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Protest on the Slavery Question
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March 3, 1837The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions
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January 27, 1838Letter to Mrs. Orville Browning
April 1, 1838Temperance Address
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February 22, 1842Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity
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July 31, 1846Religious Views: Letter to the Editor of the Illinois Gazette
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August 11, 1846Spot Resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives
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December 22, 1847Speech Against Mexican War
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January 12, 1848Letter to John Johnston
January 12, 1851Letter to John Johnston
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November 25, 1851Letter to John Johnston
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November 4, 1851Letter to John Johnston
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November 9, 1851Eulogy of Henry Clay
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July 6, 1852Fragments on Slavery
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April 1, 1854Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
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October 16, 1854Letter to Owen Lovejoy
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August 11, 1855Letter to George Robertson
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August 15, 1855Letter to Joshua Speed
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August 24, 1855Speech at a Republican Banquet
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December 10, 1856Speech on the Dred Scott Decision
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June 26, 1857Letter to Lyman Trumbull
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December 28, 1857House Divided Speech
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June 16, 1858Speech at Chicago, Illinois
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July 10, 1858Speech in Reply to Douglas at Springfield, Illinois
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July 17, 1858Fragment on Slavery
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August 1, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1st Debate
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas
August 21, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 2nd Debate
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
August 27, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 3rd Debate Part I
Abraham Lincoln , Stephen Douglas
September 15, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 3rd Debate Part II
Abraham Lincoln , Stephen Douglas
September 15, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 4th Debate Part I
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
September 18, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 4th Debate Part II
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
September 18, 1858Fragment: Notes for Speeches
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October 1, 1858Fragment: On Slavery
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October 1, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 5th Debate
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
October 7, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 6th Debate Part I
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
October 13, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 6th Debate Part II
Abraham Lincoln , Stephen Douglas
October 13, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 7th Debate Part I
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
October 15, 1858The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 7th Debate Part II
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
October 15, 1858Letter to J. N. Brown
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October 18, 1858Fragment on Slavery
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December 1, 1858Letter to Henry L. Pierce, & Others
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April 6, 1859Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society
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September 30, 1859Letter to Jesse W. Fell
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December 20, 1859Address at Cooper Institute
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February 27, 1860Letter to George Ashmun
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May 23, 1860Letter to Alexander H. Stephens
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December 22, 1860Farewell Speech
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February 11, 1861Address to the New Jersey Senate
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February 21, 1861Speech at Independence Hall
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February 22, 1861First Inaugural Address
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March 4, 1861Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress
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April 15, 1861Letter to Reverdy Johnson
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April 24, 1861Letter to Winfield Scott
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April 25, 1861Letter to Winfield Scott
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April 27, 1861Message to Congress in Special Session
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July 4, 1861Letter to O.H. Browning
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September 22, 1861Annual Message to Congress
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December 3, 1861Fragment on the Constitution and Union
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January 1861?Letter to James A. McDougal
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March 14, 1862Proclamation of Thanksgiving
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April 10, 1862Letter to the Senate and House of Representatives
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April 16, 1862Proclamation Revoking General Hunter’s Order of Military Emancipation of May 9, 1862
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May 19, 1862Appeal to Border State Representatives to Favor Compensated Emancipation
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July 12, 1862Letter to Horace Greeley
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August 22, 1862Reply to Emancipation Memorial Presented by Chicago Christians of All Denominations
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September 13, 1862Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
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September 22, 1862Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus
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September 24, 1862To Hannibal Hamlin
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September 28, 1862Meditation on the Divine Will
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September 30, 1862Reply to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney
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October 26, 1862Annual Message to Congress
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December 1, 1862Final Emancipation Proclamation
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January 1, 1863Letter to John McClernand
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January 8, 1863Letter to Governor Andrew Johnson
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March 26 , 1863Letter to Erastus Corning and Others
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June 12, 1863Proclamation of Thanksgiving
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July 15, 1863Order of Retaliation
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July 30, 1863Letter to Stephen A. Hurlbut
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July 31, 1863Letter to Nathaniel P. Banks
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August 5, 1863Letter to James C. Conkling
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August 26, 1863Proclamation for Thanksgiving
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October 3, 1863Gettysburg Address
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November 19, 1863Annual Message to Congress
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December 8, 1863To Thomas Cottman
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December 15, 1863Letter to Frederick Steele
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January 20, 1864Letter to General N.P. Banks
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January 31, 1864Letter to Governor Michael Hahn
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March 13, 1864Letter to Albert Hodges
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April 4, 1864Address at a Sanitary Fair
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April 18, 1864Letter to George B. Ide, James R. Doolittle, and A. Hubbell
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May 30, 1864Reply to Delegation from the National Union League
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June 9, 1864Reply to Elisha H. Allen
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June 9, 1864Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction
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July 8, 1864Letter to William T. Sherman
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August 19, 1864Proclamation of Prayer and Thanksgiving
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September 3, 1864Letter to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney
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September 4, 1864Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore Upon Presentation of a Bible
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September 7, 1864Draft of Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn
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September 12, 1864Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn
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September 12, 1864Letter to Henry W. Hoffman
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October 10, 1864Proclamation of Thanksgiving
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October 20, 1864Response to a Serenade
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November 10, 1864Letter to Mrs. Bixby
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November 21, 1864Annual Message to Congress
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December 6, 1864Story written for Noah Brooks
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December 6, 1864Resolution Submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States
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February 1, 1865Response to a Serenade
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February 1, 1865Reply to Notification Committee
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March 1, 1865Second Inaugural Address
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March 4, 1865Letter to Thurlow Weed
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March 15, 1865Response to Serenade
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April 10, 1865Last Public Address
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April 11, 1865Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
April 14, 1876Online Audio Lectures/Discussions
Abraham Lincoln and Statesmanship
David Tucker
June 20, 2002Lincoln Over the Years
Mackubin Owens
August 5, 2002Language of Lincoln
Professor Schramm
August 7, 2002Lincoln on Language
Peter Schramm
August 7, 2002The Emancipation Proclamation
Allen Guelzo
August 7, 2002Lincoln as War Leader
Mackubin Owens
August 8, 2002