Great speeches

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The perpetuation of our political institutions: address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838

The Presidential question: speech in the United States House of Representatives, July 27, 1848

A house divided: speech delivered in Springfield, Illinois at the close of the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858

Last speech in Springfield, Illinois in the 1858 campaign, October 30, 1858

Address at Cooper Union, New York, February 27, 1860

Farewell address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861

First inaugural address, March 4, 1861

Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861

Proclamation of a national fast-day, August 12, 1861

Annual message to Congress, December 1, 1862

Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863

Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863

Address delivered at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1864. Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864

Second inaugural address, March 4, 1865

Last public address, April 11, 1865