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Protest on the Slavery Question
Abraham Lincoln
March 3, 1837The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions
Abraham Lincoln
January 27, 1838Letter to Mrs. Orville Browning
April 1, 1838Temperance Address
Abraham Lincoln
February 22, 1842Letter to Williamson Durley
Abraham Lincoln
October 3, 1845Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity
Abraham Lincoln
July 31, 1846Religious Views: Letter to the Editor of the Illinois Gazette
Abraham Lincoln
August 11, 1846Spot Resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives
Abraham Lincoln
December 22, 1847Speech Against Mexican War
Abraham Lincoln
January 12, 1848Letter to John Johnston
January 12, 1851Letter to John Johnston
Abraham Lincoln
November 25, 1851Letter to John Johnston
Abraham Lincoln
November 4, 1851Letter to John Johnston
Abraham Lincoln
November 9, 1851Eulogy of Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
July 6, 1852Fragments on Slavery
Abraham Lincoln
April 1, 1854Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
Abraham Lincoln
October 16, 1854Letter to Owen Lovejoy
Abraham Lincoln
August 11, 1855Letter to George Robertson
Abraham Lincoln
August 15, 1855Letter to Joshua Speed
Abraham Lincoln
August 24, 1855Speech at a Republican Banquet
Abraham Lincoln
December 10, 1856Speech on the Dred Scott Decision
Abraham Lincoln
June 26, 1857Letter to Lyman Trumbull
Abraham Lincoln
December 28, 1857First Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions
Abraham Lincoln
April 6, 1858House Divided Speech
Abraham Lincoln
June 16, 1858Speech at Chicago, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
July 10, 1858Speech in Reply to Douglas at Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
July 17, 1858Fragment on Slavery
Abraham Lincoln
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
Abraham Lincoln
October 1, 1858Fragment: On Slavery
Abraham Lincoln
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
Abraham Lincoln
October 18, 1858Fragment on Slavery
Abraham Lincoln
December 1, 1858Second Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions
Abraham Lincoln
February 11, 1859Letter to Henry L. Pierce, & Others
Abraham Lincoln
April 6, 1859Letter to Salmon Portland Chase
Abraham Lincoln
June 9, 1859Letter to Salmon Portland Chase
Abraham Lincoln
June 20, 1859Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society
Abraham Lincoln
September 30, 1859Letter to Jesse W. Fell
Abraham Lincoln
December 20, 1859Address at Cooper Institute
Abraham Lincoln
February 27, 1860Letter to George Ashmun
Abraham Lincoln
May 23, 1860Letter to Alexander H. Stephens
Abraham Lincoln
December 22, 1860To Lose Kentucky Is to Lose the Whole Game
Abraham Lincoln
1861Farewell Speech
Abraham Lincoln
February 11, 1861Address to the New Jersey Senate
Abraham Lincoln
February 21, 1861Speech at Independence Hall
Abraham Lincoln
February 22, 1861First Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress
Abraham Lincoln
April 15, 1861Letter to Reverdy Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
April 24, 1861Letter to Winfield Scott
Abraham Lincoln
April 25, 1861Letter to Winfield Scott
Abraham Lincoln
April 27, 1861Message to Congress in Special Session
Abraham Lincoln
July 4, 1861Letter to O.H. Browning
Abraham Lincoln
September 22, 1861Annual Message to Congress
Abraham Lincoln
December 3, 1861Fragment on the Constitution and Union
Abraham Lincoln
January 1861?Letter to James A. McDougal
Abraham Lincoln
March 14, 1862Proclamation of Thanksgiving
Abraham Lincoln
April 10, 1862Letter to the Senate and House of Representatives
Abraham Lincoln
April 16, 1862Proclamation Revoking General Hunter’s Order of Military Emancipation of May 9, 1862
Abraham Lincoln
May 19, 1862Letter to William H. Seward
Abraham Lincoln
June 28, 1862Appeal to Border State Representatives to Favor Compensated Emancipation
Abraham Lincoln
July 12, 1862Letter to Horace Greeley
Abraham Lincoln
August 22, 1862Reply to Emancipation Memorial Presented by Chicago Christians of All Denominations
Abraham Lincoln
September 13, 1862Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
September 22, 1862Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Abraham Lincoln
September 24, 1862To Hannibal Hamlin
Abraham Lincoln
September 28, 1862Meditation on the Divine Will
Abraham Lincoln
September 30, 1862Reply to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney
Abraham Lincoln
October 26, 1862Letter to General Schurz
Abraham Lincoln
November 10, 1862Annual Message to Congress
Abraham Lincoln
December 1, 1862Final Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
January 1, 1863Letter to John McClernand
Abraham Lincoln
January 8, 1863Letter to Governor Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
March 26 , 1863Letter to Erastus Corning and Others
Abraham Lincoln
June 12, 1863Response to a Serenade
Abraham Lincoln
July 7, 1863Proclamation of Thanksgiving
Abraham Lincoln
July 15, 1863Order of Retaliation
Abraham Lincoln
July 30, 1863Letter to Stephen A. Hurlbut
Abraham Lincoln
July 31, 1863Letter to Nathaniel P. Banks
Abraham Lincoln
August 5, 1863Letter to James C. Conkling
Abraham Lincoln
August 26, 1863Proclamation for Thanksgiving
Abraham Lincoln
October 3, 1863Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863The President at Gettysburg
Chicago Times editorial
November 23, 1863Annual Message to Congress
Abraham Lincoln
December 8, 1863To Thomas Cottman
Abraham Lincoln
December 15, 1863Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln
December 8, 1863Letter to Frederick Steele
Abraham Lincoln
January 20, 1864Letter to General N.P. Banks
Abraham Lincoln
January 31, 1864Letter to Governor Michael Hahn
Abraham Lincoln
March 13, 1864Letter to Albert Hodges
Abraham Lincoln
April 4, 1864Address at a Sanitary Fair
Abraham Lincoln
April 18, 1864Letter to George B. Ide, James R. Doolittle, and A. Hubbell
Abraham Lincoln
May 30, 1864Reply to Delegation from the National Union League
Abraham Lincoln
June 9, 1864Reply to Elisha H. Allen
Abraham Lincoln
June 9, 1864Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln
July 8, 1864The "To Whom It May Concern" Letter
Abraham Lincoln
July 18, 1864Letter to William T. Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
August 19, 1864Proclamation of Prayer and Thanksgiving
Abraham Lincoln
September 3, 1864Letter to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney
Abraham Lincoln
September 4, 1864Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore Upon Presentation of a Bible
Abraham Lincoln
September 7, 1864Draft of Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn
Abraham Lincoln
September 12, 1864Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn
Abraham Lincoln
September 12, 1864Letter to Henry W. Hoffman
Abraham Lincoln
October 10, 1864Proclamation of Thanksgiving
Abraham Lincoln
October 20, 1864Response to a Serenade
Abraham Lincoln
November 10, 1864Letter to Mrs. Bixby
Abraham Lincoln
November 21, 1864Annual Message to Congress
Abraham Lincoln
December 6, 1864Story written for Noah Brooks
Abraham Lincoln
December 6, 1864Resolution Submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States
Abraham Lincoln
February 1, 1865Response to a Serenade
Abraham Lincoln
February 1, 1865Reply to Notification Committee
Abraham Lincoln
March 1, 1865Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1865Letter to Thurlow Weed
Abraham Lincoln
March 15, 1865Response to Serenade
Abraham Lincoln
April 10, 1865Response to Serenade
Abraham Lincoln
April 10, 1865Last Public Address
Abraham Lincoln
April 11, 1865Promises of the Declaration of Independence, and Abraham Lincoln
Charles Sumner
June 1, 1865Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
April 14, 1876Online Audio Lectures/Discussions
Abraham Lincoln and Statesmanship
David Tucker
June 20, 2002Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War
Mackubin T. Owens and Lucas E. Morel
August 5, 2002Lincoln Over the Years
Mackubin Owens
August 5, 2002Lincoln on Language
Peter Schramm
August 7, 2002The Emancipation Proclamation
Allen Guelzo
August 7, 2002Lincoln as War Leader
Mackubin Owens
August 8, 2002Lincoln-Douglas Debates (continued)
Lucas Morel
August 8, 2002The Election of 1860
Lucas Morel
August 8, 2002Lincoln and Civil Liberties
Mackubin Owens
August 9, 2002Lincoln, Reconstruction, and the Post-Civil War Amendments
Herman Belz
August 9, 2002Other Web Sites
Death of a President
Library of Congress
Emancipation Proclamation
Library of Congress
Gettysburg Address
Library of Congress
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
Library of Congress
Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
bartleby.com
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Association
Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (Full Text PDF)
Harry Jaffa
1959