Abraham LincolnThis volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces- the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican State Convention Speech and the Emancipation Proclamation - but hundreds of lesser-known ones, including excerpts from the Lincoln-Douglas debates, letters to Grant, McClellan, Stanton and his wife, and various meditations, verses and fragments. |
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... democratic member . The masses too , democratic as well as whig , were even , nearer unanamous [ sic ] against it ; but as soon as the party necessity of supporting it , became apparent , the way the democracy began to see the wisdom ...
... democratic member . The masses too , democratic as well as whig , were even , nearer unanamous [ sic ] against it ; but as soon as the party necessity of supporting it , became apparent , the way the democracy began to see the wisdom ...
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... Democratic party , which , from the days of Jefferson until this period , has proven itself to be the historic party of this nation . While the Whig and Democratic parties differed in regard to a bank , the tariff , distribution , the ...
... Democratic party , which , from the days of Jefferson until this period , has proven itself to be the historic party of this nation . While the Whig and Democratic parties differed in regard to a bank , the tariff , distribution , the ...
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... Democratic party united in Illinois in adopting resolutions indorsing and approving the principles of the Compromise ... Democratic convention assembled in Baltimore in the same year , for the purpose of nominating a Democratic candidate ...
... Democratic party united in Illinois in adopting resolutions indorsing and approving the principles of the Compromise ... Democratic convention assembled in Baltimore in the same year , for the purpose of nominating a Democratic candidate ...
Contents
Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Copyright | |
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