Abraham Lincoln His Speeches And Writings

by Basler, Roy; Sandburg, Carl

• ISBN13: 9780306810756
• ISBN10: 0306810751
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-06
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpiecesthe Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamationbut hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents . . . but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers," and it's never been cleaner than in this comprehensive edition.

Author Biography

Roy P. Basler was the author of The Lincoln Legend and co-editor of the authoritative eight-volume Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.

Table of Contents

Preface	xvii
Carl Sandburg
Introduction	xxiii
Roy P. Basler
Lincoln's Development as a Writer	1	(52)
SELECTIONS, WITH NOTES:
To the People of Sangamo County: Political Announcement, March 9, 1832	53	(5)
Announcement of Political Views in Sangamo Journal, June 13, 1836	58	(1)
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen, June 21, 1836	59	(1)
Letter to Miss Mary Owens, December 13, 1836	60	(3)
Speech in the Illinois Legislature, January 11, 1837	63	(10)
Letter to Miss Mary Owens, May 7, 1837	73	(2)
Letter to Miss Mary Owens, August 16, 1837	75	(1)
The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838	76	(9)
Letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, April 1, 1838	85	(5)
The Sub-Treasury: Speech at a Political Discussion in the Hall of the House of Representatives at Springfield, Illinois, December [26], 1839	90	(23)
Letter to John T. Stuart, January 20, 1841	113	(2)
Letter to John T. Stuart, January 23, 1841	115	(1)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, June 19, 1841	116	(5)
Letter to Miss Mary Speed, September 27, 1841	121	(3)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, January 3, 1842	124	(3)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 3, 1842	127	(1)
Eulogy on Benjamin Ferguson, February 8, 1842	128	(2)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 13, 1842	130	(1)
Temperance Address Delivered Before the Springfield Washington Temperance Society, February 22, 1842	131	(10)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842	141	(2)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842	143	(1)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 27, 1842	144	(2)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, July 4, 1842	146	(2)
A Letter from the Lost Townships, August 27, 1842	148	(8)
Correspondence About the Lincoln-Shields Duel, September 17, 1842	156	(3)
Memorandum of Instructions to E. H. Merryman, Lincoln's Second, September 19, 1842	159	(2)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 5, 1842	161	(2)
Letter to James S. Irwin, November 2, 1842	163	(1)
Letter to Samuel D. Marshall, November 11, 1842	164	(1)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 24, 1843	165	(2)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, May 18, 1843	167	(2)
Letter to Williamson Durley, October 3, 1845	169	(2)
Letter to Henry E. Dummer, November 18, 1845	171	(2)
Letter to B. F. James, February 9, 1846	173	(2)
Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder, April 15, 1846	175	(9)
Letter to Andrew Johnston, April 18, 1846	184	(2)
Religious Views: Letter to the Editor of the Illinois Gazette, August 11, 1846	186	(3)
Letter to Andrew Johnston, September 6, 1846	189	(1)
My Childhood Home I See Again, 1846	190	(3)
The Bear Hunt, [1846]	193	(3)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, October 22, 1846	196	(3)
Letter to William H. Herndon, December 12, 1847	199	(1)
Resolutions in the United States House of Representatives, December 22, 1847	199	(3)
The War with Mexico: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, January 12, 1848	202	(15)
Letter to William H. Herndon, February 1, 1848	217	(2)
Letter to William H. Herndon, February 2, 1848	219	(1)
Letter to William H. Herndon, February 15, 1848	220	(1)
Letter to Usher F. Linder, March 22, 1848	221	(3)
Letter to David Lincoln, March 24, 1848	224	(1)
Letter to David Lincoln, April 2, 1848	224	(2)
Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, April 16, 1848	226	(2)
Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, June 12, 1848	228	(1)
Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, July 2, 1848	229	(3)
Letter to William H. Herndon, July 11, 1848	232	(1)
The Presidential Question: Speech in the United States: House of Representatives, July 27, 1848	233	(17)
Letters to Thomas Lincoln and John D. Johnston, December 24, 1848	250	(2)
Letter to William H. Herndon, January 5, 1849	252	(2)
Letter to C. U. Schlater, January 5, 1849	254	(1)
Letter to C. R. Welles, February 20, 1849	254	(2)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, February 20, 1849	256	(2)
Letter to Abram Bale, February 22, 1850	258	(1)
Letter to John D. Johnston, January 12, 1851	259	(1)
Letter to Andrew McCallen, July 4, 1851	260	(1)
Letter to John D. Johnston, November 4, 1851	261	(2)
Letter to John D. Johnston, November 9, 1851	263	(1)
Letter to John D. Johnston, November 25, 1851	263	(1)
Eulogy on Henry Clay Delivered in the State House at Springfield, Illinois, July 6, 1852	264	(14)
Fragments: On Slavery, [July 1, 1854?]	278	(1)
Letter to J. M. Palmer, September 7, 1854	279	(2)
The 14th Section: An Editorial in the Illinois Journal, September 11, 1854	281	(2)
The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the Propriety of Its Restoration: Speech at Peoria, Illinois, in Reply to Senator Douglas, October 16, 1854	283	(42)
Letter to E. B. Washburne, December 14, 1854	325	(1)
Letter to E. B. Washburne, February 9, 1855	326	(2)
Letter to Owen Lovejoy, August 11, 1855	328	(2)
Letter to George Robertson, August 15, 1855	330	(2)
Letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855	332	(5)
Letter to Isham Reavis, November 5, 1855	337	(1)
Letter to R. P. Morgan, February 13, 1856	338	(1)
Fremont, Buchanan, and the Extension of Slavery: Speech Delivered at Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 27, 1856	339	(7)
Letter to Julian M. Sturtevant, September 27, 1856	346	(1)
Sectionalism, [October 1?], 1856	347	(5)
The Dred Scott Decision: Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857	352	(14)
Letter to E. B. Washburne, April 26, 1858	366	(2)
Letter to E. B. Washburne, May 15, 1858	368	(1)
Letter to Jediah F. Alexander, May 15, 1858	369	(1)
Letter to E. B. Washburne, May 27, 1858	370	(1)
Letter to Samuel Wilkinson, June 10, 1858	371	(1)
A House Divided: Speech Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, at the Close of the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858	372	(10)
Letter to Joseph Medill, June 25, 1858	382	(2)
Letter to James W. Somers, June 25, 1858	384	(1)
Speech in Reply to Douglas at Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858	385	(20)
Speech in Reply to Douglas at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858	405	(19)
Letter to John Mathers, July 20, 1858	424	(1)
Letter to Henry Asbury, July 31, 1858	425	(2)
Fragment: On Slavery, [August 1, 1858?]	427	(1)
Letter to Henry E. Dummer, August 5, 1858	427	(1)
First Debate, at Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858	428	(41)
Fragment: Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858	469	(6)
Letter to M. P. Sweet, September 16, 1858	475	(1)
Verses: To Rosa, September 28, 1858	476	(1)
Versus: To Linnie, September 30, 1858	477	(1)
Fragment: On Slavery, [October 1, 1858?]	477	(1)
Letter to J. N. Brown, October 18, 1858	478	(2)
Last Speech in Springfield, Illinois, in the Campaign of 1858, [October 30, 1858]	480	(2)
Letter to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858	482	(1)
Letter to Doctor C. H. Ray, November 20, 1858	482	(1)
Notes of An Argument, [December ?], 1858	483	(2)
Letter to James T. Thornton, December 2, 1858	485	(1)
Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 11, 1858	486	(2)
Letter to H. L. Pierce and Others, April 6, 1859	488	(2)
Letter to T. J. Pickett, April 16, 1859	490	(1)
Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 9, 1859	491	(1)
Letter to Salmon Portland Chase, June 20, 1859	492	(1)
Agriculture: Annual Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859	493	(12)
Written by Lincoln in the Autograph Album of Mary Delahay, December 7, 1859	505	(1)
Letter to William Kellogg, December 11, 1859	506	(1)
Letter to G. W. Dole, G. S. Hubbard, and W. H. Brown, December 14, 1859	507	(3)
Letter to J. W. Fell Inclosing Autobiography, December 20, 1859	510	(3)
Fragment: The Constitution and the Union, [1860?]	513	(1)
Letter to M. W. Packard, February 10, 1860	514	(1)
Letter to O. P. Hall, J. R. Fullinwider, and U. F. Correll, February 14, 1860	515	(2)
Address at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860	517	(22)
Letter to Mark W. Delahay, March 16, 1860	539	(2)
Letter to F. C. Herburger, April 7, 1860	541	(1)
Letter to Lyman Trumbull, April 29, 1860	542	(1)
Letter to George Ashmun, May 23, 1860	543	(1)
Letter to Samuel Haycraft and Autobiography, May 28, 1860	544	(1)
Letter to Charles C. Nott, May 31, 1860	545	(2)
Short Autobiography Written for the Campaign of 1860, June [1?], 1860	547	(8)
Letter to Samuel Galloway, June 19, 1860	555	(2)
Letter to Abraham Jonas, July 21, 1860	557	(2)
Letter to George Latham, July 22, 1860	559	(1)
Letter to Charles C. Nott, September 22, 1860	560	(1)
Letter to Mrs. M. J. Green, September 22, 1860	561	(1)
Letter to Miss Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860	561	(2)
Letter to George T. M. Davis, October 27, 1860	563	(1)
Letter to H. J. Raymond, November 28, 1860	564	(1)
Letter to William Kellogg, December 11, 1860	565	(1)
Letter to John D. Defrees, December 18, 1860	566	(1)
Letter to A. H. Stephens, December 22, 1860	567	(1)
Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861	568	(3)
Speech at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 11, 1861	571	(1)
Address to Germans at Cincinnati, Ohio, February 12, 1861	572	(2)
Address to the Senate of New Jersey, February 21, 1861	574	(1)
Address to the Assembly of New Jersey, February 21, 1861	575	(2)
Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861	577	(2)
First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861	579	(11)
Reply to Secretary Seward's Memorandum, April 1, 1861	590	(2)
Letter to Colonel E. E. Ellsworth, April 15, 1861	592	(1)
Letter to Colonel E. E. Ellsworth's Parents, May 25, 1861	593	(1)
Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861	594	(16)
Proclamation of a National Fast-Day, August 12, 1861	610	(1)
Letter to Governor Beriah Magoffin, August 24, 1861	611	(2)
Letter to O. H. Browning, September 22, 1861	613	(2)
Letter to Major [G. D.?] Ramsay, October 17, 1861	615	(1)
Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861	616	(19)
Letter to Mrs. Susannah Weathers, December 4, 1861	635	(1)
Telegram to General D. C. Buell, January 4, 1862	636	(1)
Letter to General D. C. Buell, January 6, 1862	636	(1)
Letter to General A. E. Burnside, January 28, 1862	637	(1)
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, April 9, 1862	638	(2)
Letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, April 16, 1862	640	(1)
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, May 9, 1862	641	(2)
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, May 28, 1862	643	(1)
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, June 28, 1862	644	(1)
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 1, 1862	645	(1)
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 2, 1862	645	(1)
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 3, 1862	646	(1)
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, July 5, 1862	647	(1)
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, July 13, 1862	647	(1)
Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862	648	(3)
Letter to John M. Clay, August 9, 1862	651	(1)
Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862	651	(2)
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, September 15, 1862	653	(1)
Testimonial for Doctor Isachar Zacharie, September 22, 1862	654	(1)
Letter to John Ross, September 25, 1862	654	(1)
Meditation on the Divine Will, September [30?], 1862	655	(1)
Remarks to the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Maryland, October 4, 1862	656	(1)
Letter to General G. B. McClellan, October 13, 1862	657	(2)
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 24, 1862	659	(1)
Telegram to General G. B. McClellan, October 27, 1862	660	(1)
Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 10, 1862	660	(3)
Letter to Samuel Treat, November 19, 1862	663	(1)
Letter to General Carl Schurz, November 24, 1862	664	(2)
Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862	666	(22)
Letter to Miss Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862	688	(1)
Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863	689	(3)
Letter to General J. A. McClernand, January 22, 1863	692	(1)
Letter to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863	693	(1)
Letter to Governor Andrew Johnson, March 26, 1863	694	(1)
Letter to General Joseph Hooker, May 7, 1863	695	(1)
Letter to Isaac N. Arnold, May 26, 1863	696	(2)
Telegram to General Joseph Hooker, June 5, 1863	698	(1)
Letter to Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863	699	(9)
Telegram to General Joseph Hooker, June 14, 1863	708	(1)
Response to a Serenade, July 7, 1863	709	(1)
Letter to General U. S. Grant, July 13, 1863	710	(1)
Draft of Letter to General G. G. Meade, July 14, 1863	711	(2)
Letter to General H. W. Halleck, July 29, 1863	713	(1)
Letter to General N. P. Banks, August 5, 1863	714	(2)
Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, August 8, 1863	716	(1)
Letter to General J. A. McClernand, August 12, 1863	717	(1)
Letter to J. H. Hackett, August 17, 1863	718	(2)
Letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863	720	(5)
Letter to James C. Conkling, August 27, 1863	725	(1)
Letter to General H. W. Halleck, September 19, 1863	726	(1)
Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863	727	(4)
Telegram to General G. G. Meade, October 8, 1863	731	(1)
Letter to General H. W. Halleck, October 16, 1863	731	(1)
Letter to J. H. Hackett, November 2, 1863	732	(1)
Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, November 11, 1863	733	(1)
Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863	734	(3)
Letter to Edward Everett, November 20, 1863	737	(1)
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863	738	(4)
Letter to Crafts J. Wright and C. K. Hawkes, January 7, 1864	742	(1)
Letter to General N. P. Banks, January 31, 1864	743	(1)
Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, March 1, 1864	744	(1)
Letter to Governor Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864	745	(1)
Letter to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, March 15, 1864	745	(2)
Memorandum for Mrs. S. W. Hunt, April 11, 1864	747	(1)
Address at a Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, April 18, 1864	748	(2)
Letter to General U. S. Grant, April 30, 1864	750	(1)
Speech at a Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, June 16, 1864	751	(2)
Letter to William Dennison & Others, a Committee of the National Union Convention, June 27, 1864	753	(1)
Letter to Horace Greeley, July 15, 1864	754	(1)
Address to the 164th Ohio Regiment, August 18, 1864	755	(1)
Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment, August 22, 1864	756	(1)
Letter to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, September 4, 1864	757	(1)
Letter to General U. S. Grant, September 22, 1864	758	(1)
Letter to Henry W. Hoffman, October 10, 1864	759	(1)
Response to a Serenade, October 19, 1864	760	(1)
Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 20, 1864	761	(2)
Telegram to General P. H. Sheridan, October 22, 1864	763	(1)
Response to a Serenade, November 10, 1864	763	(2)
Letter to General W. S. Rosecrans, November 19, 1864	765	(1)
Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864	766	(6)
Story Written for Noah Brooks, December [6?], 1864	772	(1)
Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864	773	(16)
Letter to General W. T. Sherman, December 26, 1864	789	(1)
Letter to General U. S. Grant, January 19, 1865	790	(1)
Terms for General R. E. Lee's Capitulation, March 3, 1865	791	(1)
Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865	792	(2)
Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865	794	(1)
Address to the 140th Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865	794	(2)
Telegram to General U. S. Grant, April 2, 1865	796	(1)
Last Public Address, April 11, 1865	796	(6)
Telegram to General Godfrey Weitzel, April 12, 1865	802	(21)
SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Sources of Text	805	(13)
Works Cited in the Notes	818	(5)
Index	823