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Title page COPYRIGHT The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Volume 1: 1832-1843

CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY INTRODUCTORY NOTE ABRAHAM LINCOLN: AN ESSAY BY CARL SHURZ ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BY JOSEPH H. CHOATE 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.

Volume 2: 1843-1858

CONTENTS 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. 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, 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 TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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. TO J. D. JOHNSTON. NOV. 4, 1851 TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. 1852 EULOGY ON HENRY CLAY, CHALLENGED VOTERS 1853 LEGAL OFFICE WORK TO JOSHUA R. STANFORD. 1854 TO O. L. DAVIS. 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 TO JOHN E. ROSETTE. Private. 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,

Volume 3: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Part I

CONTENTS THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES I SPEECH AT CHICAGO, JULY 10, 1858. SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD, JULY 17, 1858. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS MR. LINCOLN TO MR. DOUGLAS. Mr. DOUGLAS TO Mr. LINCOLN. Mr. LINCOLN TO Mr. DOUGLAS. FIRST JOINT DEBATE, AT OTTAWA, SECOND JOINT DEBATE, AT FREEPORT, Mr. LINCOLN’S REJOINDER. THIRD JOINT DEBATE, AT JONESBORO, INTERROGATORIES: CAMPBELL’S REPLY.

Volume 4: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Part II

CONTENTS LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS FOURTH DEBATE, AT CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858. MR. LINCOLN’S REJOINDER. FIFTH JOINT DEBATE, AT GALESBURGH, OCTOBER 7, 1858 SIXTH JOINT DEBATE, AT QUINCY, OCTOBER 13, 1858. Mr. LINCOLN’S REJOINDER. LAST DEBATE, AT ALTON, OCTOBER 15, 1858

Volume 5: 1858-1862

CONTENTS 1858 TO SYDNEY SPRING, GRAYVILLE, ILL. TO H. C. WHITNEY. TO J. W. SOMERS. TO A. CAMPBELL. TO J. GILLESPIE. TO JOHN MATHERS, JACKSONVILLE, ILL. TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE. TO B. C. COOK. TO HON. J. M. PALMER. TO ALEXANDER SYMPSON. TO J. O. CUNNINGHAM. ON SLAVERY IN A DEMOCRACY. TO B. C. COOK. TO DR. WILLIAM FITHIAN, DANVILLE, ILL. FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT PARIS, ILL., SPEECH AT CLINTON, ILLINOIS, FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT EDWARDSVILLE, ILL., VERSE TO “LINNIE” NEGROES ARE MEN TO A. SYMPSON. SENATORIAL ELECTION LOST AND OUT OF MONEY THE FIGHT MUST GO ON REALIZATION THAT DEBATES MUST BE SAVED TO H. C. WHITNEY. TO H. D. SHARPE. TO A. SYMPSON. ON BANKRUPTCY. NOTES OF AN ARGUMENT. A LEGAL OPINION BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN. TO M. W. DELAHAY. TO W. M. MORRIS. TO H. L. PIERCE AND OTHERS. TO T. CANISIUS. TO THE GOVERNOR, AUDITOR, AND TREASURER OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. ON LINCOLN’S SCRAP BOOK 1859 FIRST SUGGESTION OF A PRESIDENTIAL OFFER. TO S. GALLOWAY. IT IS BAD TO BE POOR. SPEECH AT COLUMBUS, OHIO. SPEECH AT CINCINNATI OHIO, SEPTEMBER 17, 1859 ON PROTECTIVE TARIFFS ON MORTGAGES FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, TO G. W. DOLE, G. S. HUBBARD, AND W. H. BROWN. TO G. M. PARSONS AND OTHERS. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ON NOMINATION TO THE NATIONAL TICKET 1860 SPEECH AT NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, MARCH 6, 1860 RESPONSE TO AN ELECTOR’S REQUEST FOR MONEY TO J. W. SOMERS. ACCUSATION OF HAVING BEEN PAID FOR A POLITICAL SPEECH TO H. TAYLOR. TELEGRAM TO A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION REPLY TO THE COMMITTEE SENT BY THE CHICAGO CONVENTION TO INFORM ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT To C. B. SMITH. FORM OF REPLY PREPARED BY MR. LINCOLN, TO E. B. WASHBURNE. TO S. HAYCRAFT. ABRAHAM OR “ABRAM” UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN. TO A. JONAS. TO JOHN B. FRY. TO THURLOW WEED SLOW TO LISTEN TO CRIMINATIONS TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN TO E. B. WASHBURNE. TO W. H. HERNDON. TO L. M. BOND. LETTER SUGGESTING A BEARD EARLY INFORMATION ON ARMY DEFECTION IN SOUTH TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN TO SAMUEL HAYCRAFT. TO ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN BLOCKING “COMPROMISE” ON SLAVERY ISSUE OPINION ON SECESSION SOME FORTS SURRENDERED TO THE SOUTH TO A. H. STEPHENS. SUPPORT OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CLAUSE TO D. HUNTER. TO I. N. MORRIS ATTEMPT TO FORM A COALITION CABINET 1861 TO W. H. SEWARD. TO E. D. MORGAN PATRONAGE CLAIMS FAREWELL ADDRESS AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, REMARKS AT TOLONO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 11, 1861 REPLY TO ADDRESS OF WELCOME, INDIANAPOLIS, ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF INDIANA, AT INDIANAPOLIS, INTENTIONS TOWARD THE SOUTH ADDRESS TO THE GERMAN CLUB OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF OHIO AT COLUMBUS ADDRESS AT STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, ADDRESS AT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ADDRESS AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, ADDRESS AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ADDRESS AT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ADDRESS AT SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ADDRESS AT UTICA, NEW YORK, REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF ALBANY, NEW YORK REPLY TO GOVERNOR MORGAN OF NEW YORK, AT ALBANY, ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK, AT ALBANY, ADDRESS AT TROY, NEW YORK, ADDRESS AT POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, ADDRESS AT HUDSON, NEW YORK. ADDRESS AT PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK, ADDRESS AT FISHKILL LANDING REMARKS AT THE ASTOR HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY 19, 1861 ADDRESS AT NEW YORK CITY, REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, ADDRESS AT JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ADDRESS IN TRENTON AT THE TRENTON HOUSE, ADDRESS TO THE SENATE OF NEW JERSEY ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY OF NEW JERSEY, REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ADDRESS IN THE HALL OF INDEPENDENCE, PHILADELPHIA, REPLY TO THE WILMINGTON DELEGATION, ADDRESS AT LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA, AT HARRISBURG, REPLY TO THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, D.C., REPLY TO A SERENADE AT WASHINGTON, D.C., WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1861 FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, MARCH 4, 1861 REFUSAL OF SEWARD RESIGNATION REPLY TO THE PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION, REPLY TO THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION, TO SECRETARY SEWARD REPLY TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO SECRETARY SEWARD TO J. COLLAMER TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. NOTE ASKING CABINET OPINIONS ON FORT SUMTER. ON ROYAL ARBITRATION OF AMERICAN BOUNDARY LINE AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS TO G. E. PATTEN. RESPONSE TO SENATE INQUIRY RE. FORT SUMTER PREPARATION OF FIRST NAVAL ACTION TO -- - STUART. TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE NEW YORK NAVY-YARD. TO LIEUTENANT D. D. PORTER RELIEF EXPEDITION FOR FORT SUMTER ORDER TO CAPTAIN SAMUEL MERCER. SECRETARY SEWARD’S BID FOR POWER REPLY TO SECRETARY SEWARD’S MEMORANDUM REPLY TO A COMMITTEE FROM THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION, APRIL 13, 1861 PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR 75,000 MILITIA, PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE, APRIL 19, 1861 TO GOVERNOR HICKS AND MAYOR BROWN. TO GOVERNOR HICKS. ORDER TO DEFEND FROM A MARYLAND INSURRECTION PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE, APRIL 27, 1861 REMARKS TO A MILITARY COMPANY, WASHINGTON, APRIL 27, 1861 LOCALIZED REPEAL OF WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS MILITARY ENROLLMENT OF ST. LOUIS CITIZENS CONDOLENCE OVER FAILURE OF FT. SUMTER RELIEF PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR 42,034 VOLUNTEERS, COMMUNICATION WITH VICE-PRESIDENT ORDER TO COLONEL ANDERSON, PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN FLORIDA, TO SECRETARY WELLES. PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S CORRECTIONS OF A DIPLOMATIC DESPATCH TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TO GOVERNOR MORGAN. TO CAPTAIN DAHLGREEN. LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO ONE OF FIRST CASUALTIES TO COLONEL BARTLETT. MEMORANDUM ABOUT INDIANA REGIMENTS. TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR. TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR. TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR. TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR. TO N. W. EDWARDS TO SECRETARY CAMERON. HON. SECRETARY OF WAR. TO THE KENTUCKY DELEGATION. ORDER AUTHORIZING GENERAL SCOTT TO SUSPEND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, JULY TO SECRETARY SEWARD. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS IN SPECIAL SESSION, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TO THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL MEMORANDA OF MILITARY POLICY SUGGESTED BY THE BULL RUN DEFEAT. JULY 23, TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TO SECRETARY CHASE. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. ORDER TO UNITED STATES MARSHALS. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. TO SECRETARY CAMERON. PROCLAMATION OF A NATIONAL FAST-DAY, AUGUST 12, 1861. TO JAMES POLLOCK. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR O. P. MORTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FREMONT, PROCLAMATION FORBIDDING INTERCOURSE WITH REBEL STATES, AUGUST 16, 1861. TO SECRETARY CAMERON. TO GOVERNOR MAGOFFIN, TO GENERAL FREMONT. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNORS TO GENERAL FREMONT. TO MRS. FREMONT. TO JOSEPH HOLT, TO GENERAL SCOTT TO SECRETARY CAMERON. TO GENERAL FREMONT, To O. H. BROWNING. MEMORANDUM FOR A PLAN OF CAMPAIGN TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. TO THE VICEROY OF EGYPT. ORDER AUTHORIZING SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. TO SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. TWO SONS WHO WANT TO WORK TO GENERAL THOMAS W. SHERMAN. TO GENERAL CURTIS, WITH INCLOSURES. WASHINGTON, October 24, 1861 WASHINGTON, October 24, 1861 ORDER RETIRING GENERAL SCOTT AND APPOINTING EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON. ORDER APPROVING THE PLAN OF GOVERNOR GAMBLE OF MISSOURI. REPLY TO THE MINISTER FROM SWEDEN. INDORSEMENT AUTHORIZING MARTIAL LAW IN SAINT LOUIS. OFFER TO COOPERATE AND GIVE SPECIAL LINE OF INFORMATION TO HORACE GREELEY ORDER AUTHORIZING GENERAL HALLECK TO SUSPEND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. LETTER OF REPRIMAND TO GENERAL HUNTER TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HALLECK. 1862 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TO THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND, MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. MESSAGES OF DISAPPOINTMENT WITH HIS GENERALS TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUELL. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. INDORSEMENT ON LETTER FROM GENERAL HALLECK, TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR ANDREW. TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER NO. 1 TO SECRETARY STANTON, PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL WAR ORDER NO. 1. OPPOSITION TO McCLELLAN’S PLANS MEMORANDUM ACCOMPANYING LETTER OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO GENERAL MCCLELLAN TO WM. H. HERNDON. RESPITE FOR NATHANIEL GORDON MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. TO GENERALS D. HUNTER AND J. H. LANE. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1, RELATING TO POLITICAL PRISONERS. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. WASHINGTON CITY, February 15, 1862 FIRST WRITTEN NOTICE OF GRANT EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2. - IN RELATION TO STATE PRISONERS. ORDER RELATING TO COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE. SPEECH TO THE PERUVIAN MINISTER, MESSAGE TO CONGRESS RECOMMENDING COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION. INDORSEMENT ON LETTER FROM GOVERNOR YATES. PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER NO.2. PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER NO.3. INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND SOME BORDER SLAVE STATE PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL WAR ORDER NO.3. FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL MCCLELLAN. SPEECH TO A PARTY OF MASSACHUSETTS GENTLEMAN MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. GIFT OF SOME RABBITS INSTRUCTION TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. PROCLAMATION RECOMMENDING THANKSGIVING FOR VICTORIES, ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE, MAY 1, 1862. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. RESPONSE TO EVANGELICAL LUTHERANS, MAY 6, 1862 TELEGRAM TO FLAG-OFFICER L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH. FURTHER REPRIMAND OF McCLELLAN TO FLAG-OFFICER L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH, PROCLAMATION RAISING THE BLOCKADE OF CERTAIN PORTS.

Volume 6: 1862-1863

CONTENTS 1862 RECOMMENDATION OF NAVAL OFFICERS TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. SPEECH TO THE 12TH INDIANA REGIMENT, MAY 1862 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. MEMORANDUM OF PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO INSTRUCTIONS OF ABOVE DATE MILITARY EMANCIPATION FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. PROCLAMATION REVOKING GENERAL HUNTER’S ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPATION, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. E. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN TELEGRAM TO GENERAL RUFUS SAXTON. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL D. S. MILES. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. W. GEARY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ORDER TAKING MILITARY POSSESSION OF RAILROADS. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY CHASE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. SAXTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. SAXTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. SAXTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. HISTORY OF CONSPIRACY OF REBELLION TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GOVERNOR ANDREW. TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL FREMONT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MARCY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FREMONT TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MARCY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FREMONT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. WASHINGTON, June 12, 1862. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. TO GENERAL C. SCHURZ. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. TREATY WITH MEXICO VETO OF A CURRENCY BILL SPEECH AT JERSEY CITY, JUNE 24, 1862. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ORDER CONSTITUTING THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA. TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAMS TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. WAR DEPARTMENT, June, 28, 1862 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TO SECRETARY SEWARD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. TELEGRAM TO FLAG-OFFICER L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH. To GOVERNOR MORTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD. WAR DEPARTMENT, June 30, 1862. CALL FOR TROOPS. NEW YORK, June 30, 1862. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. TELEGRAMS TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 1862. CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, JULY 1, 1862. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July 1, 1862 PROCLAMATION CONCERNING TAXES IN REBELLIOUS STATES, JULY 1, 1862. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, JULY 1, 1862. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE GOVERNORS. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. MEMORANDUM OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL McCLELLAN ORDER MAKING HALLECK GENERAL-IN-CHIEF. ORDER CONCERNING THE SOUTHWEST BRANCH OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 11, 1862. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 11, 1862. APPEAL TO BORDER-STATES IN FAVOR OF COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. ACT OF COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TO SOLOMON FOOT. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. July 17, 1862. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. July 17, 1862. FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ORDER IN REGARD TO BEHAVIOR OF ALIENS ORDER AUTHORIZING EMPLOYMENT OF “CONTRABANDS.” WARNING TO REBEL SYMPATHIZERS HOLD MY HAND WHILST THE ENEMY STABS ME TO CUTHBERT BULLITT. TO LOYAL GOVERNORS. BROKEN EGGS CANNOT BE MENDED TO COUNT GASPARIN. SPEECH AT A WAR MEETING, WASHINGTON, AUGUST 6, 1862 TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR ANDREW. August 12, 1862. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. August 12, 1862. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. August 12, 1862. ADDRESS ON COLONIZATION TO A DEPUTATION OF COLORED MEN. TELEGRAM TO OFFICER AT CAMP CHASE, OHIO. TO HIRAM BARNEY. NOTE OF INTRODUCTION. TO Mrs. PRESTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE OR GENERAL PARKE. TO G. P. WATSON. TO HORACE GREELEY. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR YATES. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR RAMSEY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAUPT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAUPT. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAUPT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BANKS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. ORDER TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. E. WOOL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B, McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL. TELEGRAM TO T. WEBSTER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. September 11, 1862. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL C. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. TELEGRAM TO A. HENRY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. REPLY TO REQUEST THE PRESIDENT ISSUE A PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS. WASHINGTON, D.C., TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN, TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MORTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL KETCHUM. PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, SEPTEMBER 22, 1862. PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, REPLY TO SERENADE, SEPTEMBER 24, 1862. RECORD EXPLAINING THE DISMISSAL OF MAJOR JOHN J. KEY TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN. TO GENERAL HALLECK. REMARKS TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AT FREDERICK, MARYLAND, TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL HALLECK TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. TO T. H. CLAY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PIERPOINT. EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING A PROVISIONAL COURT IN LOUISIANA. TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL JAMESON. GENERAL McCLELLAN’S TIRED HORSES TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. MEMORANDUM. ORDER RELIEVING GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN TELEGRAM TO M. F. ODELL. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL LOWE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. POPE. TO COMMODORE FARRAGUT. ORDER CONCERNING BLOCKADE. ORDER CONCERNING THE CONFISCATION ACT. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. GENERAL ORDER RESPECTING THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH DAY TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BLAIR TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. TO GOVERNOR SHEPLEY. ORDER PROHIBITING THE EXPORT OF ARMS AND MUNITIONS OF WAR. DELAYING TACTICS OF GENERALS TO CARL SCHURZ. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL BATES. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. ON EXECUTING 300 INDIANS ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 1, 1862. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TELEGRAM TO H. J. RAYMOND. TELEGRAM TO B. G. BROWN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. December 8, 1862. TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. TO J. K. DUBOIS. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TO FERNANDO WOOD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. H. SIBLEY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR GAMBLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. TO SECRETARIES SEWARD AND CHASE. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR ANDREW. TO T. J. HENDERSON. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO SECRETARY OF WAR. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR GAMBLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO H. J. RAYMOND. 1863 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, JANUARY 1, 1863. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. TO SECRETARY WELLES. TO GENERAL S. L CURTIS. TO CALEB RUSSELL AND SALLIE A. FENTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO B. G. BROWN. CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE, JANUARY 8, 1863. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON, January 7, 1863. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. INSTRUCTION TO THE JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JANUARY 14, 1863. TO SECRETARY OF WAR. PRINTING MONEY TO THE WORKING-MEN OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. FITZ-JOHN PORTER COURT-MARTIAL. FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. ORDER RELIEVING GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE AND MAKING OTHER CHANGES. TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TO THURLOW WEED. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON, ENGLAND. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. [Cipher.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO SIMON CAMERON. TO ALEXANDER REED. TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER PROCLAMATION CONVENING THE SENATE, FEBRUARY 28, 1863 TO SECRETARY SEWARD. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR TOD, PROCLAMATION RECALLING SOLDIERS TO THEIR REGIMENTS, MARCH 10, 1863 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TO SECRETARY SEWARD. TELEGRAM TO J. O. MORTON. GRANT’S EXCLUSION OF A NEWSPAPER REPORTER TO BENJAMIN GRATZ. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT. QUESTION OF RAISING NEGRO TROOPS PROCLAMATION APPOINTING A NATIONAL FAST-DAY. LICENSE OF COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE. TO GENERAL D. HUNTER. PROCLAMATION ABOUT COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE, APRIL 2, 1863 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. OPINION ON HARBOR DEFENSE. TELEGRAM TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT NASHVILLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO ADMIRAL S. P. DUPONT. TO GENERAL D. HUNTER AND ADMIRAL S. F. DUPONT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. HOOKER. ON COLONIZATION ARRANGEMENTS STATEHOOD FOR WEST VIRGINIA, APRIL 20, 1863. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. TELEGRAM TO W. A. NEWELL. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN, TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. BUTTERFIELD. GENERALS LOST TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER TELEGRAM TO COLONEL R. INGALLS. TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. DRAFTING OF ALIENS TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. TO SECRETARY SEWARD. TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTTERFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR TELEGRAM TO A. G. HENRY. TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. FACTIONAL QUARRELS TELEGRAM TO JAMES GUTHRIE. TO SECRETARY OF WAR. ORDERS SENDING C. L. VALLANDIGHAM BEYOND MILITARY LINES. WAR DEPARTMENT, May 20, 1863. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT. TELEGRAM TO ANSON STAGER. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAGGARD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BUCKINGHAM. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TO ERASTUS CORNING. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. TO J. K. DUBOIS AND OTHERS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL LUDLOW. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER. [Cipher.] EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER: TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTTERFIELD. TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO MRS. GRIMSLEY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO J. P. HALE. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TO ERASTUS CORNING AND OTHERS. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL TYLER. RESPONSE TO A “BESIEGED” GENERAL TELEGRAM TO GENERAL KELLEY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. C. SCHENCK. NEEDS NEW TIRES ON HIS CARRIAGE CALL FOR 100,000 MILITIA TO SERVE FOR SIX MONTHS, JUNE 15, 1863. TELEGRAM TO P. KAPP AND OTHERS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEAGHER. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL BLISS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO JOSHUA TEVIS. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR TOD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DINGMAN. TO B. B. MALHIOT AND OTHERS. TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. TO SECRETARY OF WAR. TELEGRAM TO MAJOR VAN VLIET. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL COUCH. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL PECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SLOCUM. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BOYLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. FURTHER DEMOCRATIC PARTY CRITICISM TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PARKER. TELEGRAM TO A. K. McCLURE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL COUCH. [Cipher] WASHINGTON CITY, June 30, 1863. 3.23 TO GENERAL D. HUNTER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. REASSURING SON IN COLLEGE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS FROM GETTYSBURG. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FRENCH. [Cipher] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH, Fredericktown, Md.: CONTINUED FAILURE TO PURSUE ENEMY RESPONSE TO A SERENADE, SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG TO GENERAL GRANT TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL G. C. MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL THOMAS. NEWS OF GRANT’S CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG TELEGRAM TO F. F. LOWE. TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT AND P. F. LOWE. TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. TO GENERAL GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD. SON IN COLLEGE DOES NOT WRITE HIS PARENTS INTIMATION OF ARMISTICE PROPOSALS PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING, JULY 15, 1863 TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT. TELEGRAM TO SIMON CAMERON. TELEGRAM TO J. O. BROADHEAD. TO GENERAL LANE. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MORTON. TO GOVERNOR PARKER TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR TO SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. LETTER TO GOVERNOR PARKER. To GENERAL G. G. MEADE. (Private.) TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. B. BURNSIDE. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TO SECRETARY STANTON. ORDER OF RETALIATION. TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT. TELEGRAM FROM GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. TO GENERAL J. A. McCLERNAND. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. To J. H. HACKETT. TO F. F. LOWE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO MRS. GRIMSLEY. TO CRITICS OF EMANCIPATION TO JAMES CONKLING. TO SECRETARY STANTON. TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE. TELEGRAM TO F. C. SHERMAN AND J. S. HAYES. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CRAWFORD. TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO J. C. CONKLING. TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. POLITICAL MOTIVATED MISQUOTATION IN NEWSPAPER ORDER CONCERNING COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. TELEGRAM TO J. SEGAR. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO F. C. SHERMAN AND J. S. HAYES. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL WHEATON. TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO H. H. SCOTT. TELEGRAM TO J. G. BLAINE. PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, SEPTEMBER 15, 1863. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO MRS. SPEED. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. REQUEST TO SUGGEST NAME FOR A BABY TELEGRAM TO MRS. ARMSTRONG. TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. MILITARY STRATEGY TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO O. M. HATCH AND J. K. DUBOIS. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. PROCLAMATION OPENING THE PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. MRS. LINCOLN’S REBEL BROTHER-IN-LAW KILLED TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCALLUM. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO F. S. CORKRAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL TYLER TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. M. SCHOFIELD. PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING, OCTOBER 3, 1863. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TO C. D. DRAKE AND OTHERS. THE CASE OF DR. DAVID M. WRIGHT TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE. TELEGRAM TO WAYNE McVEIGH. TO THURLOW WEED. TO L. B. TODD. AID TO MRS. HELM, MRS. LINCOLN’S SISTER TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO T. W. SWEENEY. TELEGRAM TO T. C. DURANT. COMMENT ON A NOTE. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, OCTOBER 17, 1863. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. TELEGRAM TO W. B. THOMAS TELEGRAM TO J. WILLIAMS AND N. G. TAYLOR. TELEGRAM TO T. C. DURANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. C. SCHENCK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. C. SCHENCK. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TO E. B. WASHBURNE. TO SECRETARY CHASE.

Volume 7: 1863-1865

CONTENTS 1863 OPINION ON THE LOSS OF GENERAL R. H. MILROY’S DIVISION. TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. TO VICE-PRESIDENT HAMLIN. TO J. W. GRIMES. TELEGRAM TO P. F. LOWE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. MEMORANDUM. TELEGRAM TO W. H. SEWARD. TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR. TO GOVERNOR BRADFORD. TO J. H. HACKETT TELEGRAM TO W. H. SEWARD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 3, 1863. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, November TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE. ORDER CONCERNING THE EXPORT OF TOBACCO PURCHASED BY FOREIGN NATIONS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. TELEGRAM TO HIRAM BARNEY. TELEGRAM TO J. MILDERBORGER. TELEGRAM to E. H. AND E. JAMESON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. TO SECRETARY CHASE ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO E. P. EVANS. TO SECRETARY SEWARD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT. TO C. P. KIRKLAND. ANNOUNCEMENT OF UNION SUCCESS IN EAST TENNESSEE. PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY AND RECONSTRUCTION. DECEMBER 8, 1863. ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 8, 1863. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. WASHINGTON D. C., December 8, 1863. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1863. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TO JUDGE HOFFMAN. TELEGRAM TO MARY GONYEAG. PROCLAMATION CONCERNING DISCRIMINATING DUTIES, DECEMBER 16, 1863. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HURLBUT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. TO SECRETARY STANTON. TO O. D. FILLEY. TELEGRAM TO MILITARY COMMANDER AT POINT LOOKOUT. TELEGRAM TO MILITARY COMMANDER AT POINT LOOKOUT. TELEGRAM TO U. F. LINDER. TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. TO SECRETARY STANTON. 1864 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SULLIVAN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PIERPOINT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE. TO GENERAL Q. A. GILLMORE. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BROUGH. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, January 15, TO CROSBY AND NICHOLS. TO GENERAL P. STEELE. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, JANUARY 20, 1864 ORDER APPROVING TRADE REGULATIONS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. TELEGRAM TO E. STANLEY. TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SICKLES. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE. COLONIZATION EXPERIMENT ORDER FOR A DRAFT OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR YATES. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MURPHY. THE STORY OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SEDGWICK. TELEGRAM TO HORACE MAYNARD. TO W. M. FISHBACK. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL STEELE. TELEGRAM TO A. ROBINSON. PROCLAMATION CONCERNING BLOCKADE, FEBRUARY 18, 1864. TELEGRAM TO COMMANDER BLAKE. TELEGRAM FROM WARREN JORDAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL STEELE. TO GENERAL F. STEELE. DESERTERS DEATH SENTENCES REMITTED FEMALE SPY TO W. JAYNE. TO E. H. EAST. TO SECRETARY STANTON. TO SECRETARY CHASE. TO GENERAL THOMAS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL STEELE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. ORDER IN REGARD TO THE EXPORTATION OF TOBACCO BELONGING TO THE FRENCH TELEGRAM TO UNITED STATES MARSHAL, LOUISVILLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. MESSAGE TO SENATE. ADDRESS TO GENERAL GRANT, ORDER ASSIGNING U. S. GRANT COMMAND OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MURPHY. TO GENERAL HAHN. (Private.) CALL FOR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. PASS FOR GENERAL D. E. SICKLES. ORDER TO GOVERNOR HAHN. REMARKS AT A FAIR IN THE PATENT OFFICE, REPLY TO A COMMITTEE FROM THE WORKINGMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL C. SCHURZ. PROCLAMATION ABOUT AMNESTY, TO SECRETARY STANTON. TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TO A. G. HODGES. TO MRS. HORACE MANN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. LECTURE ON LIBERTY TO CALVIN TRUESDALE. TELEGRAM TO OFFICER COMMANDING AT FORT WARREN. TELEGRAM TO OFFICER COMMANDING AT FORT WARREN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. INDORSEMENT ON OFFER OF TROOPS, APRIL 23, 1864. TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO JOHN WILLIAMS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL THOMAS. TO GOVERNOR MURPHY. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, APRIL 28, 1864. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS. TO MRS. S. B. McCONKEY. RECOMMENDATION OF THANKSGIVING. RESPONSE TO A SERENADE, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL LEW WALLACE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS, TO P. B. LOOMIS. RESPONSE TO A METHODIST DELEGATION, MAY 14, 1864. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR YATES. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, May 18, 1864. ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF IRRESPONSIBLE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS AND EDITORS TELEGRAM TO GENERAL B. P. BUTLER. ORDER CONCERNING THE EXEMPTION OF AMERICAN CONSULS FROM MILITARY SERVICE TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MORTON AND OTHERS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 21, 1864 TELEGRAM TO CHRISTIANA A. SACK. WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., May 21, TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BROUGH. WASHINGTON CITY, May 24, 1864. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, May 25,1864. MEMORANDUM CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE NEW YORK NAVAL BRIGADE. TO P. A. CONKLING AND OTHERS. INDORSEMENT ON A LETTER TOUCHING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 6, 1864. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. WASHINGTON, June 8, 1864. REPLY TO THE COMMITTEE NOTIFYING PRESIDENT LINCOLN OF HIS RENOMINATION, PLATFORM OF THE UNION NATIONAL CONVENTION HELD IN BALTIMORE, MD., JUNE 7 REPLY TO A DELEGATION FROM THE NATIONAL UNION LEAGUE, REPLY TO A DELEGATION FROM OHIO, ADDRESS TO THE ENVOY FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, REMARKS TO AN OHIO REGIMENT, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL L. THOMAS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 13, TELEGRAM TO THOMAS WEBSTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 13, 1864. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, June 15, 1864. 7 A.M. ADDRESS AT A SANITARY FAIR IN PHILADELPHIA, TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL BATES. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. WASHINGTON, June 24, 1864. LETTER ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. TO GENERAL P. STEELE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 29, 1864. TELEGRAM TO DAVID TOD. TO J. L. SCRIPPS. FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, PROCLAMATION FOR A DAY OF PRAYER, JULY 7, 1864. PROCLAMATION CONCERNING A BILL “TO GUARANTEE TO CERTAIN STATES, TO HORACE GREELEY. TELEGRAM TO J. W. GARRETT. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 9, 1864 TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL WALLACE. TELEGRAM TO T. SWAN AND OTHERS. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 10, 1864. 9.20 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON CITY, July TO, 1864.2 P.M. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, July 11, 1864. 8 A.M. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12, 1864. 11.30 TELEGRAM AND LETTER TO HORACE GREELEY. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, JULY 15, 1864. SAFE CONDUCT FOR CLEMENT C. CLAY AND OTHERS, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. [WASHINGTON] July 17. 1864. 11.25 A.M. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. HUNTER WASHINGTON JULY 17, 1864. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING TERMS OF PEACE. PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO J. L. WRIGHT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. HUNTER. (Cipher.) TO GOVERNOR CURTIN, ENCLOSING A LETTER TO WILLIAM O. SNIDER. PRESENTATION OF A CANE FROM JOHN HAY TO J. C. WELLING. TO COLONEL, FIRST N. Y. VETERAN CAVALRY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL HALLECK. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, July 27, 1864. TO Mrs. ANNE WILLIAMSON, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U, S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO HORACE GREELEY. TELEGRAM TO HORACE GREELEY. ON DISLOYAL FAMILY MEMBER TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. INTERVIEW WITH JOHN T. MILLS, ENDORSEMENT OF APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT, AUGUST 15, 1864. TO H. J. RAYMOND. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. PROCLAMATION CONCERNING COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS, AUGUST 18, 1864. INDORSEMENT CONCERNING AN EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, AUGUST 18, 1864. ADDRESS TO THE 164TH OHIO REGIMENT, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., August ADDRESS TO THE 166TH OHIO REGIMENT, MEMORANDUM. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, August 26, TELEGRAM TO B. H. BREWSTER. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., August ORDER CONCERNING COTTON. TO COLONEL HUIDEKOPER. PROCLAMATION OF THANKSGIVING, ORDERS OF GRATITUDE AND REJOICING. EXECUTIVE MANSION, September 3, 1864. EXECUTIVE MANSION, September 3, 1864. TO MRS. GURNEY. REPLY TO A COMMITTEE OF COLORED PEOPLE FROM BALTIMORE TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PICKERING. ORDER OF THANKS TO HUNDRED-DAY TROOPS FROM OHIO. TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO JAMES G. BLAINE. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., September TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SLOUGH. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 17,1864. TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. INDORSEMENT CONCERNING AN EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, SEPTEMBER 1864. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL P. SHERIDAN. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, September TO GENERAL HITCHCOCK, TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR. ORDER CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS IN INSURRECTIONARY STATES. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 27, 1864. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D.C., September 29,1864. INDORSEMENT. ORDER RETURNING THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS FOR ONE HUNDRED DAYS TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. INDORSEMENT ON A MEMORANDUM BY GENERAL McDOWELL, OCTOBER 7, 1864 TO H. W. HOFFMAN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. TELEGRAM TO ROBERT T. LINCOLN, Cambridge, Mass.: TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 12, 1864. RESPONSE TO A SERENADE, PROCLAMATION OF THANKSGIVING, OCTOBER 20, 1864. TELEGRAM To J. G. NICOLAY. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 21, 1864. 9.45 P.M. TO WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL AND OTHERS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. H. THOMAS. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 23, 1864 5 TELEGRAM TO T. T. DAVIS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, PROCLAMATION ADMITTING NEVADA INTO THE UNION TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURBRIDGE. TELEGRAM TO NAVAL OFFICER AT MOBILE BAY. TELEGRAM TO SAILORS’ FAIR, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. TELEGRAM TO A. H. RICE. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD. WASHINGTON, November 8, 1864. RESPONSE TO A SERENADE, NOVEMBER 9, 1864. TELEGRAM TO H. W. HOFFMAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C. November 10, ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. O. BURBRIDGE. WASHINGTON, D.C., November 10, 1864. WASHINGTON, D.C., November 10, 1864. GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE, Frankfort, Ky.: TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT. REPLY TO MARYLAND UNION COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 17, 1864. PROCLAMATION CONCERNING BLOCKADE, NOVEMBER 19, 1864 FIVE-STAR MOTHER TO J. PHILLIPS. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE. WASHINGTON, D. C. NOVEMBER 22, 1864. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN, WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 25, 1864 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON D.C., NOV. MEMORANDUM, ORDER CONCERNING THE STEAMER “FUNAYMA SOLACE.” MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, RESPONSE TO A SERENADE, DECEMBER 6, 1864. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR HALL. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL FASLEIGH. ORDER APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G, H. THOMAS. WASHINGTON, D.C., December 16, 1864. ORIGIN OF THE “GREENBACK” CURRENCY TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA. EXECUTIVE MANSION, OFFICER IN COMMAND at Chattanooga, Tenn.: CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, DECEMBER 19, 1864. SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT LEXINGTON. TO J. MACLEAN. TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT NASHVILLE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER. TELEGRAM TO COLONEL WARNER. 1865 TELEGRAM TO J. WILLIAMS. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, TO SCHUYLER COLFAX. PROCLAMATION CONCERNING COMMERCE, JANUARY 10, 1865. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL B. F. BUTLER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL B. F. BUTLER. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. M. DODGE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, January FIRST OVERTURES FOR SURRENDER FROM DAVIS EXECUTIVE MANSION, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DODGE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ORD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. M. DODGE. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. REPLY TO A COMMITTEE, JANUARY 24, 1865. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT. EARLY CONSULTATIONS WITH REBELS TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY OF WAR TO GENERAL ORD. INDORSEMENT ON A LETTER FROM J. M. ASHLEY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. INSTRUCTIONS TO SECRETARY SEWARD. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR THE ABOLISHING OF SLAVERY TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, February 1, 1865 TELEGRAM TO MAJOR ECKERT. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 1, 1865. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 2, 1865 TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD, WASHINGTON, D. C., February 2, 1865. ORDER TO MAKE CORRECTIONS IN THE DRAFT. TO PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL. TELEGRAM TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GLENN. TO GOVERNOR SMITH. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, February RESULT OF THE ELECTORAL COUNT CHRONOLOGIC REVIEW OF PEACE PROPOSALS Afterwards Mr. Blair dictated for and authorized me to make an entry on January 28, 1865 Afterwards the Secretary of War placed in my hands the following telegram, MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. WASHINGTON, February 10, 1865 MR. SEWARD TO MR. ADAMS. TO ADMIRAL DAVID D. PORTER. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. POPE. TO THE COMMANDING OFFICERS IN WEST TENNESSEE TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. POPE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL POPE. PROCLAMATION CONVENING THE SENATE IN EXTRA SESSION, TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT HARPER’S FERRY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL POPE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, February 25, 1865 TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 27, 1865. TO T. W. CONWAY. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2, 1865. TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL GRANT. SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS, MARCH 4, 1865. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL JOHN POPE. TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 8, 1865. PROCLAMATION OFFERING PARDON TO DESERTERS, TELEGRAM TO H. T. BLOW. LETTER TO THURLOW WEED, TELEGRAM TO COLONEL ROUGH AND OTHERS. ADDRESS TO AN INDIANA REGIMENT, PROCLAMATION CONCERNING INDIANS, ORDER ANNULLING THE SENTENCE TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. POPE. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ORD. TELEGRAM TO JUDGE SCATES. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. HANCOCK. ANOTHER FEMALE SPY TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. CITY POINT, April 1, 1865. TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. TELEGRAMS TO SECRETARY STANTON. CITY POINT, VIRGINIA, April 2, 1865. 8.30 TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. CITY POINT, VA., April 1, 1865. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. WEITZEL. TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. LET THE THING BE PRESSED. NOTE ON A CARD TO SECRETARY STANTON. RESPONSE TO A CALL, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. H. GORDON. PROCLAMATION CLOSING CERTAIN PORTS, APRIL 11, 1865. PROCLAMATION OPENING THE PORT OF KEY WEST, PROCLAMATION CLAIMING EQUALITY OF RIGHTS WITH ALL MARITIME NATIONS, LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS, TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. WEITZEL. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. WEITZEL. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 1865. INTERVIEW WITH SCHUYLER COLFAX ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 14, 1865. TO GENERAL VAN ALLEN. LINCOLN’S LAST WRITTEN WORDS

Index of Speeches, Letters and Addresses List of Texts in Chronological Order List of Texts in Alphabetical Order Posthumous Publications Lincolniana (1864) by Andrew Adderup

CONTENTS Preface An Involuntary Black Republican. The Wrong Pig by the Ear. “Wilkie, where does Old Abe Lincoln Live.” Too Literal Obedience. How Uncle Abe Felt. P.P.P. Rattaned for a Rat Joke. The State House Struck by Whiggery. Graphic and True. A Judge of the Post Office. I’m an Inderlid. How Uncle Abe got his Sobriquet. “I’ll take Number Eleven too.” A Severe Retort. Had all the Time there Was. Could Stand it a Day or Two, Not the Worst of it. Accoutred en Militaire. Perils of Illinois Lawyers. Couldn’t Make a Presidential Chair. “Couldn’t see It in that Light.” Too Tough for the Rebels. Little Mac Helped by an Illustration. An Acre of Fight. Uncle Abe Believes in the Intelligence of Oysters. An Egyptian Snake Story Why Uncle Abe Made a Brigadier. Uncle Abe Puzzled. Uncle Abe Divided on a Question. Tried for Scaring the Girls. “Thank God for the Sassengers.” Was’nt Murder After All. Joe Reed’s Mule Hunt. Has no Influence with the Administration. A Touching Incident. A Lincoln Man Ducked. A Comparison. “There’s Enough for All.” Making a President. Uncle Abe Boss of the Cabinet. Uncle Peter Cartright’s Wonder. Uncle Abe a Shaksperian. The Running Sickness. How to Get Rid of Rats. A Palpable Application Uncle Abe on the Whisky Question. Edwards vs. Lincoln. Metalic Ring. A Grateful Postmaster. A Serious Joke. Fix the Date. Rival of Uncle Abe. Uncle Abe’s Estimate of the Senate. “Thought he Must be Good for Something.” Aptly Said. Uncle Abe as a Pilot. Uncle Abe’s Valentine. “My Mary Ann.” Uncle Abe’s Honor. “Smoke That.” A Sufficient Reason. The Boy and the Bear. Too Deep. Uncle Abe’s First Speech. Cute. Abe’s Spelling. A Soldier’s Theory of the War. Nigger Mathematics. Long and Short of it. A Handy Faculty. Uncle Abe on Time. A Story that had no Reminder. Has it “Gin Out?” A Major A Dry Drop. Uncle Abe as a Physiognomist. The Concrete vs. the Abstract. Symptoms of Civilization. Uncle Abe goes into Partnership. Abe Passing Counterfeit Money. The Wrong Man Poulticed. Uncle Abe as School Superintendent. Uncle Abe’s Nose. Take Away the Fowls. Uncle Abe Well Fed. A Man of Means. Call Again. Uncle Abe Swapped when a Baby. Hit at Antietam. A Poor Crop. Handy in Case of Emergencies. Value of a Reputation. Didn’t Like the Name. Uncle Abe’s Good Bye. Uncle Abe’s Last.

A Legacy of Fun (1865)

CONTENTS MEMOIR. ABE LINCOLN, THE GREAT AMERICAN JESTER. Lincoln and Meagher. Hooker’s Appointment. Cut Cavendish. Commodore Wilks. A proper Cognomen. A Princely Pun. A Severe Retort. Conundrum. A Grumbler Answered. Loquacity. A Slashing Inuendo. Scriptural Criticism. A Poultry (paltry) War. Lincoln on Physic. False Accusation. How to make Foes. Tough Job. The only alternative. Abe’s Difficulties. Misnomers. Deficiency of Fuel. A Queer Compliment. A slight addition. Preaching out West. Tom Thumb. How a Black’s Made. Abe’s First Joke. A Wonderful Child. How to stop thieves. Hopping the twig. The best saddles. An offer rejected. A decided smasher. Artillery Practice. A curious addition. The Cost of War. In memory of. A Crocodile’s age. No Thanks. Merry-Making. A Husband’s Wit. The cause discovered. Byronic. A satisfactory conclusion. A mother’s alarm. Punning again. Idol. A Word for the Irish. Skill of a Young Officer. A foot in it. Lincoln to Ewell, Shakspearian Query. Running Comment. An Impossibility. Jack’s Opinion. The House of Congress. Abe Lincoln’s opinion of a man’s strength. The Fall of Pride. The Captain’s Reply. A Strange Similarity. Economy. Where Punch got his Cartoon from. Pun upon Pun. Lincoln at the Play. A Ludicrous Mistake. A Southern Estimate. Strong Habits. How to Fight. A Majority Wanted. A Story concerning a Second Term. Estimate of Official Honours. Truly Awful. Presidential Puns. A Liberal Giver. Coffee versus Tea. Lincoln on Skedaddle. Miraculous. Liquor, Boys. Seasonable. Too Deep. How to Conquer the South. Gratuitous Kindness. Blowing Hot and Cold. Negro Pluck. Hirsute Philosophy. Slander. Change of Climate. Cruel News. Lincoln’s opinion of Mr. Curtain. A new Motive Power. Southern Hills versus Northern Banks. The President and the Pleader. Waterproof. Concerning Congress Men. Inquisitiveness Nonplussed. The Judge and his Coachman. Concerning the President Personally. The President’s Vanity. Tremendous answer. Two instances where the President was not reminded of a story. Public Opinion. The President’s Secret. About the Negro Question. An extraordinary reply by Old Abe. A Rebuke to people asking trivial questions. A Liar. Strong Pills. A Sharp Rejoinder. Wisdom at a Discount. Pickles! A Conundrum. Over Early v. over late. The Poet and the President. Matrimony. Abe and the Picture Dealer. A Pun. Sojourner Truth. The National Debt. Falsely Telegraphed. The Sword and the Law. Pepper v. Laurels. Abe at the Play. Abe and the Officer. Anecdote. The Scotch Editor. The Senator. Common Sense. The Epitaph. A Metaphor.

Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories (1901) by Alexander K. McClure

CONTENTS A FUN-LOVING AND HUMOR-LOVING MAN MATRIMONIAL ADVICE A SLOW HORSE A VAIN GENERAL HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIM- “BUT” - HARDTACK BETTER THAN GENERALS DOUGLAS HELD LINCOLN’S HAT HIS PASSES TO RICHMOND NOT HONORED LINCOLN AS A DANCER LOVED SOLDIERS’ HUMOR WANTED TO “BORROW” THE ARMY “FIXED UP” A BIT FOR THE “CITY FOLKS” “FIND OUT FOR YOURSELVES” COLD MOLASSES WAS SWIFTER “DON’T KILL HIM WITH YOUR FIST” “AND - HERE I AM!” PRAISES HIS RIVAL FOR OFFICE HAD TO WAIT FOR HIM MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT, ANYWAY SORRY FOR THE HORSES NOISE LIKE A TURNIP LET SIX SKUNKS GO ONE THING “ABE” DIDN’T LOVE THE MAN HE WAS LOOKING FOR WANTED STANTON SPANKED SIX FEET FOUR AT SEVENTEEN JUST LIKE SEWARD “ABE” GOT THE WORST OF IT HE “SET ‘EM UP” GOD WITH A LITTLE “g” WHAT AILED THE BOYS “MAJOR-GENERAL, I RECKON” IT TICKLED THE LITTLE WOMAN HE’D SEE IT AGAIN SURE CURE FOR BOILS JUSTICE vs. NUMBERS LINCOLN SAW STANTON ABOUT IT SLEEP STANDING UP “ABE’S” LITTLE JOKE HOW “FIGHTING JOE” WAS APPOINTED NO OTHERS LIKE THEM THE DANDY AND THE BOYS BOAT HAD TO STOP RAN AWAY WHEN VICTORIOUS HE “SKEWED” THE LINE “HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF THIS PLACE?” HELL A MILE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ‘TWAS “MOVING DAY” “ABE’S” HAIR NEEDED COMBING RIGHT FOR ONCE, ANYHOW “SMELT NO ROYALTY IN OUR CARRIAGE” SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE REMINDED HIM OF “A LITTLE STORY” BIG ENOUGH HOG FOR HIM HOW “JAKE” GOT AWAY “ABE” RESENTED THE INSULT STORIES BETTER THAN DOCTORS “ALL SICKER’N YOUR MAN” “DID YE ASK MORRISSEY YET?” LINCOLN ASKED TO BE SHOT HE COULDN’T WAIT FOR THE COLONEL HE LOVED A GOOD STORY THE DEAD MAN SPOKE LINCOLN PRONOUNCED THIS STORY FUNNY “PLOUGH ALL ‘ROUND HIM” “I’VE LOST MY APPLE” LINCOLN’S APOLOGY TO GRANT A USELESS DOG HE’D RUIN ALL THE OTHER CONVICTS IT WAS UP-HILL WORK HIS “GLASS HACK” COULD LICK ANY MAN IN THE CROWD NO DEATHS IN HIS HOUSE LINCOLN’S NAME FOR “WEEPING WATER” EASIER TO EMPTY THE POTOMAC A “FREE FOR ALL” THE OTHER ONE WAS WORSE COULD MAKE “RABBIT-TRACKS” PETER CARTWRIGHT’S DESCRIPTION OF LINCOLN WISHED THE ARMY CHARGED LIKE THAT “UNCLE ABRAHAM” HAD EVERYTHING READY DIDN’T TRUST THE COURT “TAD” GOT HIS DOLLAR ROUGH ON THE NEGRO “LONG ABE’S” FEET “PROTRUDED OVER” “I’D A BEEN MISSED BY MYSE’F” LOST HIS CERTIFICATE OF CHARACTER THE CASE OF BETSY ANN DOUGHERTY “FOOLING” THE PEOPLE HER ONLY IMPERFECTION HE “BROKE” TO WIN “BAP.” McNABB’S ROOSTER LINCOLN’S FIRST SPEECH TOO MANY PIGS FOR THE TEATS MORE PEGS THAN HOLES FEW, BUT BOISTEROUS THE PRESIDENTIAL “CHIN-FLY” “WEBSTER COULDN’T HAVE DONE MORE” LONG AND SHORT OF IT ‘SQUIRE BAGLY’S PRECEDENT TOM CORWIN’S LATEST STORY THE CABINET WAS A-SETTIN’ “MASSA LINKUM LIKE DE LORD!” A BULLET THROUGH HIS HAT THE GENERAL WAS “HEADED IN” “MIXING” AND “MINGLING” WANTED TO BURN HIM DOWN TO THE STUMP CHALLENGED ALL COMERS WITHDREW THE COLT SWEET, BUT MILD REVENGE “CATCH ‘EM AND CHEAT ‘EM” A JURYMAN’S SCORN “TAD” INTRODUCES “OUR FRIENDS” STOOD UP THE LONGEST ADMIRED THE STRONG MAN SAVED LINCOLN’S LIFE WOULD BLOW THEM TO H -- . “I CAN STAND IT IF THEY CAN” A MORTIFYING EXPERIENCE GRANT HELD ON ALL THE TIME EVERY LITTLE HELPED KEPT UP THE ARGUMENT THOUGHT OF LEARNING A TRADE THE SAME OLD RUM COULDN’T LET GO THE HOG HIS KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE TOOK NOTHING BUT MONEY CREDITOR PAID DEBTOR’S DEBT CONSCRIPTING DEAD MEN MAJOR ANDERSON’S BAD MEMORY SETTLED OUT OF COURT NO VANDERBILT LINCOLN MISTAKEN FOR ONCE “DONE WITH THE BIBLE” SATISFACTION TO THE SOUL HIS TEETH CHATTERED PROFANITY AS A SAFETY-VALVE A STAGE-COACH STORY SENTINEL OBEYED ORDERS “WUZ GOIN’ TER BE ‘HITCHED’”

The Lincoln Year Book (1907)

AXIOMS AND APHORISMS FROM THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR CONTENTS JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

Discoveries and Inventions (1915)

CONTENTS A PREFATORY NOTE MEMORANDUM OF CERTAIN FACTS FOR INFORMATION OF THOSE WHO FOLLOW AFTER DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS A LECTURE BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN

The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor (1922)

CONTENTS NOTE INTRODUCTION MORTALITY THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICE OF GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR

The Tributes and Appraisals Abraham Lincoln (1865) by James Russell Lowell Abraham Lincoln (1868) by Harriet Beecher Stowe

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876) by Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln (1879) by Rossiter Johnson O Captain, My Captain (1882) by Walt Whitman Abraham Lincoln: An Essay (1891) by Carl Schurz

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Abraham Lincoln: Was He a Christian? (1893) by John E. Remsburg

CONTENTS PREFACE. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY - HOLLAND AND BATEMAN. CHAPTER III. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY - REED AND HIS WITNESSES. CHAPTER IV. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY - ARNOLD AND OTHER WITNESSES CHAPTER V. TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM H. HERNDON - PUBLISHED TESTIMONY CHAPTER VI. TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM H. HERNDON - UNPUBLISHED TESTIMONY CHAPTER VII. TESTIMONY OF COL. WARD H. LAMON CHAPTER VIII. TESTIMONY OF HON. JOHN T. STUART AND COL. JAMES H. MATHENY CHAPTER IX. TESTIMONY OF THE REMAINING WITNESSES PRESENTED BY LAMON CHAPTER X. TESTIMONY OF LINCOLN’S RELATIVES AND INTIMATE ASSOCIATES CHAPTER XI. TESTIMONY OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF LINCOLN WHO KNEW HIM IN ILLINOIS CHAPTER XII. TESTIMONY OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF LINCOLN WHO KNEW HIM IN WASHINGTON CHAPTER XIII. OTHER TESTIMONY AND OPINIONS CHAPTER XIV. EVIDENCE GATHERED FROM LINCOLN’S LETTERS SPEECHES, AND CONVERSATIONS CHAPTER XV. RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION

Abraham Lincoln (1900) by Robert G. Ingersoll The Perfect Tribute (1908) by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Lincoln’s Use of the Bible (1909) by S. Trevena Jackson

LINCOLN’S USE OF THE BIBLE

Tolstoy on Lincoln (1909) by Leo Tolstoy Abraham Lincoln’s Cardinal Traits (1914) by C. S. Beardslee

CONTENTS PART I. INTRODUCTION Lincoln’s Mental Energy Lincoln’s Moral Earnestness PART II. ANALYSIS His Reverence for Law - Conscience His Jealousy for Liberty - Free-Will His Kindliness - Love His Pureness - Life His Constancy - Truth His Humility - Worth PART III. SYNTHESIS Lincoln’s Moral Unison PART IV. STUDIES His Symmetry - The Problem of Beauty His Composure - The Problem of Pessimism His Authority - The Problem of Government His Versatility - The Problem of Mercy His Patience - The Problem of Meekness His Rise From Poverty - The Problem of Industrialism His Philosophy - The Problem of Reality His Theodicy - The Problem of Evil His Piety - The Problem of Religion His Logic - The Problem of Persuasion His Personality - The Problem of Psychology PART V. CONCLUSION Lincoln’s Character Lincoln’s Preference AN EPILOGUE Addressed to Theologians LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL

Abraham Lincoln (1914) by Eleanor Atkinson Abraham Lincoln (1922) by H. L. Mencken The Biographies The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1860) by John Locke Scripps

CONTENTS FOREWORD CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE. CHAPTER II. REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS. CHAPTER III. FLAT-BOATMAN - CLERK - INDIAN FIGHTER. CHAPTER IV. MERCHANT - SURVEYOR - LEGISLATOR - LAWYER. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. IN CONGRESS. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. THE SENATORIAL CONTEST WITH DOUGLAS, IN 1858. CONCLUSION

The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth (1865) by George Alfred Townsend

CONTENTS THE LIFE, CRIME AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH BY GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND EXPLANATORY. PREFATORY. LETTER I. THE MURDER. LETTER II. THE OBSEQUIES IN WASHINGTON. LETTER III. THE MURDERER. LETTER IV. THE ASSASSIN’S DEATH. LETTER V. A SOLUTION OF THE CONSPIRACY. LETTER VI. THE DETECTIVES’ STORIES. LETTER VII. THE MARTYR. LETTER VIII. THE TRIAL. LETTER IX. THE EXECUTIONS. EXTRA MURAL SCENES.

The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1866) by Josiah Gilbert Holland

CONTENTS Preface Chapter I. Chapter II. Chapter III. Chapter IV. Chapter V. Chapter VI. Chapter VII. Chapter VIII. Chapter IX. Chapter X. Chapter XI. Chapter XII. Chapter XIII. Chapter XIV. Chapter XV. Chapter XVI. Chapter XVII. Chapter XVIII. Chapter XIX. Chapter XX. Chapter XXI. Chapter XXII. Chapter XXIII. Chapter XXIV. Chapter XXV. Chapter XXVI. Chapter XXVII. Chapter XXVIII. Chapter XXIX. Chapter XXX.

The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1872) by Ward H. Lamon and Chauncey Black

CONTENTS PREFACE. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX APPENDIX.

Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States (1879) by Charles Godfrey Leland

CONTENTS PUBLISHERS’ NOTE. PREFACE. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII.

The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln (1886) by Francis F. Browne

CONTENTS FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX

Abraham Lincoln (1889) by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik

CONTENTS VOLUME I. ORIGINAL PREFACE TO HERNDON’S LINCOLN. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. VOLUME II. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. APPENDIX. UNPUBLISHED FAMILY LETTERS. AN INCIDENT ON THE CIRCUIT. LINCOLN’S FELLOW LAWYERS. THE TRUCE WITH DOUGLAS. - TESTIMONY OF IRWIN. THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION. AN OFFICE DISCUSSION - LINCOLN’S IDEA OF WAR. LINCOLN AND THE KNOW-NOTHINGS. LINCOLN’S VIEWS ON THE RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE. THE BURIAL OF THE ASSASSIN BOOTH. A TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN BY A COLLEAGUE AT THE BAR. LINCOLN AT FORT MONROE.

Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (1895) by Ward Hill Lamon

CONTENTS PREFACE. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. MEMOIR OF WARD H. LAMON. CHAPTER I. EARLY ACQUAINTANCE. CHAPTER II. JOURNEY FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON. CHAPTER III. INAUGURATION. CHAPTER IV. GLOOMY FOREBODINGS OF COMING CONFLICT. CHAPTER V. HIS SIMPLICITY. CHAPTER VI. HIS TENDERNESS. CHAPTER VII. DREAMS AND PRESENTIMENTS. CHAPTER VIII. THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF HIS CHARACTER. CHAPTER IX. THE ANTIETAM EPISODE. - LINCOLN’S LOVE OF SONG. CHAPTER X. HIS LOVE OF CHILDREN. CHAPTER XI. THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH. CHAPTER XII. HIS UNSWERVING FIDELITY TO PURPOSE. CHAPTER XIII. HIS TRUE RELATIONS WITH McCLELLAN. CHAPTER XIV. HIS MAGNANIMITY. CHAPTER XV. CABINET COUNSELS. CHAPTER XVI. CONFLICT BETWEEN CIVIL AND MILITARY AUTHORITY. CHAPTER XVII. PLOTS AND ASSASSINATION. APPENDIX. LINCOLN IN A LAW CASE. MR. LINCOLN’S VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN OR KNOW-NOTHING PARTY. ACCOUNT OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR COOPER INSTITUTE SPEECH. THE RAIL-SPLITTER. TEMPERANCE. LINCOLN’S SHREWDNESS. LETTERS. RELIGION.

The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1901) by Henry Ketcham

CONTENTS PREFACE. CHAPTER I. THE WILD WEST. CHAPTER II. THE LINCOLN FAMILY. CHAPTER III. EARLY YEARS. CHAPTER IV. IN INDIANA. CHAPTER V. SECOND JOURNEY TO NEW ORLEANS. CHAPTER VI. DESULTORY EMPLOYMENTS. CHAPTER VII. ENTERING POLITICS. CHAPTER VIII. ENTERING THE LAW. CHAPTER IX. ON THE CIRCUIT. CHAPTER X. SOCIAL LIFE AND MARRIAGE. CHAPTER XI. THE ENCROACHMENTS OF SLAVERY. CHAPTER XII. THE AWAKENING OF THE LION. CHAPTER XIII. TWO THINGS THAT LINCOLN MISSED. CHAPTER XIV. THE BIRTH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. CHAPTER XV. THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. CHAPTER XVI. GROWING AUDACITY OF THE SLAVE POWER. CHAPTER XVII. THE BACKWOODSMAN AT THE CENTER OF EASTERN CULTURE. CHAPTER XVIII. THE NOMINATION OF 1860. CHAPTER XIX. THE ELECTION. CHAPTER XX. FOUR LONG MONTHS. CHAPTER XXI. JOURNEY TO WASHINGTON. CHAPTER XXII. THE INAUGURATION. CHAPTER XXIII. LINCOLN HIS OWN PRESIDENT. CHAPTER XXIV. FORT SUMTER. CHAPTER XXV. THE OUTBURST OF PATRIOTISM. CHAPTER XXVI. THE WAR HERE TO STAY. CHAPTER XXVII. THE DARKEST HOUR OF THE WAR. CHAPTER XXVIII. LINCOLN AND FREMONT. CHAPTER XXIX. LINCOLN AND MCCLELLAN. CHAPTER XXX. LINCOLN AND GREELEY. CHAPTER XXXI. EMANCIPATION. CHAPTER XXXII. DISCOURAGEMENTS. CHAPTER XXXIII. NEW HOPES. CHAPTER XXXIV. LINCOLN AND GRANT. CHAPTER XXXV. LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS. CHAPTER XXXVI. SECOND ELECTION. CHAPTER XXXVII. CLOSE OF THE WAR. CHAPTER XXXVIII. ASSASSINATION. CHAPTER XXXIX. A NATION’S SORROW. CHAPTER XL. THE MEASURE OF A MAN. CHAPTER XLI. TESTIMONIES.

Abraham Lincoln (1909) by George Haven Putnam

CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY NOTE I. THE EVOLUTION OF THE MAN II. WORK AT THE BAR AND ENTRANCE INTO POLITICS III. THE FIGHT AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY IV. LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT ORGANISES THE PEOPLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL EXISTENCE V. THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR VI. THE DARK DAYS OF 1862 VII. THE THIRD AND CRUCIAL YEAR OF THE WAR FACSIMILE OF GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. VIII. THE FINAL CAMPAIGN IX. LINCOLN’S TASK ENDED APPENDIX THE ADDRESS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN INTRODUCTORY NOTE CORRESPONDENCE WITH LINCOLN, NOTT, AND BRAINERD INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES C. NOTT CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. LINCOLN PREFACE ADDRESS ENDNOTES.

Abraham Lincoln (1911) by John George Nicolay and Charles Crawford Whinery The Delphi Classics Catalogue

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