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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Page 280
... probably would induce some of your friends , in like manner , to cast their votes . You understand . And now let me beg your pardon for obtruding this letter upon you , to whom I have ever been opposed in politics . Had your party ...
... probably would induce some of your friends , in like manner , to cast their votes . You understand . And now let me beg your pardon for obtruding this letter upon you , to whom I have ever been opposed in politics . Had your party ...
Page 523
... probably have acted just as the twenty - three did . Among that sixteen were several of the most noted anti- slavery men of those times - as Dr. Franklin , Alexander Hamilton and Gouverneur Morris - while there was not one now known to ...
... probably have acted just as the twenty - three did . Among that sixteen were several of the most noted anti- slavery men of those times - as Dr. Franklin , Alexander Hamilton and Gouverneur Morris - while there was not one now known to ...
Page 745
... probably define the elective franchise . I barely suggest for your private consideration , whether some of the colored people may not be let in - as , for instance , the very intelligent , and especially those who have fought gallantly ...
... probably define the elective franchise . I barely suggest for your private consideration , whether some of the colored people may not be let in - as , for instance , the very intelligent , and especially those who have fought gallantly ...
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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