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Abraham Lincoln : a documentary portrait through his speeches and writings

""Professor Fehrenbacher has prepared a splendid introduction and notes to a documentary portrait of Lincoln through his speeches and writings. . . . Eminently useful and admirable book which teachers and students at nearly all levels will appreciate."--Kliatt"--Wordery.com viewed Oct. 31, 2022
Print Book, English, 1977, ©1964
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 1977, ©1964
Biographies
xxix, [1], 31-288 pages ; 19 cm
9780804709422, 9780804709460, 0804709424, 0804709467, 0804709467
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Prefacev
Introductionxiii
Entering Politics: Communication to the People of Sangamo County, March 9, 1832
31(1)
Running For Reelection: Letter to the Editor of the Sangamo Journal, June 13, 1836
32(1)
The Slavery Problem: Protest Presented in the Illinois Legislature, March 3, 1837
33(1)
Political Philosophy: Speech to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, January 27, 1838
34(9)
A Personal Crisis: Letter to John T. Stuart, January 23, 1841
43(2)
A Glimpse of Slavery: Letter to Mary Speed, September 27, 1841
45(1)
The Liquor Problem: Address to the Washington Temperance Society of Springfield, February 22, 1842
46(5)
Legal Fees: Letter to James S. Irwin, November 2, 1842
51(1)
Texas and Slavery: Letter to Williamson Durley, October 3, 1845
51(3)
Candidate for Congress: Letter to Robert Boal, January 7, 1846
54(1)
Religion and Politics: Handbill Addressed to the Voters of the Seventh Congressional District, July 31, 1846
55(1)
The Mexican War: Lincoln's ``Spot Resolutions'' in the House of Representatives, December 22, 1847
56(2)
Presidential Power: Letter to William H. Herndon, February 15, 1848
58(2)
Family Affairs: Letter to Mary Lincoln, April 16, 1848
60(2)
Presidential Politics: Letter to William H. Herndon, June 12, 1848
62(1)
A Patronage Battle: Letter to William B. Preston, May 16, 1849
63(2)
Death in the Family: Letter to John D. Johnston, January 12, 1851
65(1)
Portrait of a Statesman: Eulogy on Henry Clay, July 6, 1852
66(3)
Government and Slavery: Two Undated Fragments from Lincoln's Hand
69(2)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Speech at Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854
71(7)
Almost a Senator: Letter to William H. Henderson, February 21, 1855
78(1)
Fusionists and Nativists: Letter to Owen Lovejoy, August 11, 1855
79(2)
A Farewell to Whiggery: Letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855
81(3)
Campaigning for Fremont: Form Letter to Fillmore Men, September, October, 1856
84(2)
The Central Idea of the Republic: Speech at a Republican Banquet in Chicago, December 10, 1856
86(2)
The Dred Scott Decision: Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857
88(5)
Douglas in Revolt: Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 28, 1857
93(1)
Senatorial Candidate: The House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858
94(9)
The Negro Question: Extracts from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, August to October, 1858
103(9)
The Freeport Doctrine: Extracts from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, August to October, 1858
112(6)
Illegal Voters: Letter to Norman B. Judd, October 20, 1858
118(1)
The Principles of Jefferson: Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, April 6, 1859
119(2)
Insidious Popular Sovereignty: Speech at Columbus, Ohio, September 16, 1859
121(8)
The Emerging Candidate: Letter to William E. Frazer, November 1, 1859
129(1)
Autobiography: Letter to Jesse W. Fell, December 20, 1859
130(2)
Oratorical Climax: The Cooper Institute Address, February 27, 1860
132(11)
Convention Strategy: Letter to Samuel Galloway, March 24, 1860
143(1)
Presidential Nominee: Letter to George Ashmun, May 23, 1860
144(1)
On Growing A Beard: Letter to Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860
145(1)
No Compromise: Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 10, 1860
146(1)
On Reassuring the South: Letter to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860
146(2)
Departure: Farewell Address at Springfield, Febuary 11, 1861
148(1)
En Route: Speech at Cleveland, Ohio, February 15, 1861
149(1)
President Lincoln: First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
150(10)
The War Begins: Presidential Proclamation, April 15, 1861
160(2)
A Friend Lost: Letter to Ephraim D. and Phoebe Ellsworth, May 25, 1861
162(1)
Mobilizing the National Will: Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861
163(7)
Becoming A Strategist: Memoranda Written after the Defeat at Bull Run, July, 1861
170(2)
A Troublesome General: Letter to John C. Fremont, September 2, 1861
172(1)
The Fremont Episode Continued: Letter to Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861
173(3)
Ends and Means: Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861
176(5)
Blunt Words for a Malcontent: Letter to David Hunter, December 31, 1861
181(2)
Eastern Tennessee: Letter to Don C. Buell, January 6, 1862
183(1)
The Fundamental Problem: Letter to Don C. Buell, January 13, 1862
184(1)
The Way to Richmond: Letter to George B. McClellan, February 3, 1862
184(1)
The Peninsular Campaign: Letter to George B. McClellan, April 9, 1862
185(3)
Emancipation Again: Presidential Proclamation, May 19, 1862
188(1)
The Seven Days: Letter to George B. McClellan, June 28, 1862
189(1)
New Orleans Under Occupation: Letter to Reverdy Johnson, July 26, 1862
190(2)
The Paramount Object: Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862
192(1)
After Another Defeat: Meditation on the Divine Will, September, 1862
193(1)
An Historic Step: The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862
194(2)
Anxious Afterthoughts: Letter to Hannibal Hamlin, September 28, 1862
196(1)
Inertia Again: Letter to George B. McClellan, October 13, 1862
197(3)
Defeat at the Polls: Letter to Carl Schurz, November 10, 1862
200(2)
Last Best Hope of Earth: Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862
202(7)
This SAD World of Ours: Letter to Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862
209(1)
The Day of Liberation: Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
210(2)
Emancipation Defended: Letter to John A. McClernand, January 8, 1863
212(2)
Encouragement From Abroad: Reply to the Workingmen of Manchester, January 19, 1863
214(2)
Portrait of a New Commander: Letter to Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863
216(1)
Strategy for Hooker: Memorandum, April, 1863
217(1)
Failure of a Weather Prophet: Endorsement, April 28, 1863, on Letter from Francis L. Capen
218(1)
Another Critic Answered: Letter to Isaac N. Arnold, May 26, 1863
219(2)
The Missouri Nuisance: Letter to John M. Schofield, May 27, 1863
221(1)
On the Defensive: Telegram to Joseph Hooker, June 10, 1863
222(1)
Arbitrary Arrests and Constitutional Rights: Letter to Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863
223(5)
An Untimely Feud: Letter to Joseph Hooker, June 16, 1863
228(2)
War Profiteering: Letter to William P. Kellogg, June 29, 1863
230(1)
Victory in the West: Letter to Ulysses S. Grant, July 13, 1863
231(1)
Gettysburg and After: Letter to George G. Meade, July 14, 1863
232(1)
Threats and Counterthreats: Presidential Order, July 30, 1863
233(1)
Thoughts on Reconstruction: Letter to Nathaniel P. Banks, August 5, 1863
234(2)
Lincoln on Shakespeare: Letters to James H. Hackett, August 17, November 2, 1863
236(2)
Pleading His Own Case: Letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863
238(4)
Stalemate on the Rapidan: Letter to Henry W. Halleck, September 19, 1863
242(2)
Immortal Words: The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
244(1)
A Plan of Reconstruction: Presidential Proclamation, December 8, 1863
245(4)
The Reconstruction Program Explained: Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1863
249(5)
A Time for Real Patriots: Letter to Thomas Cottman, December 15, 1863
254(1)
Negro Suffrage: Letter to Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864
255(1)
On Emancipation and Negro Soldiers: Letter to Albert G. Hodges, April 4, 1864
256(3)
A Change of Command: Letter to Ulysses S. Grant, April 30, 1864
259(1)
Nominated for a Second Term: Reply to a Delegation from the National Union League, June 9, 1864
260(1)
The Genesis of Radical Reconstruction: Presidential Proclamation, July 8, 1864
261(1)
Peace Talk and Politics: Draft of a Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn, September 12, 1864
262(2)
The Soldiers' Vote: Letter to William T. Sherman, September 19, 1864
264(1)
Calm Words in a Crisis: Response to a Serenade, October 19, 1864
265(2)
Victory at the Polls: Response to a Serenade, November 10, 1864
267(1)
So Costly a Sacrifice: Letter to Lydia Bixby, November 21, 1864
268(1)
The War Continues: Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864
269(5)
Savannah Taken: Letter to William T. Sherman, December 26, 1864
274(1)
A Family Problem: Letter to Ulysses S. Grant, January 19, 1865
275(1)
The Second Term: Reply to a Notification Committee, March 1, 1865
276(1)
With Malice Toward None: Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
277(2)
Evaluation: Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865
279(1)
Celebrating Victory: Response to a Serenade, April 10, 1865
280(1)
And Now Reconstruction: Last Public Address, April 11, 1865
281(5)
Bibliography286