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]