Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings

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Stanford University Press, 1977 - History - 288 pages
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Contents

of Sangamo County March 9 1832
31
Letter to Mary Speed Sep
45
Letter to William H Herndon
58
Letter to John D Johnston January 12 1851
65
Eulogy on Henry Clay July 6 1852
66
Two Undated Fragments from Lincolns Hand
69
Speech at Peoria Illi nois October 16 1854
71
Letter to William H Henderson February 21 1855
78
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation September 22 1862
194
Letter to Hannibal Ham lin September 28 1862
196
Letter to George B McClellan Octo ber 13 1862
197
Letter to Carl Schurz Novem ber 10 1862
200
Annual Message to Congress December 1 1862
202
Letter to Fanny McCul lough December 23 1862
209
Emancipation Proclama tion January 1 1863
210
Letter to John A
212

Letter to Owen Lovejoy
79
August 11 1855
81
Form Letter to Fill more Men September October 1856
84
Speech at a Republican Banquet in Chicago December 10 1856
86
Speech at Springfield Illinois June 26 1857
88
Letter to Lyman Trumbull December 28 1857
93
The House Divided Speech June 16 1858
94
Extracts from the Lincoln Douglas Debates August to October 1858
103
Extracts from the Lin colnDouglas Debates August to October 1858
112
Letter to Norman B Judd October 20 1858
118
Letter to Henry L
119
Speech at Colum bus Ohio September 16 1859
121
Letter to William E Frazer November 1 1859
129
Letter to Jesse W Fell December 20 1859
130
March 24 1860
143
88
147
Presidential Proclamation April
160
Letter to Orville
173
Letter to Don C Buell January 13 1862
184
Letter to George B
185
Presidential Proclamation May 19 1862
188
Letter to George B McClellan June 28 1862
189
Letter to Rey erdy Johnson July 26 1862
190
Letter to Horace Greeley August 22 1862
192
Meditation on the Divine Will September 1862
193
Reply to the Work ingmen of Manchester January 19 1863
214
Letter to Joseph Hooker January 26 1863
216
Memorandum April 1863
217
Endorsement April 28 1863 on Letter from Francis L Capen
218
Letter to Isaac N Arnold May 26 1863
219
Letter to John M Scho field May 27 1863
221
Telegram to Joseph Hooker
222
June 10 1863
223
Letter to Joseph Hooker June 16 1863
228
Letter to William P Kellogg June 29 1863
229
Letter to Ulysses S Grant
231
July 13 1863
232
July 14 1863
234
Letters to James H Hack ett August 17 November 2 1863
236
Letter to James C Conk ling August 26 1863
238
Letter to Henry W Halleck September 19 1863
242
The Gettysburg Address Novem ber 19 1863
244
Presidential Proclama tion December 8 1863
245
Annual Message to Congress December 8 1863
249
Letter to Thomas Cott man December 15 1863
254
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About the author (1977)

Don E. Fehrenbacher is William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies Emeritus at Stanford University.

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TitleAbraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings
A Signet classic
Signet classic ; CT265
AuthorsAbraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher
Editionreprint, reissue
PublisherStanford University Press, 1977
ISBN0804709467, 9780804709460
Length288 pages
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History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
  
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