THE PAPERS AND WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

VOLUME ONE

CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION

Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley
With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
The Essay on Lincoln by Carl Schurz
The Address on Lincoln by Joseph Choate


CONTENTS


[ VOLUME 1. ]

[ INTRODUCTORY ]

[ INTRODUCTORY NOTE ]

[ ABRAHAM LINCOLN: AN ESSAY BY CARL SHURZ ]

[ ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BY JOSEPH H. CHOATE ]


[ THE WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1832-1843 ]

[ 1832 ]

[ ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF SANGAMON COUNTY. ]


[ 1833 ]

[ TO E. C. BLANKENSHIP. ]

[ RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR POSTAGE RECEIPT ]


[ 1836 ]

[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLITICAL VIEWS. ]

[ RESPONSE TO POLITICAL SMEAR ]

[ TO MISS MARY OWENS. ]


[ 1837 ]

[ SPEECH IN ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. ]

[ OPPOSITION TO MOB-RULE ]

[ PROTEST IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY. ]

[ TO MISS MARY OWENS. ]

[ TO JOHN BENNETT. ]

[ TO MARY OWENS. ]

[ LEGAL SUIT OF WIDOW v.s. Gen. ADAMS ]

[ LINCOLN AND TALBOTT IN REPLY TO GEN. ADAMS. ]

[ Gen. ADAMS CONTROVERSY—CONTINUED ]


[ 1838 ]

[ TO Mrs. O. H. BROWNING—A FARCE ]


[ 1839 ]

[ REMARKS ON SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS ]

[ TO ——— ROW. ]

[ SPEECH ON NATIONAL BANK ]

[ TO JOHN T. STUART. ]


[ 1840 ]

[ CIRCULAR FROM WHIG COMMITTEE. ]

[ TO JOHN T. STUART. ]

[ RESOLUTION IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. ]

[ RESOLUTION IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. ]

[ REMARKS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. ]

[ REMARKS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. ]


[ 1841 ]

[ TO JOHN T. STUART—ON DEPRESSION ]

[ REMARKS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. ]

[ CIRCULAR FROM WHIG COMMITTEE. ]

[ AGAINST THE REORGANIZATION OF THE JUDICIARY. ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED—MURDER CASE ]

[ STATEMENT ABOUT HARRY WILTON. ]

[ TO MISS MARY SPEED—PRACTICAL SLAVERY ]


[ 1842 ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED—ON MARRIAGE ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED. ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED—ON DEPRESSION ]

[ TO G. B. SHELEDY. ]

[ TO GEORGE E. PICKETT—ADVICE TO YOUTH ]

[ ADDRESS BEFORE THE SPRINGFIELD WASHINGTONIAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED. ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED—ON MARRIAGE CONCERNS ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED. ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED. ]

[ A LETTER FROM THE LOST TOWNSHIPS ]

[ LOST TOWNSHIPS ]

[ INVITATION TO HENRY CLAY. ]

[ CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT THE LINCOLN-SHIELDS DUEL. ]

[ TO J. SHIELDS. ]

[ TO A. LINCOLN FROM JAS. SHIELDS ]

[ MEMORANDUM OF INSTRUCTIONS TO E. H. MERRYMAN, ]

[ TO JOSHUA F. SPEED. ]

[ TO JAMES S. IRWIN. ]


[ 1843 ]

[ RESOLUTIONS AT A WHIG MEETING AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, MARCH 1, 1843. ]

[ CIRCULAR FROM WHIG COMMITTEE. ]

[ TO JOHN BENNETT. ]

[ JOSHUA F. SPEED. ]

[ TO MARTIN M. MORRIS. ]

[ TO MARTIN M. MORRIS. ]

[ TO GEN. J. J. HARDIN. ]


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