The writings of Abraham Lincoln /

The writings of Abraham Lincoln /

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Abraham Lincoln never wrote a book: his ideas are contained in speeches, letters, and various occasional writings. By bringing these works together into a single anthology, this book shows that Lincoln deserves to be counted among the great political philosophers. In addition to many examples of Lin...

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Main Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Other Authors: Smith, Steven B., 1951-, Petranović, Danilo, 1977-, Lerner, Ralph, Kleinerman, Benjamin A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Series:Rethinking the Western tradition.
Subjects:
To 1865
United States > Politics and government > 1845-1861.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Illinois > Politics and government > To 1865.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chronology
  • Suggested Readings
  • Note on the Texts
  • I. Young Mr. Lincoln (1832â€?1852)
  • To the People of Sangamo County (March 9, 1832)
  • To the Editor of the Sangamo Journal (June 13, 1836)
  • Address to the Young Menâ€?s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (January 27, 1838)
  • Address to the Washington Temperance Society of Springfield, Illinois (February 22, 1842)
  • To Williamson Durley (October 3, 1845)
  • My Childhood-Home I See Again (c. February 1846)
  • Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity (July 31, 1846)
  • The Bear Hunt (before February 25, 1847)â€?â€?Spotâ€?â€? Resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives (December 22, 1847)
  • Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives on the War with Mexico (January 12, 1848)
  • To William H. Herndon (February 15, 1848)
  • Fragment on Niagara Falls (late September 1848?)
  • Notes on the Practice of Law (1850?)
  • Eulogy on Henry Clay at Springfield, Illinois (July 6, 1852)
  • II. On the Nature of Republican Government (1854â€?1859)
  • Fragments on Government (1854?)
  • Fragment on Slavery (1854?)
  • Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act at Peoria, Illinois (October 16, 1854)To George Robertson (August 15, 1855)
  • To Joshua F. Speed (August 24, 1855)
  • On Sectionalism (c. July 1856)
  • Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan (August 27, 1856)
  • On Stephen Douglas (c. December 1856)
  • Portion of Speech at Republican Banquet in Chicago, Illinois (December 10, 1856)
  • Fragment on Formation of the Republican Party (c. February 28, 1857)
  • Speech on the Dred Scott Decision at Springfield, Illinois (June 26, 1857)
  • To Lyman Trumbull (December 28, 1857)
  • Fragment of a Speech (c. May 18, 1858)To Charles L. Wilson (June 1, 1858)
  • â€?â€?House Dividedâ€?â€? Speech at Springfield, Illinois (June 16, 1858)
  • Fragment on the Struggle against Slavery (c. July 1858)
  • Speech at Chicago, Illinois (July 10, 1858)
  • On Slavery and Democracy (1858?)
  • First Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Ottawa, Illinois (August 21, 1858)
  • Portion of Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois (September 11, 1858)
  • On Pro-Slavery Theology (1858?)
  • Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton, Illinois (October 15, 1858)
  • To W.H. Wells (January 8, 1859)
  • Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions, Jacksonville, Illinois (February 11, 1859)Speech at Chicago, Illinois (March 1, 1859)
  • To Henry L. Pierce and Others (April 6, 1859)
  • To Theodore Canisius (May 17, 1859)
  • Speech at Columbus, Ohio (September 16, 1859)
  • Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (September 30, 1859)
  • To Jesse W. Fell, Enclosing Autobiography (December 20, 1859)
  • To Oliver P. Hall, Jacob N. Fullinwider, and William F. Correll (February 14, 1860)
  • III. Secession and Wartime (1860â€?1862)

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