Great Speeches

Representative collection of 16 masterly orations, correspondence, including "House Divided" speech at the Republican State Convention (1858), the First Inaugural Address (1861), the Gettysburg Address (1863), the Letter to Mrs. Bixby (1864), expressing regret over the wartime deaths of her 5 sons, and the Second Inaugural Address (1865).

The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838   The Presidential Question: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, July 27, 1848   A House Diveded: Speech Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, at the Close of the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858   Last Speech in Springfield, Illinois, in the 1858 Campaign, October 30, 1858   Address at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860   Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861   First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861   Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861   Proclamation of a National Fast-Day, August 12, 1861   Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862   Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863   Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863   Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863   Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864   Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865   Last Public Address, April 11, 1865