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The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Two

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Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
Credits
Produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
Subject
United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1861
Category
Text
eBook-No.
2654
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2654
Release Date
September 30, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE PAPERS AND WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  2. 2.VOLUME TWO — CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION — Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley — VOLUME II., 1843-1858
  3. 3.1843
  4. 4.FIRST CHILD — TO JOSHUA F. SPEED. SPRINGFIELD, May 18, 1843.
  5. 5.1844
  6. 6.TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN. — SPRINGFIELD, May 21, 1844.
  7. 7.1845
  8. 8.SELECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES — TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN, SPRINGFIELD, Jany. 19, 1845.
  9. 9.TO ——— WILLIAMS, — SPRINGFIELD, March 1, 1845.
  10. 10.ABOLITION MOVEMENT — TO WILLIAMSON DURLEY.
  11. 11.1846
  12. 12.REQUEST FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT — TO Dr. ROBERT BOAL. SPRINGFIELD, January 7, 1846.
  13. 13.TO JOHN BENNETT. — SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 15, 1846.
  14. 14.TO N. J. ROCKWELL. — SPRINGFIELD, January 21, 1846.
  15. 15.TO JAMES BERDAN. — SPRINGFIELD, April 26, 1846.
  16. 16.TO JAMES BERDAN. — SPRINGFIELD, May 7, 1866.
  17. 17.VERSES WRITTEN BY LINCOLN AFTER A VISIT TO HIS OLD HOME IN INDIANA — (A FRAGMENT).
  18. 18.SECOND CHILD — TO JOSHUA P. SPEED
  19. 19.TO MORRIS AND BROWN — SPRINGFIELD, October 21, 1847.
  20. 20.TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON — WASHINGTON, December 5, 1847.
  21. 21.TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON. — WASHINGTON, December 13, 1847
  22. 22.RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, — DECEMBER 22, 1847
  23. 23.REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, — JANUARY 5, 1848.
  24. 24.1848
  25. 25.DESIRE FOR SECOND TERM IN CONGRESS — TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.
  26. 26.SPEECH ON DECLARATION OF WAR ON MEXICO — SPEECH IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  27. 27.REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 19, 1848.
  28. 28.TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON—LEGAL WORK — WASHINGTON, January 19, 1848.
  29. 29.REGARDING SPEECH ON MEXICAN WAR — TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.
  30. 30.TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON. — WASHINGTON, February 2, 1848
  31. 31.ON THE MEXICAN WAR — TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.
  32. 32.REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, — MARCH 9, 1848.
  33. 33.REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, — MARCH 9, 1848.
  34. 34.REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 29, 1848.
  35. 35.TO ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS. — WASHINGTON, April 30, 1848.
  36. 36.REMARKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, — MAY 11, 1848.
  37. 37.ON TAYLOR'S NOMINATION — TO E. B. WASHBURNE.
  38. 38.DEFENSE OF MEXICAN WAR POSITION — TO REV. J. M. PECK
  39. 39.ON ZACHARY TAYLOR NOMINATION — TO ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS.
  40. 40.SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, — JUNE 20, 1848.
  41. 41.OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG POLITICIANS — TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.
  42. 42.SALARY OF JUDGE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA — REMARKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 28, 1848.
  43. 43.NATIONAL BANK — JULY, 1848,
  44. 44.YOUNG v.s. OLD—POLITICAL JEALOUSY — TO W. H. HERNDON.
  45. 45.GENERAL TAYLOR AND THE VETO — SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 27, 1848.
  46. 46.SPEECH DELIVERED AT WORCESTER, MASS., ON SEPT. 12, 1848. — (From the Boston Advertiser.)
  47. 47.HIS FATHER'S REQUEST FOR MONEY — TO THOMAS LINCOLN
  48. 48.1849 — BILL TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  49. 49.BILL GRANTING LANDS TO THE STATES TO MAKE RAILWAYS AND CANALS — REMARKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 13, 1849.
  50. 50.ON FEDERAL POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS — TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
  51. 51.MORE POLITICAL PATRONAGE REQUESTS — TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
  52. 52.TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR — SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, April 7, 1849
  53. 53.TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. — SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, April 7, 1849.
  54. 54.TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. — SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, April 7,1849.
  55. 55.TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. — SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, April 7, 1849.
  56. 56.TO THOMPSON. — SPRINGFIELD, April 25, 1849.
  57. 57.TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. — SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. May 10, 1849.
  58. 58.TO J. GILLESPIE. — SPRINGFIELD, ILL., May 19, 1849.
  59. 59.REQUEST FOR GENERAL LAND-OFFICE APPPOINTMENT — TO E. EMBREE.
  60. 60.REQUEST FOR A PATENT — IMPROVED METHOD OF LIFTING VESSELS OVER SHOALS.
  61. 61.TO THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. — SPRINGFIELD, ILL., June 3, 1849
  62. 62.TO W. H. HERNDON. — SPRINGFIELD, June 5, 1849.
  63. 63.TO J. GILLESPIE. — DEAR GILLESPIE:
  64. 64.RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY WITH THE CAUSE OF HUNGARIAN FREEDOM, — SEPTEMBER [1??], 1849.
  65. 65.TO Dr. WILLIAM FITHIAN. — SPRINGFIELD, Sept. 14, 1849.
  66. 66.SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 15, 1849. — ——— ESQ.
  67. 67.1850
  68. 68.RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF JUDGE NATHANIEL POPE.
  69. 69.NOTES FOR LAW LECTURE — (fragments)
  70. 70.1851
  71. 71.LETTERS TO FAMILY MEMBERS
  72. 72.TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. — January 2, 1851
  73. 73.TO C. HOYT. — SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 11, 1851.
  74. 74.TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. — SPRINGFIELD, January 12, 1851
  75. 75.PETITION ON BEHALF OF ONE JOSHUA GIPSON — TO THE JUDGE OF THE SANGAMON COUNTY COURT,
  76. 76.TO J. D. JOHNSTON. — SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 31, 1851
  77. 77.TO J. D. JOHNSTON. — SHELBYVILLE, Nov. 4, 1851
  78. 78.Nov. 4, 1851 — DEAR MOTHER:
  79. 79.TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. — SHELBYVILLE, November 9, 1851
  80. 80.TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. — SPRINGFIELD, November 25, 1851.
  81. 81.1852
  82. 82.EULOGY ON HENRY CLAY, — DELIVERED IN THE STATE HOUSE AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, JULY 16, 1852.
  83. 83.CHALLENGED VOTERS — OPINION ON THE ILLINOIS ELECTION LAW.
  84. 84.1853
  85. 85.LEGAL OFFICE WORK
  86. 86.TO JOSHUA R. STANFORD. — PEKIN, MAY 12, 1853
  87. 87.1854 — TO O. L. DAVIS.
  88. 88.NEBRASKA MEASURE — TO J. M. PALMER
  89. 89.TO A. B. MOREAU. — SPRINGFIELD, September 7, 1854
  90. 90.REPLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS—PEORIA SPEECH — SPEECH AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS, IN REPLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS,
  91. 91.REQUEST FOR SENATE SUPPORT — TO CHARLES HOYT
  92. 92.TO T. J. HENDERSON. — SPRINGFIELD,
  93. 93.TO J. GILLESPIE. — SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 1, 1854.
  94. 94.POLITICAL REFERENCES — TO JUSTICE MCLEAN.
  95. 95.TO T. J. HENDERSON. — SPRINGFIELD, December 15. 1854
  96. 96.1855
  97. 97.LOSS OF PRIMARY FOR SENATOR — TO E. B. WASHBURNE.
  98. 98.RETURN TO LAW PROFESSION — TO SANFORD, PORTER, AND STRIKER, NEW YORK.
  99. 99.TO O. H. BROWNING. — SPRINGFIELD, March 23, 1855.
  100. 100.TO H. C. WHITNEY. — SPRINGFIELD, June 7, 1855.
  101. 101.RESPONSE TO A PRO-SLAVERY FRIEND — TO JOSHUA. F. SPEED.
  102. 102.1856
  103. 103.REQUEST FOR A RAILWAY PASS — TO R. P. MORGAN
  104. 104.SPEECH DELIVERED BEFORE THE FIRST REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION — OF ILLINOIS, HELD AT BLOOMINGTON, ON MAY 29, 1856.
  105. 105.POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE — TO W. C. WHITNEY.
  106. 106.ON OUT-OF-STATE CAMPAIGNERS — TO WILLIAM GRIMES.
  107. 107.REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN SPEECH — FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT GALENA, ILLINOIS, IN THE FREMONT CAMPAIGN,
  108. 108.ON THE DANGER OF THIRD-PARTIES — TO JOHN BENNETT.
  109. 109.TO JESSE K. DUBOIS. — SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 19, 1856.
  110. 110.TO HARRISON MALTBY. — [Confidential]
  111. 111.TO Dr. R. BOAL. — Sept. 14, 1856.
  112. 112.TO HENRY O'CONNER, MUSCATINE, IOWA. — SPRINGFIELD, Sept. 14, 1856.
  113. 113.AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY OF BUCHANAN — FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT A REPUBLICAN BANQUET IN CHICAGO, DECEMBER 10, 1856.
  114. 114.TO Dr. R. BOAL. — SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 25, 1856.
  115. 115.1857 — TO JOHN E. ROSETTE. Private.
  116. 116.RESPONSE TO A DOUGLAS SPEECH — SPEECH IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, JUNE 26, 1857.
  117. 117.TO WILLIAM GRIMES. — SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, August, 1857
  118. 118.ARGUMENT IN THE ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE CASE. — (From the Daily Press of Chicago, Sept. 24, 1857.)
  119. 119.TO JESSE K. DUBOIS. — DEAR DUBOIS:
  120. 120.TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE. — SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 19, 1858.
  121. 121.TO J. GILLESPIE. — SPRINGFIELD, Feb 7, 1858
  122. 122.TO H. C. WHITNEY. — SPRINGFIELD, December 18, 1857.
  123. 123.1858
  124. 124.ANOTHER POLITICAL PATRONAGE REFERENCE — TO EDWARD G. MINER.
  125. 125.POLITICAL COMMUNICATION — TO W. H. LAMON, ESQ.
  126. 126.BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, — JUNE 15, 1858.

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