Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Hoffman (1864)
Hon. Henry W Hoffman My dear Sir: A convention of Maryland has framed a new constitution for the State; a public meeting is called for this evening, at Baltimore, […]
Address at a Sanitary Fair
Ladies and Gentlemen—Calling to mind that we are in Baltimore, we can not fail to note that the world moves. Looking upon these many people, assembled here, to serve, […]
Message to Congress in Special Session
Source: Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. – 1916: Abraham Lincoln, May-June 1861 Message to Congress, July 4, 1861, Second Printed Draft, with Changes in Lincoln’s Hand. […]
Address to the New Jersey Senate
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Senate of the State of New—Jersey: I am very grateful to you for the honorable reception of which I have been the object. I […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun (1860)
Hon: George Ashmun: President of the Republican National Convention. Sir: I accept the nomination tendered me by the Convention over which you presided, and of which I am formally appri[z]ed […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Owen Lovejoy (1855)
Hon: Owen Lovejoy: My Dear Sir: Yours of the 7th. Was received the day before yesterday. Not even you are more anxious to prevent the extension of slavery than I; […]
Fragment: Notes for Speeches
But there is a larger issue than the mere question of whether the spread of negro slavery shall or shall not be prohibited by Congress. That larger issue is stated […]
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 7th Debate Part II
Return to Part I This is the entire quotation brought forward to prove that somebody previous to three years ago had said the negro was not included in the term […]
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 7th Debate Part I
MR. DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It is now nearly four months since the canvass between Mr. Lincoln and myself commenced. On the 16th of June the Republican Convention assembled […]
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 6th Debate Part II
A VOICE—”That’s the doctrine. ” Return to Part I MR. DOUGLAS—Yes, sir, that is good doctrine, but Mr. Lincoln is afraid to advocate it in the latitude of Chicago, where […]