Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings Vol. 1 1832-1858 (LOA #45)

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Library of America, 1989 M10 1 - 900 páginas
Abraham Lincoln measured the promise—and cost—of American freedom in lucid and extraordinarily moving prose, famous for its native wit, simple dignity of expressions, and peculiarly American flavor. This volume, with its companion, Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writing 1859–1865, comprises the most comprehensive selection ever published. over 240 speeches, letters, and drafts take Lincoln from rural law practice to national prominence, and chart his emergence as an eloquent antislavery advocate and defender of the constitution. included are the complete Lincoln-Douglas debates, perhaps the most famous confrontation in American political history.

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9
Protest in the Illinois Legislature on Slavery
18
Second Reply to James Adams October 18 1837
27
Address to the Young Mens Lyceum of Springfield Illinois
28
To Mrs Orville H Browning April 1 1838
37
To Mrs Orville H Browning April 1 1838
44
Plan of Campaign in 1840 c January 1840
65
Fragment on Slavery 1854?
303
To Charles Hoyt November 10 1854
348
To Isham Reavis November 5 1855
364
On Sectionalism c July 1856
370
Speech at Kalamazoo Michigan August 27 1856
376
Letter to Fillmore Men September 8 1856
382
To James W Grimes after August 14 1857
403
On the Republican Party c November 1857
411

To John T Stuart January 23 1841
66
To Mary Speed September 27 1841
73
The Rebecca Letter August 27 1842
96
Duel Instructions to Elias H Merryman
102
To Henry E Dummer November 18 1845
113
To John J Hardin January 19 1846
123
To Benjamin F James February 9 1846
129
To Andrew Johnston April 18 1846
137
To Joshua F Speed October 22 1846
143
Fragments on the Tariff c August 1846December 1847
149
To William H Herndon January 8 1848
160
To Jonathan R Diller January 19 1848
171
To William H Herndon February is 1848
176
To Archibald Williams April 30 1848
183
To William H Herndon June 22 1848
199
Speech in the U S House of Representatives on
205
To William Schouler August 28 1848
221
To Walter Davis January s 1849
225
To Charles R Welles February 20 1849
231
To Josiah B Herrick June 3 1849
237
December 24 1848
242
To George W Rives December 15 1849
243
To John D Johnston February 23 1850
244
To John D Johnston January 12 1851
255
Speech to the Scott Club of Springfield Illinois
273
To Charles R Welles September 27 1852
297
To Lyman Trumbull December 28 1857
419
To Stephen A Hurlbut June 1 1858
423
To Lyman Trumbull June 23 1858
435
To Gustave P Koerner July 1s 1858
459
To John Mathers July 20 1858
479
To Henry E Dummer August S 1858
485
First LincolnDouglas Debate Ottawa Illinois
495
To Joseph O Cunningham August 22 1858
536
Portion of Speech at Edwardsville Illinois
580
Third LincolnDouglas Debate Jonesboro Illinois
586
To Martin P Sweet September 16 1858
635
To Norman B Judd September 23 1858
684
Sixth LincolnDouglas Debate Quincy Illinois
730
Seventh LincolnDouglas Debate Alton Illinois
774
To James N Brown October 18 1858
822
Portion of Last Speech in Campaign of 1858
826
To Charles H Ray November 20 1858
832
Note on the Texts
853
To Martin S Morris March 26 1843
860
158
862
To Williamson Durley October 3 1845
866
481
873
Index
877
102
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth president of the United States, guiding the nation through the Civil War before becoming one of its final vicitims, assasinated at Ford's Theater in Washington on April 15, 1865, less than a week after the surrender of the Confederate army at Appomattox.

Don E. Fehrenbacher
 (1920-1997) was professor of history at Stanford University. He was the author of several books, including Prelude to Greatness: Lincoln in the 1850'sThe Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics, and Lincoln in Text and Context.

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