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| Letter to Andrew McCallen, July 4, 1851 | |
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| Letter to John D. Johnston, November 4, 1851 | |
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| Letter to John D. Johnston, November 9, 1851 | |
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| Letter to John D. Johnston, November 25, 1851 | |
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| Eulogy on Henry Clay Delivered in the State House at Springfield, Illinois, July 6, 1852 | |
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| Fragments: On Slavery, [July 1, 1854?] | |
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| Letter to J. M. Palmer, September 7, 1854 | |
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| The 14th Section: An Editorial in the Illinois Journal, September 11, 1854 | |
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| The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the Propriety of Its Restoration: Speech at Peoria, Illinois, in Reply to Senator Douglas, October 16, 1854 | |
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| Letter to E. B. Washburne, December 14, 1854 | |
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| Letter to E. B. Washburne, February 9, 1855 | |
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| Letter to Owen Lovejoy, August 11, 1855 | |
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| Letter to George Robertson, August 15, 1855 | |
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| Letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855 | |
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| Letter to Isham Reavis, November 5, 1855 | |
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| Letter to R. P. Morgan, February 13, 1856 | |
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| Fremont, Buchanan, and the Extension of Slavery: Speech Delivered livered at Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 27, 1856 | |
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| Letter to Julian M. Sturtevant, September 27, 1856 | |
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| Sectionalism, [October 1?], 1856 | |
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| The Dred Scott Decision: Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857 | |
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| Letter to E. B. Washburne, April 26, 1858 | |
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| Letter to E. B. Washburne, May 15, 1858 | |
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| Letter to Jediah F. Alexander, May 15, 1858 | |
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| Letter to E. B. Washburne, May 27, 1858 | |
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| Letter to Samuel Wilkinson, June 10, 1858 | |
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| A House Divided: Speech Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, at the Close of the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858 | |
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| Letter to Joseph Medill, June 25, 1858 | |
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| Letter to James W. Somers, June 25, 1858 | |
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| Speech in Reply to Douglas at Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858 | |
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| Speech in Reply to Douglas at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858 | |
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| Letter to John Mathers, July 20, 1858 | |
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| Letter to Henry Asbury, July 31, 1858 | |
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| Fragment: On Slavery, [August 1, 1858?] | |
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| Letter to Henry E. Dummer, August 5, 1858 | |
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| First Debate, at Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858 | |
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| Fragment: Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858 | |
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| Letter to M. P. Sweet, September 16, 1858 | |
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| Verses: To Rosa, September 28, 1858 | |
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| Verses: To Linnie, September 30, 1858 | |
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| Fragment: On Slavery, [October 1, 1858?] | |
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| Letter to J. N. Brown, October 18, 1858 | |
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| Last Speech in Springfield, Illinois, in the Campaign of 1858, [October 30, 1858] | |
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| Letter to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858 | |
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| Letter to Doctor C. H. Ray, November 20, 1858 | |
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| Notes of An Argument, [December ?], 1858 | |
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| Letter to James T. Thornton, December 2, 1858 | |
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| Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 11, 1858 | |
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| Letter to H. L. Pierce and Others, April 6, 1859 | |
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| Letter to T. J. Pickett, April 16, 1859 | |
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| Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 9, 1859 | |
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| Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 20, 1859 | |
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| Agriculture: Annual Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859 | |
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| Written by Lincoln in the Autograph Album of Mary Delahay, December 7, 1859 | |
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| Letter to William Kellogg, December 11, 1859 | |
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| Letter to G. W. Dole, G. S. Hubbard, and W. H. Brown, December 14, 1859 | |
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| Letter to J. W. Fell Inclosing Autobiography, December 20, 1859 | |
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| Fragment: The Constitution and the Union, [1860?] | |
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| Letter to M. W. Packard, February 10, 1860 | |
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| Letter to O. P. Hall, J. R. Fullinwider, and U. F. Correll, February 14, 1860 | |
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| Address at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860 | |
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| Letter to Mark W. Delahay, March 16, 1860 | |
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| Letter to F. C. Herburger, April 7, 1860 | |
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| Letter to Lyman Trumbull, April 29, 1860 | |
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| Letter to George Ashmun, May 23, 1860 | |
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| Letter to Samuel Haycraft and Autobiography, May 28, 1860 | |
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| Letter to Charles C. Nott, May 31, 1860 | |
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| Short Autobiography Written for the Campaign of 1860, June [1?], 1860 | |
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| Letter to Samuel Galloway, June 19, 1860 | |
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| Letter to Abraham Jonas, July 21, 1860 | |
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| Letter to George Latham, July 22, 1860 | |
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| Letter to Charles C. Nott, September 22, 1860 | |
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| Letter to Mrs. M. J. Green, September 22, 1860 | |
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| Letter to Miss Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860 | |
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| Letter to George T. M. Davis, October 27, 1860 | |
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| Letter to H. J. Raymond, November 28, 1860 | |
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| Letter to William Kellogg, December 11, 1860 | |
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| Letter to John D. Defrees, December 18, 1860 | |
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| Letter to A. H. Stephens, December 22, 1860 | |
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| Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861 | |
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| Speech at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 11, 1861 | |
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| Address to Germans at Cincinnati, Ohio, February 12, 1861 | |
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| Address to the Senate of New Jersey, February 21, 1861 | |
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| Address to the Assembly of New Jersey, February 21, 1861 | |
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| Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 | |
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| First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 | |
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| Reply to Secretary Seward's Memorandum, April 1, 1861 | |
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| Letter to Colonel E. E. Ellsworth, April 15, 1861 | |
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| Letter to Colonel E. E. Ellsworth's Parents, May 25, 1861 | |
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| Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861 | |
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| Proclamation of a National Fast-Day, August 12, 1861 | |
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| Letter to Governor Beriah Magoffin, August 24, 1861 | |
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| Letter to O. H. Browning, September 22, 1861 | |
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| Letter to Major [G. D.?] Ramsay, October 17, 1861 | |
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| Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861 | |
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| Letter to Mrs. Susannah Weathers, December 4, 1861 | |
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| Telegram to General D. C. Buell, January 4, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General D. C. Buell, January 6, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General A. E. Burnside, January 28, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General G. B. McClellan, April 9, 1862 | |
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| Letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, April 16, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General G. B. McClellan, May 9, 1862 | |
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| Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, May 28, 1862 | |
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| Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, June 28, 1862 | |
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| Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 1, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 2, 1862 | |
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| Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 3, 1862 | |
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| Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 5, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 13, 1862 | |
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| Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862 | |
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| Letter to John M. Clay, August 9, 1862 | |
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| Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 | |
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| Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, September 15, 1862 | |
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| Testimonial for Doctor Isachar Zacharie, September 22, 1862 | |
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| Letter to John Ross, September 25, 1862 | |
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| Meditation on the Divine Will, September [30?], 1862 | |
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| Remarks to the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Maryland, October 4, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General G. B. McClellan, October 13, 1862 | |
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| Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 24, 1862 | |
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| Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 27, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 10, 1862 | |
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| Letter to Samuel Treat, November 19, 1862 | |
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| Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 24, 1862 | |
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| Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862 | |
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| Letter to Miss Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862 | |
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| Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General J. A. McClernand, January 22, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863 | |
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| Letter to Governor Andrew Johnson, March 26, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General Joseph Hooker, May 7, 1863 | |
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| Letter to Isaac N. Arnold, May 26, 1863 | |
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| Telegram to General Joseph Hooker, June 5, 1863 | |
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| Letter to Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863 | |
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| Telegram to General Joseph Hooker, June 14, 1863 | |
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| Response to a Serenade, July 7, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General U. S. Grant, July 13, 1863 | |
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| Draft of Letter to General G. G. Meade, July 14, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General H. W. Halleck, July 29, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General N. P. Banks, August 5, 1863 | |
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| Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, August 8, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General J. A. McClernand, August 12, 1863 | |
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| Letter to J. H. Hackett, August 17, 1863 | |
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| Letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863 | |
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| Letter to James C. Conkling, August 27, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General H. W. Halleck, September 19, 1863 | |
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| Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863 | |
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| Telegram to General G. G. Meade, October 8, 1863 | |
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| Letter to General H. W. Halleck, October 16, 1863 | |
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| Letter to J. H. Hackett, November 2, 1863 | |
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| Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, November 11, 1863 | |
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| Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863 | |
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| Letter to Edward Everett, November 20, 1863 | |
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| Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863 | |
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| Letter to Crafts J. Wright and C. K. Hawkes, January 7, 1864 | |
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| Letter to General N. P. Banks, January 31, 1864 | |
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| Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, March 1, 1864 | |
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| Letter to Governor Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864 | |
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| Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, March 15, 1864 | |
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| Memorandum for Mrs. S. W. Hunt, April 11, 1864 | |
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| Address at a Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, April 18, 1864 | |
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| Letter to General U. S. Grant, April 30, 1864 | |
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| Speech at a Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, June 16, 1864 | |
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| Letter to William Dennison and Others, a Committee of the National Union Convention, June 27, 1864 | |
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| Letter to Horace Greeley, July 15, 1864 | |
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| Address to the 164th Ohio Regiment, August 18, 1864 | |
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| Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment, August 22, 1864 | |
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| Letter to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, September 4, 1864 | |
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| Letter to General U. S. Grant, September 22, 1864 | |
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| Letter to Henry W. Hoffman, October 10, 1864 | |
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| Response to a Serenade, October 19, 1864 | |
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| Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 20, 1864 | |
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| Telegram to General P. H. Sheridan, October 22, 1864 | |
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| Response to a Serenade, November 10, 1864 | |
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| Letter to General W. S. Rosecrans, November 19, 1864 | |
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| Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864 | |
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| Story Written for Noah Brooks, December [6?], 1864 | |
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| Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864 | |
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| Letter to General W. T. Sherman, December 26, 1864 | |
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| Letter to General U. S. Grant, January 19, 1865 | |
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| Terms for General R. E. Lee's Capitulation, March 3, 1865 | |
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| Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 | |
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| Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865 | |
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| Address to the 140th Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865 | |
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| Telegram to General U. S. Grant, April 2, 1865 | |
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| Last Public Address, April 11, 1865 | |
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| Telegram to General Godfrey Weitzel, April 12, 1865 | |
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| Sources and Bibliography | |
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| Sources of Text | |
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| Works Cited in the Notes | |
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| Index | |