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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... citizens on our own soil . ” And whereas this House is desirous to obtain a full knowl- edge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot on which the blood of our citizens was so shed was or was not at that time ...
... citizens on our own soil . ” And whereas this House is desirous to obtain a full knowl- edge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot on which the blood of our citizens was so shed was or was not at that time ...
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... citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States ; and that , therefore , thirdly , all State laws , whether organic or otherwise , which pro- hibit the citizens of one ...
... citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States ; and that , therefore , thirdly , all State laws , whether organic or otherwise , which pro- hibit the citizens of one ...
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... Citizens : I see myself surrounded by soldiers , and a little further off I note the citizens of this good city of Frederick , anxious to hear something from me . I can only say , as I did five minutes ago , it is not proper for me to ...
... Citizens : I see myself surrounded by soldiers , and a little further off I note the citizens of this good city of Frederick , anxious to hear something from me . I can only say , as I did five minutes ago , it is not proper for me 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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