VOLUME TWO

CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION

Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley

[ VOLUME ONE ]
[ VOLUME TWO ]
[ VOLUME THREE ]
[ VOLUME FOUR ]
[ VOLUME FIVE ]
[ VOLUME SIX ]
[ VOLUME SEVEN ]

CONTENTS

[ VOLUME II., 1843-1858 ]

[ 1843 ]

[ FIRST CHILD ]

[ 1844 ]

[ TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN. ]

[ 1845 ]

[ SELECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES ]

[ TO ——— WILLIAMS, ]

[ ABOLITION MOVEMENT ]

[ 1846 ]

[ REQUEST FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT ]

[ TO JOHN BENNETT. ]

[ TO N. J. ROCKWELL. ]

[ TO JAMES BERDAN. ]

[ VERSES WRITTEN BY LINCOLN AFTER A VISIT TO HIS OLD HOME IN INDIANA ]

[ SECOND CHILD ]

[ TO MORRIS AND BROWN ]

[ TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON ]

[ TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ]

[ REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ]

[ 1848 ]

[ DESIRE FOR SECOND TERM IN CONGRESS ]

[ SPEECH ON DECLARATION OF WAR ON MEXICO ]

[ REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 19, 1848. ]

[ TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON—LEGAL WORK ]

[ REGARDING SPEECH ON MEXICAN WAR ]

[ TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON. ]

[ ON THE MEXICAN WAR ]

[ REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ]

[ REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 29, 1848. ]

[ TO ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS. ]

[ REMARKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ]

[ ON TAYLOR'S NOMINATION ]

[ DEFENSE OF MEXICAN WAR POSITION ]

[ ON ZACHARY TAYLOR NOMINATION ]

[ SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ]

[ OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG POLITICIANS ]

[ SALARY OF JUDGE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA ]

[ NATIONAL BANK ]

[ YOUNG v.s. OLD—POLITICAL JEALOUSY ]

[ GENERAL TAYLOR AND THE VETO ]

[ SPEECH DELIVERED AT WORCESTER, MASS., ON SEPT. 12, 1848. ]

[ HIS FATHER'S REQUEST FOR MONEY ]

[ 1849 ]

[ BILL GRANTING LANDS TO THE STATES TO MAKE RAILWAYS AND CANALS ]

[ ON FEDERAL POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS ]

[ MORE POLITICAL PATRONAGE REQUESTS ]

[ TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ]

[ TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. ]

[ TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. ]

[ TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. ]

[ TO THOMPSON. ]

[ TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. ]

[ TO J. GILLESPIE. ]

[ REQUEST FOR GENERAL LAND-OFFICE APPPOINTMENT ]

[ REQUEST FOR A PATENT ]

[ TO THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. ]

[ TO W. H. HERNDON. ]

[ TO J. GILLESPIE. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY WITH THE CAUSE OF HUNGARIAN FREEDOM, ]

[ TO Dr. WILLIAM FITHIAN. ]

[ SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 15, 1849. ]

[ 1850 ]

[ RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF JUDGE NATHANIEL POPE. ]

[ NOTES FOR LAW LECTURE ]

[ 1851 ]

[ LETTERS TO FAMILY MEMBERS ]

[ TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. ]

[ TO C. HOYT. ]

[ TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. ]

[ PETITION ON BEHALF OF ONE JOSHUA GIPSON ]

[ TO J. D. JOHNSTON. ]

[ Nov. 4, 1851 ]

[ TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. ]

[ 1852 ]

[ EULOGY ON HENRY CLAY, ]

[ CHALLENGED VOTERS ]

[ 1853 ]

[ LEGAL OFFICE WORK ]

[ TO JOSHUA R. STANFORD. ]

[ 1854 ]

[ NEBRASKA MEASURE ]

[ TO A. B. MOREAU. ]

[ REPLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS—PEORIA SPEECH ]

[ REQUEST FOR SENATE SUPPORT ]

[ TO T. J. HENDERSON. ]

[ TO J. GILLESPIE. ]

[ POLITICAL REFERENCES ]

[ TO T. J. HENDERSON. ]

[ 1855 ]

[ LOSS OF PRIMARY FOR SENATOR ]

[ RETURN TO LAW PROFESSION ]

[ TO O. H. BROWNING. ]

[ TO H. C. WHITNEY. ]

[ RESPONSE TO A PRO-SLAVERY FRIEND ]

[ 1856 ]

[ REQUEST FOR A RAILWAY PASS ]

[ SPEECH DELIVERED BEFORE THE FIRST REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION ]

[ POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE ]

[ ON OUT-OF-STATE CAMPAIGNERS ]

[ REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN SPEECH ]

[ ON THE DANGER OF THIRD-PARTIES ]

[ TO JESSE K. DUBOIS. ]

[ TO HARRISON MALTBY. ]

[ TO Dr. R. BOAL. ]

[ TO HENRY O'CONNER, MUSCATINE, IOWA. ]

[ AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY OF BUCHANAN ]

[ TO Dr. R. BOAL. ]

[ 1857 ]

[ RESPONSE TO A DOUGLAS SPEECH ]

[ TO WILLIAM GRIMES. ]

[ ARGUMENT IN THE ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE CASE. ]

[ TO JESSE K. DUBOIS. ]

[ TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE. ]

[ TO J. GILLESPIE. ]

[ TO H. C. WHITNEY. ]

[ 1858 ]

[ ANOTHER POLITICAL PATRONAGE REFERENCE ]

[ POLITICAL COMMUNICATION ]

[ BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ]

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