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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... United States , shall be then , thenceforward and forever free ; and the Executive Government of the United States , including the military and naval authority thereof , will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons , and will ...
... United States , shall be then , thenceforward and forever free ; and the Executive Government of the United States , including the military and naval authority thereof , will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons , and will ...
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... United States Congress to aid the rebellion ; all who re- signed commissions in the army or navy of the United States , and afterwards aided the rebellion ; and all who have engaged in any way in treating colored persons or white ...
... United States Congress to aid the rebellion ; all who re- signed commissions in the army or navy of the United States , and afterwards aided the rebellion ; and all who have engaged in any way in treating colored persons or white ...
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... United States . The ports of Norfolk , Fernandina , and Pensacola have been opened by proclamation . It is hoped that foreign merchants will now consider whether it is not safer and more profitable to them- selves , as well as just to ...
... United States . The ports of Norfolk , Fernandina , and Pensacola have been opened by proclamation . It is hoped that foreign merchants will now consider whether it is not safer and more profitable to them- selves , as well as just to ...
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Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Copyright | |
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