In His Words: Readings from the Life of Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln’s words and actions convinced the American people not only to persevere and save the Union, but to create at the same time a more perfect union that granted freedom and liberty for all its citizens.

In His Words: Readings from the Life of Abraham Lincoln provides readers with documentary evidence of the workings of Abe.  While not designed as a documentary biography on Lincoln, the publication does include letters, speeches, fragmentary notes, and other writings in chronological order spanning from his childhood on the frontier, as a husband and father, as a successful Illinois lawyer, and ultimately as the political leader who guided the nation through the crucible of the Civil War.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Selected Events in the Life of Abraham Lincoln

PART ONE – Growing and Learning 

Politics

To the People of Sangamo County, March 9, 1832

“The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions” – Address to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838

Courtship

To Mary S. Owens, December 13, 1836

To Mary Owens, May 7, 1837

To Mary Owens, August 16, 1837

Letter to Mrs. Orville Browning, April 1, 1838

Melancholy

To John T. Stuart, January 20, 1841

To John T. Stuart, January 23, 1841

To Joshua F. Speed, January 3 [?], 1842

To Joshua F. Speed, February 3, 1842

To Joshua F. Speed [private], February 25, 1842

To Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842

To Joshua F. Speed, March 27, 1842

Accountability

Letter from the Lost Townships [the “Rebecca Letter”], August 27, 1842

To James Shields, September 17, 1842

Memorandum of Duel Instructions to Elias H. Merryman, September 19, 1842

To Joshua F. Speed, October 5, 1842

Principles 

To Martin S. Morris, March 26, 1843

Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity, July 31, 1846

Fragment: Notes for a Law Lecture, July 1, 1850 [?]

To Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855

To Isham Reavis, November 5, 1855

Further Readings

PART TWO – Lincoln and Slavery  

Early Views 

Protest in the Illinois Legislature on Slavery, March 3, 1837

To Mary Speed, September 27, 1841

Remarks and Resolution Introduced in United States House of Representatives Concerning Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia 

Fragments on Slavery, April 1[?], 1854 

Attacking Slavery 

Speech at Peoria, Illinois (excerpts), October 16, 1854

To George Robertson, August 15, 1855

“A House Divided’’: Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858

Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858

Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860

The End of Slavery

Message to Congress, March 6, 1862

Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863

Reply to New York Workingmen’s Democratic Republican Association, March 21, 1864

To Charles D. Robinson, August 17, 1864

Further Readings

PART THREE – Lincoln and the Presidency 

Taking Charge

Speech in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861

First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861

To William H. Seward, April 1, 1861

Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus, September 24, 1862

To the Workingmen of Manchester, England, January 19, 1863

Commander-in-Chief 

To John A. McClernand, November 10,1861

To George B. McClellan, June 28, 1862

To William H. Seward, June 28, 1862

To George B. McClellan, July 1, 1862

To Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863

Letters to Joseph Hooker, June 10-16, 1863

To Ulysses S. Grant, April 30, 1864

Explaining the Cost

Meditation on the Divine Will, September 2, 1862, [?]

To Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862

To Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863

Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863

To Mrs. Lydia Bixby, November 21, 1864

Reunion and Reconciliation 

To Andrew Johnson, September 11, 1863

Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863

To Michael Hahn, March 13. 1864

Memorandum Concerning His Probable Failure of Re-election, August 23, 1864

Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

Last Public Address, April 11, 1865

Further Readings

PART FOUR – Lincoln and his Legacy  

Words Have Consequences

Further Readings

Charles M. Hubbard
Michael Toomey

Abraham Lincoln’s words and actions convinced the American people not only to persevere and save the Union, but to create at the same time a more perfect union that granted freedom and liberty for all its citizens.

In His Words: Readings from the Life of Abraham Lincoln provides readers with documentary evidence of the workings of Abe.  While not designed as a documentary biography on Lincoln, the publication does include letters, speeches, fragmentary notes, and other writings in chronological order spanning from his childhood on the frontier, as a husband and father, as a successful Illinois lawyer, and ultimately as the political leader who guided the nation through the crucible of the Civil War.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Selected Events in the Life of Abraham Lincoln

PART ONE – Growing and Learning 

Politics

To the People of Sangamo County, March 9, 1832

“The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions” – Address to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838

Courtship

To Mary S. Owens, December 13, 1836

To Mary Owens, May 7, 1837

To Mary Owens, August 16, 1837

Letter to Mrs. Orville Browning, April 1, 1838

Melancholy

To John T. Stuart, January 20, 1841

To John T. Stuart, January 23, 1841

To Joshua F. Speed, January 3 [?], 1842

To Joshua F. Speed, February 3, 1842

To Joshua F. Speed [private], February 25, 1842

To Joshua F. Speed, February 25, 1842

To Joshua F. Speed, March 27, 1842

Accountability

Letter from the Lost Townships [the “Rebecca Letter”], August 27, 1842

To James Shields, September 17, 1842

Memorandum of Duel Instructions to Elias H. Merryman, September 19, 1842

To Joshua F. Speed, October 5, 1842

Principles 

To Martin S. Morris, March 26, 1843

Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity, July 31, 1846

Fragment: Notes for a Law Lecture, July 1, 1850 [?]

To Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855

To Isham Reavis, November 5, 1855

Further Readings

PART TWO – Lincoln and Slavery  

Early Views 

Protest in the Illinois Legislature on Slavery, March 3, 1837

To Mary Speed, September 27, 1841

Remarks and Resolution Introduced in United States House of Representatives Concerning Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia 

Fragments on Slavery, April 1[?], 1854 

Attacking Slavery 

Speech at Peoria, Illinois (excerpts), October 16, 1854

To George Robertson, August 15, 1855

“A House Divided’’: Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858

Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858

Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860

The End of Slavery

Message to Congress, March 6, 1862

Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863

Reply to New York Workingmen’s Democratic Republican Association, March 21, 1864

To Charles D. Robinson, August 17, 1864

Further Readings

PART THREE – Lincoln and the Presidency 

Taking Charge

Speech in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861

First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861

To William H. Seward, April 1, 1861

Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus, September 24, 1862

To the Workingmen of Manchester, England, January 19, 1863

Commander-in-Chief 

To John A. McClernand, November 10,1861

To George B. McClellan, June 28, 1862

To William H. Seward, June 28, 1862

To George B. McClellan, July 1, 1862

To Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863

Letters to Joseph Hooker, June 10-16, 1863

To Ulysses S. Grant, April 30, 1864

Explaining the Cost

Meditation on the Divine Will, September 2, 1862, [?]

To Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862

To Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863

Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863

To Mrs. Lydia Bixby, November 21, 1864

Reunion and Reconciliation 

To Andrew Johnson, September 11, 1863

Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863

To Michael Hahn, March 13. 1864

Memorandum Concerning His Probable Failure of Re-election, August 23, 1864

Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

Last Public Address, April 11, 1865

Further Readings

PART FOUR – Lincoln and his Legacy  

Words Have Consequences

Further Readings

Charles M. Hubbard
Michael Toomey