The wit and wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as reflected in his briefer letters and speeches /

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Author / Creator:Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Imprint:Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2006.
Description:xx, 265 p. ; 20 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5879881
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Other authors / contributors:Lang, H. Jack, 1904-
ISBN:0811701603 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Originally published: New York : Greenberg Publishers, c1941.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Postmaster, Lawyer, Representative of the People (1832-1861)
  • First Political Speech
  • To George Spears
  • To the Editor of the Sangamon Journal
  • To Robert Allen
  • To Mary Owens
  • To Mary Speed
  • To Joshua F. Speed
  • To William H. Herndon
  • To William H. Herndon
  • To Thomas Lincoln and John D. Johnston
  • To Judge Stephen T. Logan
  • To C. U. Schlater
  • To Abraham Bale
  • Notes For a Law Lecture
  • To John D. Johnston
  • To L. M. Hays
  • Fragment
  • To Joseph Gillespie
  • To W. H. Henderson
  • To Joshua F. Speed
  • To R. P. Morgan
  • To George P. Floyd
  • To Henry Walker Bishop
  • To Julian M. Sturtevant
  • To Stephen A. Douglas
  • To Stephen A. Douglas
  • To N. B. Judd
  • To Henry Asbury
  • Lincoln Autograph
  • To H. L. Pierce and Others
  • To a New York Firm
  • To T. J. Pickett
  • To Dr. Theodore Canisius
  • To J. W. Fell
  • To O. P. Hall, J. R. Fullenwider and U. F. Correll
  • Reply to Chicago Convention Committee
  • To Charles C. Nott
  • To George Ashmun
  • To George Latham
  • To Professor Gardner
  • To William D. Kelly
  • To Grace Bedell
  • To William S. Speer
  • To Alexander H. Stephens
  • Address at Springfield
  • Address at Indianapolis
  • Address at Philadelphia
  • 2. The President (1861-1865)
  • To William H. Seward
  • To William H. Seward
  • To Leonard Swett
  • To Major Robert Anderson
  • To Gustavus V. Fox
  • To Colonel Ellsworth's Parents
  • To Major Ramsey
  • To Edwin M. Stanton
  • To Major-General Hunter
  • To Edwin M. Stanton
  • To George B. McClellan
  • To John W. Crisfield
  • To William H. Seward
  • To Reverdy Johnson
  • To August Belmont
  • Note to Colonel Fielding
  • To Horace Greeley
  • Reply to Interdenominational Religious Committee
  • To Hannibal Hamlin
  • Speech at Frederick, Maryland
  • Telegram to General George B. McClellan
  • Telegram to General George B. McClellan
  • To General Nathaniel P. Banks
  • Telegram to Governor John A. Andrew
  • To the Army of the Potomac
  • To Fanny McCullough
  • Final Emancipation Proclamation
  • To General Samuel R. Curtis
  • To "Fighting Joe" Hooker
  • To Governor Horatio Seymour
  • Telegram to "Fighting Joe" Hooker
  • Telegram to General Daniel Tyler
  • Speech Before the Treasury Building
  • To General John M. Schofield
  • Response to a Serenade
  • To Ulysses S. Grant
  • To General George G. Meade
  • To General Oliver O. Howard
  • To Postmaster-General Montgomery Blair
  • To James C. Conkling
  • To General William S. Rosecrans
  • Telegram to J. K. Dubois and O. M. Hatch
  • To O. M. Hatch and J. K. Dubois
  • To Thurlow Weed
  • To Montgomery Blair
  • Letter Quoted by the Washington Star
  • To James H. Hackett
  • To Secretary-of-War Edwin M. Stanton
  • Address at the Gettysburg National Cemetery
  • To Edward Everett
  • To General George G. Meade
  • Indorsement on Document to Edwin M. Stanton
  • To Salmon P. Chase
  • To A. G. Hodges
  • Address at Baltimore
  • To Ulysses S. Grant
  • To Edwin M. Stanton
  • To William Cullen Bryant
  • To Salmon P. Chase
  • To Edwin M. Stanton
  • Telegram to Ulysses S. Grant
  • Secret Memorandum
  • Address to the 148th Ohio Regiment
  • To Eliza P. Gurney
  • To Postmaster-General Montgomery Blair
  • Response to Serenade
  • To Mrs. Bixby
  • To John Phillips
  • Response to Serenade
  • To William Tecumseh Sherman
  • To Edwin M. Stanton
  • To Ulysses S. Grant
  • Reply to Congressional Committee
  • Second Inaugural Address
  • To Thurlow Weed
  • Telegram to Ulysses S. Grant
  • The President's Last, Shortest, and Best Speech