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“Lincoln in His Writings” by Allan Nevins
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Chronology
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln
Address to the People of Sangamon County, Illinois, March 9, 1832
Announcement of Political Views, June 13, 1836
Letter to Robert Allen, June 21, 1836
Letter to Miss Mary Owens, December 13, 1836
Letter to Miss Mary Owens, May 7, 1837
Letter to Miss Mary Owens, August 16, 1837
Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, January 27, 1838
Letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, April 1, 1838
Letter to John T. Stuart, March 1, 1840
Letter to W. G. Anderson, October 31, 1840
Letter to John T. Stuart, January 20, 1841
Letter to John T. Stuart, January 23, 1841
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, June 19, 1841
Letter to Miss Mary Speed, September 27, 1841
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, January [3?], 1842
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 3, 1842
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 13, 1842
From an Address to the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance Society, February 22, 1842
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 27, 1842
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, July 4, 1842
Letter to James Shields, September 17, 1842
Memorandum of Instructions to E. H. Merryman, Lincoln’s Second in the Lincoln-Shields Duel, September 19, 1842
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October [4?], 1842
Letter to Samuel D. Marshall, November 11, 1842
Letter to Richard S. Thomas, February 14, 1843
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 24, 1843
Letter to Martin M. Morris, March 26, 1843
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, May 18, 1843
From a Letter to Rowland, Smith & Co., April 24, 1844
Letter to Williamson Durley, October 3, 1845
Letter to Andrew Johnston, April 18, 1846
Letter to Andrew Johnston, September 6, 1846
“The Bear Hunt” (1846)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 22, 1846
Letter to Andrew Johnston, February 25, 1847
From Notes for a Tariff Discussion, December 1, 1847 [?]
Resolutions in the United States House of Representatives, December 22, 1847
Letter to William H. Herndon, January 8, 1848
From a Speech in the United States House of Representatives on the Mexican War, January 12, 1848
Letter to William H. Herndon, February 1, 1848
Letter to William H. Herndon, February 2, 1848
Letter to William H. Herndon, February 15, 1848
Letter to David Lincoln, March 24, 1848
Letter to David Lincoln, April 2, 1848
Letter to Mary Lincoln, April 16, 1848
Letter to Mary Lincoln, June 12, 1848
Letter to William H. Herndon, June 22, 1848
Letter to Mary Lincoln, July 2, 1848
Letter to William H. Herndon, July 10, 1848
Letter to William H. Herndon, July 11, 1848
From a Speech in the House of Representatives, July 27, 1848
Letter to Thomas Lincoln, December 24, 1848
Letter to John D. Johnston, December 24, 1848
Letter to C. U. Schlater, January 5, 1849
Application for a Patent, May 22, 1849 [?]
Letter to J. M. Clayton, Secretary of State, July 28, 1849
Letter to J. M. Clayton, September 27, 1849
Letter to John D. Johnston, February 23, 1850
Notes for a Law Lecture, July 1, 1850 [?]
Letter to John D. Johnston, January 12, 1851
Two Letters to John D. Johnston, November 4, 25, 1851
Resolutions in Behalf of Hungarian Freedom, January 9, 1852
Letter to Jesse Lincoln, April 1, 1854
Speech at Peoria, Illinois, in Reply to Senator Douglas, October 16, 1854
Letter to E. B. Washburne, February 9, 1855
Letter to Owen Lovejoy, August 11, 1855
Letter to George Robertson, August 15, 1855
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855
Letter to Isham Reavis, November 5, 1855
Letter to George P. Floyd, February 21, 1856
Letter to Lyman Trumbull, June 7, 1856
From a Speech Made at Galena, Illinois, During the Frémont Campaign, July 23, 1856
Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 27, 1856
From a Speech on Sectionalism, October [2?], 1856
From a Speech at a Republican Banquet, Chicago, December 10, 1856
From a Speech in Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857
Letter to Hannah Armstrong, September, 1857
Speech Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, at the Republican State Convention which had made Lincoln its Candidate for United States Senator, June 16, 1858
Letter to John L. Scripps, June 23, 1858
From a Speech at Chicago, July 10, 1858
From a Speech at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858
Letter to Stephen A. Douglas, July 24, 1858
Letter to Stephen A. Douglas, July 29, 1858
Letter to Stephen A. Douglas, July 31, 1858
Letter to Henry Asbury, July 31, 1858
From Lincoln’s Reply in the First Joint Debate at Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858
From Lincoln’s Opening Speech at the Second Joint Debate at Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858
From Lincoln’s Rejoinder in the Second Joint Debate at Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858
From a Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858
From Lincoln’s Reply in the Third Joint Debate at Jonesboro, Illinois, September 15, 1858
From Lincoln’s Opening Speech at the Fourth Joint Debate at Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858
From Lincoln’s Rejoinder in the Fourth Joint Debate at Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858
Notes for Speeches, about October 1, 1858
From Lincoln’s Reply in the Fifth Joint Debate at Galesburg, Illinois, October 7, 1858
From Lincoln’s Opening Speech at the Sixth Joint Debate at Quincy, Illinois, October 13, 1858
From Lincoln’s Reply in the Seventh and Last Joint Debate at Alton, Illinois, October 15, 1858
Letter to Edward Lusk, October 30, 1858
Conclusion of a Speech at Springfield, Illinois, October 30, 1858
Letter to N. B. Judd, November 16, 1858
Letter to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858
From a Letter to A. G. Henry, November 19, 1858
Letter to Dr. B. Clarke Lundy, November 26, 1858
Letter to Alexander Sympson, December 12, 1858
Letter to Thomas J. Pickett, March 5, 1859
Letter to H. L. Pierce and Others, April 6, 1859
Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 9, 1859
Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 20, 1859
From a Speech at Columbus, Ohio, September 16, 1859
From a Speech at Cincinnati, September 17, 1859
From an Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859
Letter to J. W. Fell, December 20, 1859
Letter to A. Jonas, February 4, 1860
Address at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860
From a Speech at New Haven, Connecticut, March 6, 1860
From a Letter to Mark W. Delahay, March 16, 1860
Letter to E. Stafford, March 17, 1860
Letter to Samuel Galloway, March 24, 1860
Letter to C. F. McNeil, April 6, 1860
Reply to the Committee Sent to Notify Lincoln of his Nomination for President, May 21, 1860
Letter to George Ashmun and the Republican National Convention, May 23, 1860
Letter to Samuel Haycraft, May 28, 1860
Autobiographical Sketch Written for Use in Preparing a Campaign Biography, about June 1, 1860
Letter to F. A. Wood, June 1, 1860
Letter to Samuel Haycraft, June 4, 1860
Letter to Samuel Galloway, June 19, 1860
Letter to A. G. Henry, July 4, 1860
Letter to Hannibal Hamlin, July 18, 1860
Letter to A. Jonas, July 21, 1860
Letter to Samuel Haycraft, August 16, 1860
Letter to Samuel Haycraft, August 23, 1860
Letter to John Hanks, August 24, 1860
Letter to Anson G. Chester, September 5, 1860
Letter to Nathaniel Grigsby, September 20, 1860
Letter to Mrs. M. J. Green, September 22, 1860
Letter to Miss Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860
Letter to Major David Hunter, October 26, 1860
Letter to George D. Prentice, October 29, 1860
Letter to Hannibal Hamlin, November 8, 1860
Letter to Truman Smith, November 10, 1860
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, November 19, 1860
Letters to W. H. Seward, December 8, 1860
Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 10, 1860
Letter to E. B. Washburne, December 13, 1860
Letter to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860
Letter to Thurlow Weed, December 17, 1860
Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 21, 1860
Letter to Alexander H. Stephens, December 22, 1860
Letter to General Duff Green, December 28, 1860
Letter to W. H. Seward, January 3, 1861
Letter to J. T. Hale, January 11, 1861
From a Letter to W. H. Seward, February 1, 1861
Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861
From an Address to the Germans at Cincinnati, Ohio, February 12, 1861
From an Address at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1861
From an Address at Cleveland, Ohio, February 15, 1861
Address at Hudson, New York, February 19, 1861
Address at New York City, February 19, 1861
From an Address to the New Jersey Assembly, February 21, 1861
Speech at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861
From an Address at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861
First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
Note to Each of the Cabinet Members Asking for Opinions on Fort Sumter, March 15, 1861
Reply to Secretary Seward’s Memorandum, April 1, 1861
Proclamation Calling 75,000 Militia, and Convening Congress in Extra Session, April 15, 1861
Proclamation of Blockade, April 19, 1861
Letter to Reverdy Johnson, April 24, 1861
Letter to Colonel Ellsworth’s Parents, May 25, 1861
From the Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861
Memoranda of Military Policy (Written after the Defeat at Bull Run), July 23, 1861
Letter to General John C. Frémont, September 2, 1861
Order to General Frémont, September 11, 1861
Letter to O. H. Browning, September 22, 1861
Note to Major Ramsey, October 17, 1861
Order Retiring General Scott and Appointing General McClellan his Successor, November 1, 1861
From the Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861
Letter to Major-General Hunter, December 31, 1861
General War Order No. One, January 27, 1862
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, February 3, 1862
Respite and Confirmation of Sentence for Nathaniel Gordon, February 4, 1862
From a Message to Congress Recommending Compensated Emancipation, March 6, 1862
Letter to James A. McDougall, March 14, 1862
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, April 9, 1862
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, May 9, 1862
From the Proclamation Revoking General Hunter’s Order of Military Emancipation, May 19, 1862
Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, June, 1862
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, June 28, 1862
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 1, 1862
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 4, 1862
Emancipation Proclamation as First Submitted to the Cabinet, July 22, 1862
Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862
Letter to August Belmont, July 31, 1862
From a Letter to Count A. de Gasparin, August 4, 1862
From an Address at Washington, August 6, 1862
Letter to John M. Clay, August 9, 1862
From an Address on Colonization to a Negro Deputation at Washington, August 14, 1862
Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862
Reply to a Committee of Religious Denominations, Asking the President to Issue a Proclamation of Emancipation, September 13, 1862
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862
Letter to Hannibal Hamlin, September 28, 1862
Reply to an Address by Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, September [28?], 1862
Meditation on the Divine Will, September [30?], 1862
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, October 13, 1862
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 24, 1862
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 27, 1862
Order Relieving General G. B. McClellan, November 5, 1862
From a Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 10, 1862
From a Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 24, 1862
From the Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862
Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
Letter to the Workingmen of Manchester, England, January 19, 1863
Letter to General J. Hooker, January 26, 1863
Letter to Henry Winter Davis, March 18, 1863
Letter to Governor Andrew Johnson, March 26, 1863
Proclamation for a National Fast-Day, March 30, 1863
Telegram to General J. Hooker, June 5, 1863
Telegram to Mrs. Lincoln, June 9, 1863
From a Letter to Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863
Response to a Serenade, July 7, 1863
Letter to General Grant, July 13, 1863
Draft of Letter to General G. G. Meade, July 14, 1863
Letter to General O. O. Howard, July 21, 1863
From a Letter to Governor Horatio Seymour, August 7, 1863
Letter to Mrs. Lincoln, August 8, 1863
Opinion of the Draft, August [15?], 1863
Letter to James H. Hackett, August 17, 1863
Letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863
Telegram to Mrs. Hannah Armstrong, September 18, 1863
Letter to General H. W. Halleck, September 19, 1863
Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863
Letter to James H. Hackett, November 2, 1863
Note to Secretary E. M. Stanton, November 11, 1863
Address at the Dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, November 19, 1863
Letter to Edward Everett, November 20, 1863
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863
From the Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1863
Letter to General Daniel E. Sickles, February 15, 1864
Letter to Secretary Stanton, March 1, 1864
Letter to Governor Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864
Draft of Letter to Secretary Stanton, March 18, 1864
Remarks at a Sanitary Fair in Washington, March 18, 1864
From a Reply to a Committee from the New York Workingmen’s Association, March 21, 1864
Letter to A. G. Hodges, April 4, 1864
Address at Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, April 18, 1864
Telegram to Mrs. Lincoln, April 28, 1864
Letter to General U. S. Grant, April 30, 1864
Letter to John H. Bryant, May 30, 1864
Reply to the Committee Notifying President Lincoln of his Renomination, June 9, 1864
Reply to a Delegation from the National Union League, June 9, 1864
From a Speech at a Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1864
Letter to Secretary Chase, June 30, 1864
Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction, July 8, 1864
Letter to Horace Greeley, July 9, 1864
Telegram to General U. S. Grant, August 17, 1864
Address to the 164th Ohio Regiment, August 18, 1864
Memorandum to his Cabinet, August 23, 1864
Statement Written out for Ward Hill Lamon, September [12?], 1864
Pardon for Roswell McIntyre, October 4, 1864
Responses to Serenades on the Occasion of his Re-Election, November 9, 10, 1864
Letter to Mrs. Bixby, of Boston, Mass., November 21, 1864
From the Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864
Letter to General W. T. Sherman, December 26, 1864
Letter to General U. S. Grant, January 19, 1865
Instructions to Secretary Seward for the Hampton Roads Conference, January 31, 1865
Draft of Message to Congress, February 5, 1865
Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865
Address to an Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865
Telegram to Secretary Stanton, March 30, 1865
Telegram to Secretary Stanton, April 3, 1865
Telegram to General U. S. Grant, April 7, 1865
Last Public Address, April 11, 1865
Lincoln’s Last Writing, April 14, 1865
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