CONTENTS
[Lincoln's First Public Speech—From an Address to the People of Sangamon County, March 9, 1832]
[Letter to Col. Robert Allen, June 21, 1836]
[From a Letter Published in the Sangamon "Journal," June 13, 1836]
[From his Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Jan. 27, 1837]
[Letter to Mrs. O.H. Browning, Springfield, April 1, 1838]
[From a Political Debate, Springfield, Dec, 1839]
[Letter to W.G. Anderson, Lawrenceville, Ill., Oct. 31, 1840]
[Extract from a Letter to John T. Stuart, Springfield, Ill., Jan. 23, 1841]
[From his Address before the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance Society, Feb. 22, 1842]
[From a Circular of the Whig Committee, March 4, 1843]
[From a Letter to Martin M. Morris, Springfield, Ill., March 26, 1843]
[From a Letter to Joshua F. Speed, Springfield, Ill., Oct. 22, 1846]
[From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, Jan. 8, 1848]
[From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, June 22, 1848]
[From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, July 10, 1848]
[Letter to John D. Johnston, Jan. 2, 1851]
[Letter to John D. Johnston, Shelbyville, Nov. 4, 1851]
[Note for Law Lecture—Written about July 1, 1850]
[A Fragment—Written about July 1, 1854]
[A Fragment on Slavery, July 1854]
[From his Reply to Senator Douglas, Peoria, Oct. 16, 1854]
[From a Letter to the Hon. Geo. Robertson, Lexington, Ky.; Springfield, Ill., Aug. 15, 1855]
[From a Letter to Joshua F. Speed, Aug. 24, 1855]
[Lincoln's "Lost Speech," May 19, 1856]
[Speech on the Dred Scott Case, Springfield, Ill., June 26, 1857]
[The "Divided House" Speech, Springfield, Ill., June 17, 1858]
[From his Speech at Chicago in Reply to the Speech of Judge Douglas, July 10, 1858]
[From a Speech at Springfield, Ill., July 17, 1858]
[From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas in the First Joint Debate, Ottawa, Ill., Aug. 21, 1858]
[From Lincoln's Rejoinder to Judge Douglas at Freeport, Ill., Aug. 27, 1858]
[From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas at Jonesboro', Sept. 15, 1858]
[From Lincoln's Reply to Douglas at Charleston, Ill., Sept. 18, 1858]
[From Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 7, 1858]
[Notes for Speeches—Written about Oct. 1, 1858]
[From Speech at Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1859]
[From Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1859]
[From a Letter to J.W. Fell, Dec. 20, 1859]
[From the Address at Cooper Institute, N.Y., Feb. 27, 1860]
[Lincoln's Farewell to the Citizens of Springfield, Ill., Feb. 11, 1861]
[Letter to Hon. Geo. Ashmun, Accepting the Nomination for Presidency, May 23, 1860]
[Letter to Miss Grace Bedell, Springfield, Ill., Oct. 19, 1860]
[From his Address to the Legislature at Indianapolis, Feb. 12, 1861]
[From his Address to the Legislature at Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 13, 1861]
[From his Remarks at Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 15, 1861]
[From his Address at Trenton, N.J., Feb. 21, 1861]
[Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1861]
[His Reply to the Mayor of Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 1861]
[First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861]
[Address at Utica, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1861]
[From his First Message to Congress, at the Special Session, July 4, 1861]
[From his Message to Congress at its Regular Session, Dec. 3, 1861]
[Letter to Gen. G.B. McClellan, Washington, Feb. 3, 1862]
[Proclamation Revoking Gen. Hunter's Order Setting the Slaves Free, May 19, 1862]
[Appeal to the Border States in Behalf of Compensated Emancipation, July 12, 1862]
[From Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862]
[Letter to August Belmont, July 31, 1862]
[Letter to Horace Greeley, Aug. 22, 1862]
[From his Reply to the Chicago Committee of United Religious Denominations, Sept. 13, 1862]
[From the Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862]
[Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863]
[Letter to General Grant, July 13, 1863]
[Letter to —— Moulton, Washington, July 31, 1863]
[Letter to Mrs. Lincoln, Washington, Aug. 8, 1863]
[Letter to James H. Hackett, Washington, Aug. 17, 1863]
[Note to Secretary Stanton, Washington, Nov. 11, 1863]
[Letter to James C. Conkling, Aug. 26, 1863]
[His Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving, Oct. 3, 1863]
[Remarks at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Nov. 19, 1863]
[From his Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 8, 1863]
[Letter to Secretary Stanton, Washington, March 1, 1864]
[Letter to Governor Michael Hahn, Washington, March 13, 1864]
[Address at a Sanitary Fair, March 18, 1864]
[Letter to A.G. Hodges, April 4, 1864]
[Address at a Sanitary Fair at Baltimore, April 18, 1864]
[Letter to General Grant, April 30, 1864]
[From Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment, Aug. 22, 1864]
[Reply to a Serenade, Nov. 10, 1864]
[Letter to Mrs. Bixley, Nov. 21, 1864]
[Letter to General Grant, Washington, Jan. 19, 1865]
[Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865]
[Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865]
[From an Address to an Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865]
[His Last Public Address, April 11, 1865]