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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... Dear Sir : Washington , Jan : 5. 1849 Your note , requesting my " signature with a sentiment " was received , and should have been answered long since , but that it was mislaid . I am not a very sentimental man ; and the best sen ...
... Dear Sir : Washington , Jan : 5. 1849 Your note , requesting my " signature with a sentiment " was received , and should have been answered long since , but that it was mislaid . I am not a very sentimental man ; and the best sen ...
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... dear Sir Springfield , Novr . 19 1858 Yours of the 13th . was received some days ago . The fight must go on . The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even , one hundred defeats . Douglas had the inge ...
... dear Sir Springfield , Novr . 19 1858 Yours of the 13th . was received some days ago . The fight must go on . The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even , one hundred defeats . Douglas had the inge ...
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... dear Sir : Executive Mansion , Washington , March 13. , 1864 . I congratulate you on having fixed your name in history as the first - free - state Governor of Louisiana Now you are about to have a Convention which , among other things ...
... dear Sir : Executive Mansion , Washington , March 13. , 1864 . I congratulate you on having fixed your name in history as the first - free - state Governor of Louisiana Now you are about to have a Convention which , among other things ...
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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