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1 Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Contents *Denotes verbatim newspaper accounts of speeches, reprinted here in fall, that are known to be incomplete. To the People of Sangamo County, March 9, I832.. To the Editor of the Sangamo Journal, June I3, I836. s To Robert Allen, June 2I, I To Mary S. Owens, December I3, I836 7 Speech in the Illinois Legislature on the State Bank, January II, I Protest in the Illinois Legislature on Slavery, March 3, I To Mary S. Owens, May 1, I To Mary S. Owens, August I6, I Second Reply to James Adams, October IS, I Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, I To Mrs. Orville H. Browning, April I, I To William Butler, January 26, I To William Butler, February I, I To William S. Wait, March 2, I Speech on the Sub-Treasury at Springfield, Illinois, December 26, I Plan of Campaign in I840, c. January I To John T. Stuart, January 20, I To Andrew McCormick, c. December I840-January I84I. 67 To John T. Stuart, January 20, I84I ix 68

2 x CONTENTS To John T. Stuart) January 23) I84I 68 To Joshua F. Speed) June I9) I84I. To Mary Speed) September 27) I84I. To Joshua F. Speed) c. early January I/J42. To Joshua F. Speed) February 3) I/J42. To Joshua F. Speed) February I3) I/J42 Address to the Washington Temperance Society of Springfield) Illinois) February 22) I/J42 To Joshua F. Speed) February 25) I/J42 To Joshua F. Speed) February 25) I/J42 To Joshua F. Speed) March 27) I/J42 To Joshua F. Speed) July 4, I/J42.. The "Rebecca)) Letter) August 27, I/J42. To James Shields) September I7) I/J42.. Duel Instructions to Elias H. Merryman) September I9) I/J To Joshua F. Speed) October 5) I/J42. To James S. Irwin) November 2) I/J42. To Samuel D. Marshall) November II) I842 To Richard S. Thomas) February I4, I843. To Joshua F. Speed) March 24, I843. To Martin S. Morris) March 26, I843. To Martin S. Morris) April I4, I843 To Joshua F. Speed) May IS) I843. To Williamson Durley) October 3) I845. To Benjamin F. James) November I7) I I 90 9I IOI I06 I III 113

3 CONTENTS To Henry E. Dummer, November I8, I84S. To Benjamin F. James, November 24, I84S. To Benjamin F. James, December 6, I84S ri n3 n4 n5 To Robert Boal, January 7, I n6 To Benjamin F. James, January I6, I846 To John]. Hardin, January I9, I846.. n7 n7 "My Childhood-Home I See Again/, c. February I To John]. Hardin, February 7, I To Benjamin F. James, February 9, I To Andrew Johnston, February 24, I Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder, April IS, I To Andrew Johnston, April I8, I Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity, July 3I, I To Allen N. Ford, August II, I To Andrew Johnston, September 6, I To Joshua F. Speed, October 22, I To Andrew Johnston, February 25, I c'the Bear Hunt/, before February 2s, I Fragments on the Tari.ff, c. August I846-December I "Spot)) Resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives, December 22, I To William H. Herndon, January 8, I Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives on the War with Mexico, January I2, I To Jonathan R. Diller, January I9, I To William H. Herndon, February I, I

4 XII CONTENTS To William H. Herndon, February 2, IS# 174 To Josephus Hewett, February I3, IS# To William H. Herndon, February IS, IS#. 175 To Thomas S. Flournoy, February I7, IS# 176 To Usher F. Linder, February 20, IS#. 177 To Solomon Lincoln, March 6, IS#. 177 To Usher F. Linder, March 22, IS#. 178 To David Lincoln, April 2, IS# To Mary Todd Lincoln, April I6, IS# 181 To Archibald Williams, April 30, IS# 183 To John M. Peck, May 2I, IS# To William H. Herndon, June I2, IS#. 185 To Mary Todd Lincoln, June I2, IS# Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives on Internal Improvements, June 20, IS# 187 To William H. Herndon, June 22, IS#. 199 To Horace Greeley, June 27, IS#. 201 To Mary Todd Lincoln, July 2, IS# 202 To William H. Herndon, July Io, IS#. 203 To William H. Herndon, July II, IS#. 204 Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives on the Presidential Question, July 21, IS# 205 To William Schouler, August 28, IS# Fragment on Niagara Falls, late September I84S? 222 To Thomas Lincoln and John D. Johnston, December 24, IS#

5 CONTENTS Xlll To Walter Davis, January 5, To William H. Herndon, January 5, To C. U. Schlater, January 5, Proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives for Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, January 10, To David Davis, February 12) To Joshua F. Speed) February 20) To Charles R. l*llesj February 20) To William B. Warren and Others) April 7J To William B. Preston) April 20) To Josiah M. Lucas) April 25) To William B. Preston) May 16) To Duff Green) May 18) To Joseph Gillespie) May 19) To Elisha Embree) May 25) To Josiah B. Herrick) June 3, To Thomas Ewing) June 22) To Joseph Gillespie) July I3J To Joseph Gillespie) July 13) To John M. Clayton) July 28) To John M. Clayton) August 21) To John M. Clayton) September 16) To John Addison) September 27) To Thomas Ewing) September 27) To Thomas Ewing) October 13) To George W. Rives) December 15)

6 XIV CONTENTS To John D. Johnston, February 23, ISso To the Editors of the Illinois Journal, June s, ISso. 244 Notes on the Practice of Law, ISso? Eulogy on Zachary Taylor at Chicago, Illinois, July 2S, ISSO To John D. Johnston, January I2, ISSI 255 To Andrew McCallen, July 4, ISSI To John D. Johnston, November 4, ISSI. 256 To John D. Johnston, November 9, ISSI. 257 To John D. Johnston, November 2s, ISSI. 258 Eulogy on Henry Clay at Springfield, Illinois, July 6, ISS2 259 Speech to the Scott Club of Springfield, Illinois, August I4 and 26, ISS To Charles R. Welles, September 27, ISS2 297 To Lewis M. Hays, October 21, ISS To Thompson R. Webber, September I2, ISS To Mason Brayman, October 3, ISS3 299 To James F. Joy, January 2s, ISS4 299 To Jesse Lincoln, April I, IS Fragments on Government, IS54?. 301 Fragment on Slavery, IS54? To John M. Palmer, September 7, ISS4 303 To Richard J. Oglesby, September s, ISS Editorial in the Illinois Journal, September II, ISS Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act at Peoria, Illinois, October I6, ISS

7 CONTENTS XV To Charles Hoyt1 November I01 I To Jonathan Y. Scammon1 November w1 I To Jacob Harding1 November II1 I To Noah W. Matheny1 November 251 I To Ichabod Codding1 November 271 I To Hugh Lemaster1 November 291 I To Joseph Gillespie1 December I1 I To Elihu B. Washburne1 December II1 I To Elihu B. Washburne1 December I4, I To Elihu B. Washburne1 December [January] 6, I To Richard Yates1 January I4, I To Elihu B. Washburne1 February 91 I8SS. 355 To William H. Henderson1 February 2I1 I8SS 357 To Owen Lovejoy1 August II1 I To George Robertson1 August I51 I To Joshua F. Speed1 August 24, I To Isham Reavis1 November 51 I To Richard P. Morgan1 February I31 I To George P. Floyd1 February 2I1 I Speech at Bloomington1 Illinois1 May 291 I To Lyman Trumbull1 June 7, I To Lyman Trumbull1 June 271 I To David Davis1 July 11 I To James Berdan1 July Io1 I To James W. Grimes1 July I21 I

8 XVl CONTENTS On Sectionalism, c. July 18s To Lyman Trumbull, August 1I 1 I8s6 374 Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan 1 August 27 1 I8S Letter to Fillmore Men 1 September 8, 18s To Henry 0 1 Conner 1 September 14, I8S To Julian M. Sturtevant 1 September 27, I8S On Stephen Douglas 1 c. December 18s *Portion of Speech at Republican Banquet in Chicago, Illinois 1 December IO, I8s Notes for Speech at Chicago, Illinois 1 February g. 387 To Newton Deming and Gem;ge P Strong 1 May 2s 1 I8S On the Dred Scott Case, June? I8S Speech on the Dred Scott Decision at Springfield 1 Illinois 1 June 26 1 I8S To James W. Grimes, after August I4, I8S Speech to the Jury in the Rock Island Bridge Case, Chicago 1 Illinois, September 22 and 23 1 I8S7 404 On the Republican Party 1 c. November I8S7. 4n To Lyman Trumbull1 November 30, I8S7 412 Draft of a Speech 1 c. late December 18g 412 To Lyman Trumbull 1 December 28, 18g 419 To Owen Lovejoy, March 8, 18s To Ozias M. Hatch, March 24, I8S To Elihu B. Washburne, April 26 1 I8s To Jediah F. Alexander 1 May IS 1 I8s8 421 To Elihu B. Washburne 1 May 27, I8S8 422

9 CONTENTS XVU To Stephen A. Hurlbut) June I) I8S To Charles L. Wilson) June I) I8S To Samuel Wilkinson) June IO) I8S8 424 "House Divided)) Speech at Springfield) Illinois) June I6) I8S To John L. Scripps) June 23) I8S To Lyman Trumbull) June 23) I8S8 435 To Joseph Medill) June 2s) I8S Fragment on the Struggle Against Slavery) c. July I8S8 437 Speech at Chicago) Illinois) July IO) I8S To Gustave P. Koerner) July IS) I8s Speech at Springfield) Illinois) July I7) I8S To John Mathers) July 20) I8S To Stephen A. Douglas) July 24, I8S To Joseph Gillespie) July 2s) I8S To Gustave P. Koerner, July 2s) I8S8 480 To Stephen A. Douglas) July 29) I8S To Henry Asbury) July 3I) I8S To Stephen A. Douglas) July 3I) I8S On Slavery and Democracy) I8s8? To Jediah F. Alexander) August 2) I8S8 484 To Burton C. Cook) August 2) I8S To William H. Grigsby) August 3) I8S To Henry E. Dummer) Augusts) I8S *Portion of Speech at Havana) Illinois) August I4, I8S Draft of a Speech) c. August I8S

10 xvm CONTENTS First Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Ottawa, Illinois, August 2I, I8S To Joseph 0. Cunningham, August 22, I8S To Ebenezer Peck, August 23, I8S Second Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Freeport, Illinois, August 27, I8S *Portion of Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September II, I8S Third Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Jonesboro, Illinois, September IS, I8S To Martin P. Sweet, September I6, I8S To Elihu B. Washburne, September I6, I8S8 635 Fourth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Charleston, Illinois, September I8, I8S To Norman B. Judd, September 23, I8s Verses to Rosa Haggard, September 28, I8S Verse to Linnie Haggard, September 30, I8s On Pro-slavery Theology, I8s8? Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Galesburg, Illinois, October 1, I8s Sixth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Quincy, Illinois, October 13, I8S Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton, Illinois, October IS, I8S To James N. Brown, October I8, I8S To Norman B. Judd, October 20, I8S8 823 Portion of Speech at Carthage, Illinois, October 22, I8S8 824 To Edward Lusk, October 30, I8S

11 CONTENTS XIX *Portion of Last Speech in Campaign of r8s8, Springfield, Illinois, October 30, I8S To John]. Crittenden, November 4, I8S8 827 To Norman B. Judd, November rs, r8s To Norman B. Judd, November I6, r8s To Samuel C. Davis and Company, November I7, r8s To Henry Asbury, November I9, I8S To Anson G. Henry, November r9, I8S To Charles H. Ray, November 20, r8s To Lyman Trumbull, December II, r8s8 832 Chronology Note on the Texts 853 Notes. 858 Index. 877

12 Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Contents To W. H. Wells) January 8) I To Elihu B. Washburne) January 29) I859. To Lyman Trumbull) February 3) I Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions) Jacksonville) Illinois) February II) I Speech at Chicago) Illinois) March I) I To Henry L. Pierce and Others) April 6, I To Thomas J. Pickett) April I6, I To Salmon P. Chase) April 30) I To Mark W. Delahay) May I4, I To Theodore Canisius) May I7) I To Salmon P. Chase) June 9) I To Salmon P. Chase) June 20) I To Nathan Sargent) June 23) I To Schuyler Colfax) July 6) I To Samuel Galloway) July 28) I Notes far Speeches) c. September I Notes far Speech at Columbus) Ohio) September I6) I Speech at Columbus) Ohio) September I6) I Speech at Cincinnati) Ohio) September I7, I Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society) Milwaukee) Wisconsin) September 30) I To William E. Frazer) November I) I859 To William Kellogg) December II) I859. ix IOI rn2

13 x CONTENTS To George W. Dole, Gurdnn S. Hubbard, and William H. Brown, December 14, To George M. Parsons and Others, December 19, To Samuel Galloway, December 19, To Jesse W. Fell, Enclosing Autobiography, December 20, To James W. Sheahan, January 24, To Norman B. Judd, February 9, To Oliver P Hall, Jacob N. Fullinwider, and William F. Correll, February 14, Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, m To Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, Speech at New Haven, Connecticut, March 6, To Mark W. Delahay, March 16, To Samuel Galloway, March 24, To Richard M. Corwine, April 6, To Cornelius F. McNeil!, April 6, To Lyman Trumbull, April 29, To Richard M. Corwine, May 2, To Edward Wallace, May 12, Reply to Committee of the Republican National Convention, Springfield, Illinois, May 19, To Gem;ge Ashmun, May 23, To Charles C. Nott, May 31, Autobiography Written far Campaign, c. June To Samuel Haycraft, June 4,

14 CONTENTS xi To Lyman Trumbull) June s) I86o To William M. Dickson) June 0 I86o. 169 To J. Mason Haight) June II) I86o. 170 To Samuel Galloway) June I9) I86o 170 To Anson G. Henry) July 4, I86o 171 To Abraham Jonas) July 2I) I86o. 172 To George C. Latham) July 22) I86o 173 To Simeon Francis) August 4, I86o 174 Remarks at Republican Rally) Springfield) Illinois) August 8) I86o To John B. Fry) August IS) I86o To George G. Fogg) August I6) I86o. 176 To Charles H. Fisher) August 20 I86o 178 To John M. Pomeroy) August 3I) I86o. 178 To Henry Wilson) September I) I86o. 179 To Mrs. M. J. Green) September 22) I86o 179 To John T. Hanks) September 24, I86o. 179 To John M. Brockman) September 25) I86o. 180 To Daniel P. Gardner) September 28) I86o. 180 Imaginary Dialogue Between Douglas and Breckinridge) September 29) I86o To Grace Bedell) October I9) I86o To William S. Speer) October 23) I86o 182 To David Hunter) October 26, I86o. 183 To George T. M. Davis) October 27) I86o 183 To George D. Prentice) October 29) I86o 184

15 Xll CONTENTS To Truman Smith) November IO) I86o. 185 To Nathaniel P. Paschall) November I6, I86o. 186 Passage Written far Lyman Trumbull)s Speech at Springfield) Illinois) November 20) I86o Remarks at Bloomington) Illinois) November 2I) I86o 187 To Henry]. Raymond) November 28) I86o 188 To William H. Seward) December 8) I86o. 188 To Lyman Trumbull) December 8) I86o. 189 To Lyman Trumbull) December IO) I86o 190 To William Kellogg) December II) I86o. 190 To John A. Gilmer) December IS) I86o 190 To Thurlow Weed) December I?, I86o. 192 To John D. Defrees) December I8) I86o 193 To Henry]. Raymond) December I8) I86o. 193 To Alexander H. Stephens) December 22) I86o 194 To James W. Webb) December 29) I86o 194 To Simon Cameron) January 3, I86I. 195 To Lyman Trumbull) January 7) I86I 195 To James T. Hale) January II) I86I. 196 To William H. Seward) February I) I86I. 197 To Thurlow Weed) February 4, I86I Farewell Address at Springfield) Illinois) February II) I86I Reply to Oliver P. Morton at Indianapolis) Indiana) February II) I86I Speech at Indianapolis) Indiana) February n) I86I. 201

16 CONTENTS Xlll Speech to Germans at Cincinnati, Ohio, February I2, I86I Address to the Ohio Legislature, Columbus, Ohio, February I3, I86I Speech at Cleveland, Ohio, February IS, I861.. Remarks at Syracuse, New York, February I8, I861 Remarks at Little Falls, New York, February IS, I86I Address to the New Jersey Senate at Trenton, New Jersey, February 21, 186I Address to the New Jersey Genera/Assembly at Trenton, New Jersey, February 2I, I86I... Reply to Mayor Alexander Henry at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 2I, I86r..... Speech at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, I First Inaugural Address, March 4, I86I 215 To Schuyler Colfax, March 8, I86I. 224 To Winfield Scott, March 9, I86I. 225 To William H. Seward, March 1s, To John T. Stuart, March 30, I86I. 226 To David D. Porter, April I, I86I 226 To Winfield Scott, April I, I86I. 227 To William H. Seward, April 1, 186!. 227 To Robert Anderson, April 4, To Robert S. Chew, April 6, I86I. 229 Reply to the Vir;ginia Convention, April I3, I86I. 229 Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress, April IS, I86I IO 2II 213

17 XlV CONTENTS Proclamation of Blockade, April I9, IS6I Inscription in Album of Mary Rebecca Darby Smith, April I9, IS6I To Thomas H. Hicks and Geor;ge W. Brown, April 20, IS6I To Reverdy Johnson, April 24, IS6I. 235 To Winfield Scott, April 25, IS6I. 236 To Winfield Scott, April 27, IS6I 237 To Gustavus V. Fox, May I, IS6I 237 To Isham G. Harris, May I, IS6I, or after. 238 To Salmon P Chase, May s, IS6I To Francis P Blair, Jr., May IS, IS6I 239 To Salmon P Chase, May IS, IS6I To Edwin D. Mor;gan, May 20, IS6I. 241 To Ephraim D. and Phoebe Ellsworth, May 25, IS6I. 242 To Winfield Scott, June 5, IS6I To William P Dole, June II, IS6I, or after 243 To Ninian W. Edwards, June I9, IS6I Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, IS6I 246 To Simon B. Buckner, July Io, IS6I Memoranda on Military Policy, July 23, IS6I. 262 Proclamation of a National Fast Day, August I2, IS6I 264 To Beriah Magoffin, August 24, IS6I To John C. Fremont, September 2, IS6I. 266 To David Hunter, September 9, IS6I To John C. Fremont, September II, IS6I

18 CONTENTS To Orville H. Browning, September 22, To Oliver P. Morton) September 29, 1861 To Samuel R. Curtis) October 7, To George D. Ramsay, October 17, To Samuel R. Curtis) October 24, To David Hunter) October 24, To John A. McClernand) November 10, xv Reply to Delegation of Baltimore Citizens, Washington) D.C., November rs) r861. Drafts of Bill far Compensated Emancipation in Delaware, c. late November Memorandum on Advice to Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas, November 27, Annual Message to Con._qress, December 3, To Mrs. Susannah Weathers, December 4, Draft of Letter to Senate from Ward H. Lamon, December r6, To David Hunter, December 31, To Henry W. Halleck, January 1, To Don C. Buell) January 6, To Simon Cameron) January n, To Don C. Buell, January 13) To Henry W. Halleck, January IS, President's General War Order No. 1, January 27, To Gem;ge B. McClellan, February 3, Stay of Execution far Nathaniel Gordon, February 4,

19 XVI CONTENTS To Henry W. Halleck, February 16, Message to Congress, March 6, r President;s General War Order No. 3, March 8, r To Henry J. Raymond, March 9, Speech to a Massachusetts Delegation, Washington, D.C., March 13, To James A. McDougall, March 14, To Samuel B. Tobey, March 19, n To Horace Greeley, March 24, To Gem;ge B. McClellan, March 31, To Geo1'Jfe B. McClellan, April 9, To Richard Yates and William Butler, April 10, Message to Congress, April r6, r To Geo1'Jfe B. McClellan, May 1, To Geo1'Jfe B. McClellan, May 9, Proclamation Revoking General Hunters Emancipation Order, May r9, To George B. McClellan, May 21, To Henry W. Halleck, May 24-, To George B. McClellan, May 24, To George B. McClellan, May 24, To Irvin McDowell, May 24, To Salmon P Chase, May 2s, To George B. McClellan, May 2s, To George B. McClellan, May 2s, To the Senate and House of Representatives, May 26,

20 CONTENTS XVU To Irvin McDowell, May 28, To George B. McClellan, May 28, To Edwin M. Stanton, June 5, To John C. Fremont, June 15, To George B. McClellan, June 15, To John C. Fremont, June 16, To Carl Schurz, June 16, Remarks at Jersey City, New Jersey, June 24, To George B. McClellan, June 26, To George B. McClellan, June 28, To William H. Seward, June 28, To William H. Seward, June 30, To George B. McClellan, July l, To George B. McClellan, July 2, To George B. McClellan, July 3, To Union Governors, July 3, To George B. McClellan, July 4, To Gem;ge B. McClellan, July 5, Appeal to Border-State Representatives for Compensated Emancipation, Washington, D.C., July 12, To George B. McClellan, July 13, To Edwin M. Stanton, July 22, To Reverdy Johnson, July 26, To Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, To August Belmont, July 31, To Agenor-Etienne de Gasparin, August 4,

21 XVlll CONTENTS Address to Union Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 6, I To John M. Clay, August 9, To Edwin M. Stanton, August 9, To John A. Andrew, August 12, Address on Colonization to a Committee of Colored Men, Washington, D.C., August 14, I To Horace Greeley, August 22, To David Davis, August 27, Meditation on the Divine Will, c. early September To Jeremiah T. Boyle, September 12, To Andrew G. Curtin, September 12, Reply to Chicago Emancipation Memorial, Washington, D.C., September 13, To George B. McClellan, September 15, To Edwin M. Stanton, September 20, Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus, September 24, Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., September 24, To John Ross, September 25, Record of Dismissal ofjohn]. Key, September 26-27, To Hannibal Hamlin, September 28, Remarks at Frederick, Maryland, October 4, To Thomas H. Clay, October 8, To Geot;ge B. McClellan, October 13,

22 CONTENTS XIX To Benjamin F. Butler) George F. Shepley) and Others) October I4) I To George B. McClellan) October 25) I To George B. McClellan) October 27) I To John POfJe) November IO) I To Carl Schurz) November 10) I Order for Sabbath Observance) November IS) I To Samuel Treat) November I9) I To George Robertson) November 20) I To George F. Shepley) November 21) I To George F. Shepley) November 2I) I To Nathaniel P Banks) November 22) I To William L. Vance) November 22) I To John]. Key) November 24, I To Carl Schurz) November.u, I To George Robertson) November 26, I To Henry W. Halleck) November 27, I To Edward Bates) November 29) I Annual Message to Congress) December I) I Message to Senate on Minnesota Indians) December II) I To Fernando Wood) December I2) I To Thomas]. Henderson) December 20) I To William H. Seward and Salmon P Chase) December 20) I Message to the Army of the Potomac) December 22) I To Fanny McCullough) December 23) I

23 xx CONTENTS To Hiram Walbridge, December 28, r Opinion on Admission of West Vii:ginia into the Union, c. late December r Final Emancipation Proclamation, January r, r To Henry W. Halleck, January r, r To Samuel R. Curtis, January 2, r To William S. Rosecrans, January s, r To John A. McClernand, January 8, r To John A. Dix, January I4, r To the Senate and House of Representatives, January I7, r To the Workingmen of Manchester, England, January r9, r To John A. McClernand, January 22, r863. To Joseph Hooker, January 26, r863. To Franz Sigel, January 26, r863. To Ambrose E. Burnside, January 28, r863. To Franz Sigel, February s, r To William S. Rosecrans, February I7, r863 To Mrs. L. H. Phipps, March 9, r863. To Edwin M. Stanton, March 9, r863 To William S. Rosecrans, March I7, r863 To Henry W. Davis, March rs, r863. To Horatio Seymour, March 23, r863. Commutation of Sentence of James S. Pleasants, March 25, r To Andrew Johnson, March 26, r

24 CONTENTS XXI Speech to Indian Chiefi) Washington) D.C.) March 27) To Nathaniel P Banks) March 29) To David Hunter) April I) Memorandum on Hookers Plan of Campaign) c. early April I To Joseph Hooker) April IS) Resolution on Slavery) April IS) Memorandum on Patronage in St. Louis) Missouri) April 16, Commutation of Sentence of John A. Chase) April 28) Memorandum on Francis L. Capen)s Weather Forecasts) April 28) To David Hunter) April 30) Regarding the Case of David Schaadt) April 30) To Joseph Hooker) May 7) To Joseph Hooker) May I4, To Henry T. Bluw) Charles D. Drake) and Others) May rs) I To Isaac N. Arnold) May 26, To John M. Schofield) May 27, To Ambrose E. Burnside) May 29, I To William T. Otto) June I) To Edwin M. Stanton) June 4) To Joseph Hooker) Junes) Draft of Anonymous Letter to the Washington Chronicle) June 6) To Samuel R. Curtis) June 8)

25 XXll CONTENTS To Mary Todd Lincoln, June 9, To Joseph Hooker, June 10, To Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, To Joseph Hooker, June 14, To Joseph Hooker, June 16, To Joseph Hooker, June r6, r To John M. Schofield, June 22, r Reply to the Ohio Democratic Convention, June 29, To William Kellogg, June 29, To Robert H. Milroy, June 29, To Alexander K. McClure, June 30, r To Joel Parker, June 30, To Samuel P Lee, July 4, r To Samuel P Lee, July 4, To Henry W. Halleck, July 6, To Henry W. Halleck, July 7, r Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., July 1, r To Lorenzo Thomas, July 8, r To Jesse K. Dubois, July rr, To Henry T. Blow, July 13, To Ulysses S. Grant, July 13, To John M. Schofield, July r3, r To George G. Meade, July I4, r To Simon Cameron, July rs, To Joseph Holt, July r8, r so Verse on Lee's Invasion of the North, July 19, so

26 CONTENTS xxm To John M. Schofield) July 20) I To Oliver 0. Howard) July 2I) I To Edwin M. Stanton) July 2I) I To Hamilton R. Gamble) July 23) I To Montgomery Blair) July 24) I To Ambrose E. Burnside) July 27) I To George G. Meade) July 27, I To Edwin M. Stanton) July 28) I To Henry W. Halleck) July 29) I Order of Retaliation) July 30) I To Stephen A. Hurlbut) July 3I) I To John G. Foster) August 3) I To Nathaniel p Banks) Augusts) I To Horatio Seymour) August 7, I To Mary Todd Lincoln) August 8) I To Ulysses S. Grant) August 9) I To William S. Rosecrans) August Io) I To John A. McClernand) August I2) I To James H. Hackett) August I7) I To James G. Blunt) August I8) I To George G. Meade) August 2I) I To Edwin M. Stanton) August 2I) I To James C. Conkling) August 26, I To George G. Meade) August 27, I To William S. Rosecrans) August 3I) I To Edwin M. Stanton) September I) I

27 XXIV CONTENTS To Edwin M. Stanton, September I, I863 To Salmon P Chase, September 2, I863. To Edwin M. Stanton, September 2, I863 To Joseph Segrtr, September s, I To Edwin M. Stanton, September 7, I863 To John P Gray, September IO, I863.. To Andrew Johnson, September II, I863. soo soo SOI SOI so2 so2 so3 Opinion on the Draft, c. mid-september I To Jesse K. Dubois and Ozias M. Hatch, September IS, I To Henry W. Halleck, September IS, I863. Proclamation Suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus, September IS, I Draft of Order Concerning Writ of Habeas Corpus, September I7, I To Henry W. Halleck, September I9, I To Ozias M. Hatch and Jesse K. Dubois, September 22, I To Mary Todd Lincoln, September 24, I sw s11 s12 To Ambrose E. Burnside, September 2s, I863. To William S. Rosecrans, September 28, I863. Reply to Sons of Temperance, Washington, D.C., September 29, I To John M. Schofield, October I, I Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 3, I863. SIS s16 s16 s17 s20 To William S. Rosecrans, October 4, I To Charles D. Drake and Others, Octobers,

28 CONTENTS XXV Approval of Sentence of David M. Wr~ht, October 1, I To George G. Meade, October 8, I To George G. Meade, October I2, I To William S. Rosecrans, October I2, I To John G. Foster, October IS, I To Henry W. Halleck, October Iff, I To John G. Foster, October I7, I Remarks to Baltimore Presbyterian Synod, Washington, D.C., October 24, I To James M. Cutts, October 26, I To Montgomery Blair, November 2, I To James H. Hackett, November 2, I Memorandum on Testing Diller's Powder, November 2, I863, or after To Nathaniel P. Banks, Novembers, I To Benjamin F. Flanders, November 9, I To Edwin M. Stanton, November II, I Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November I9, I To Zachariah Chandler, November 20, I To Edward Everett, November 20, I Annual Message to Congress, December 8, I Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, I Amnesty for Emily T. Helm, December I4-, I Oath Written for Emily T. Helm, December I4-, I Pass for Emily T. Helm, December I+, I

29 XXVl CONTENTS To Thomas Cottman, December IS, I863 To Stephen A. Hurlbut, December I7, I863 To Edwin M. Stanton, December I8, I86_). To Oliver D. Filley, December 22, I863.. Endorsement on Petition Concerning Samuel B. McPheeters, December 22, r To Nathaniel P Banks, December 24, I86_) To Bayard Taylor, December 2s, I Endorsement Concerning Henry Andrews, January 7, I To Crafts]. Wright and Charles K. Hawkes, January 1, I To Mrs. Esther Stockton, January 8, I To Quincy A. Gillmore, January I3, I To William Crosby and Henry P Nichols, January 16, I To Frederick Steele, January 20, I To Alpheus Lewis, January 23, I To Frederick Steele, January 27, I To Frederick Steele, January 30, I To Nathaniel P Banks, January 3I, I To Edwin M. Stanton, February 1, Permit to Christopher F. Field and Christopher F. Clay, February I, I To Edwin M. Stanton, February s, I To Edwin M. Stanton, February II, I To Daniel E. Sickles, February IS, I To Frederick Steele, February I7, I

30 CONTENTS XXVll To John A. Andrew, February I8, I To Benjamin F. Loan, February 22, I To Edwin M. Stanton, February 2s, I To Salmon P. Chase, February 29, I To Edwin M. Stanton, March I, I To John A. J. Creswell, March 7, I Presentation of Commission to Ulysses S. Grant, Washington, D.C., March 9, I To George D. Ramsay, March IO, I To Michael Hahn, March I3, I To Carl Schurz, March 13, I Endorsement Concerning N cw Orleans Churches, March IS, I To John A. J. Creswell, March I7, I Remarks at Closing of Sanitary Fair, Washington, D.C., March I8, I To Edwin M. Stanton, March I8, I Remainder of Draft of Letter to Stanton, March I8, I To Carl Schurz, March 23, I To Benjamin B. French, March 2s, I To George G. Meade, March 29, I To Albert G. Hodges, April 4, I To Mrs. Horace Mann, Aprils, I Letter Concerning Mrs. Daniel Hunt, April II, I Draft of Address for Sanitary Fair at Baltimore, Maryland, before April I8, I

31 XXVlll CONTENTS Address at Sanitary Fair) Baltimore) Maryland) April I8) I To Isaac Murphy) April 27) I To Ulysses S. Grant) April 30) I To Cabinet Members) May 3) I Response to Serenade) Washington) D.C.) May 9) I To Samuel C. Pomeroy) May I2) I To Thomas Carney) May 14) I To Edwin M. Stanton) May I7) I To Charles Sumner) May I9) I To Isaac N. Arnold) May 25) I To John H. Bryant) May 30) I To George B. Ide) James R. Doolittle) and A. Hubbell) May 30) I864.. Endorsement Concerning Leonard Swett and Joseph Holt) June 6, I Reply to Committee of the National Union Convention) Washington) D.C.) June 9) I Reply to Delegation from the National Union League) Washington, D.C.) June 9) I Speech at Great Central Sanitary Fair) Philadelphia) Pennsylvania) June I6) I To Edward Bates) June 24, I To William Dennison and Others) June 27) I To Frederick Steele) June 29) I To Salmon P Chase) June 30) I To John L. Scripps) July 4, I Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction) July 8) I

32 CONTENTS XXlX To Horace Greeley) July 9) I To Thomas Swann and Others) July IO) I To Ulysses S. Grant) July IO) I To Edwin M. Stanton) July I4, I To Horace Greeley) July IS) I To Horace Greeley) July IS) I To Ulysses S. Grant) July I7J I Proclamation Calling for soo)ooo Volunteers) July I8J I To William T. Sherman) July IS) I IO Offer of Safa Conduct for Peace Negotiators) July I8J I II Memorandum on Clement C. Clay) c. late July I To Abram Wakeman) July 2s) I To James C. Welling) July 2s) I To Edwin M. Stanton) July 27J I To Ulysses S. Grant) August 3) I To John McMahon) August 6, I To Stephen G. Burbridge) August 8) I To Nathaniel P Banks) August 9) I To Benjamin F. Butler) August 9) I To Horace Greeley, August 9) I To Ulysses S. Grant) August I4, I To Henry]. Raymond) August IS) I To Ulysses S. Grant) August I7J I To Charles D. Robinson) August I7J I n

33 xxx CONTENTS Speech to the I64th Ohio Regiment) Washington) D.C.) August I8) I Speech to the I66th Ohio Regiment) Washington) D.C.) August 22) I Memorandum on Probable Failure of Re-election) August 23) I To Henry]. Raymond) August 24, I Speech to the I48th Ohio Regiment) Washington) D.C.) August 3I) I To Eliza P. Gurney) September 4, I Response to Presentation of a Bible by the Loyal Colored People of Baltimore) Washington) D.C.) September 7, I Memorandum Concerning Ward H. Lamon) c. September I2) I To Ulysses S. Grant) September I2) I Draft of Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn) September I2) I To Isaac M. Schermerhorn) September I2) I To William T. Sherman) September I9) I To Montgomery Blair) September 23) I To William S. Rosecrans) September 26, I To Ulysses S. Grant) September 29) I To Henry W. Hoffman) October IO) I Response to Serenade) Washington) D.C.) October I9) I Proclamation of Thanksgiving) October 20) I Speech to the I89th New York Volunteers) Washington) D.C.) October 24, I

34 CONTENTS XXXl To Stephen G. Burbridge, October 27, I864 Endorsement Concerning Thomas Berington, October 29, I Speech to the.p,nd Massachusetts Regiment, Washington, D.C., October JI, I Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., November 8, I Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., November Io, I To Stephen A. Hurlbut, November I4, I To William S. Rosecrans, November I9, I To Mrs. Lydia Bixby, November 2I, I To John Phillips, November 2I, I Annual Message to Congress, December 6, I Reply to a Southern Woman, December 6, I864, or before 663 Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., December 6, I To Edward R. S. Canby, December I2, I To William T. Sherman, December 26, I To Edwin M. Stanton, December JI, I Reply to Delegation of Kentuckians, Washington, D.C., January 2, I86s To Edwin M. Stanton, January s, I86S. 666 To Grenville M. Dodge, January IS, I86s 667 To Ulysses S. Grant, January I9, I86s. 667 To Joseph]. Reynolds, January 20, I86s 667 Reply to Philadelphia Delegation, Washington, D.C., January 24, I86s

35 xxxu CONTENTS Response to Serenade) Washington) D.C.) February I) I86s To the Senate and House of Representatives) February s) I86s To William Lloyd Garrison) February 1) I86s 672 To John Glenn) February 7, I86s To the Senate and House of Representatives) February 8, I86s To the House of Representatives) February IO) I86s 674 To Thomas C. Fletcher) February 20) I86s Reply to Notification Committee) Washington) D.C.) March I) I86s To Ulysses S. Grant) March 3) I86s Second Inaugural Address) March 4, I86s. 686 To Charles Sumner) March s) I86s. 687 To Ulysses S. Grant) March 9) I86s 688 To Thurlow Weed) March IS) I86s. 689 Speech to the I40th Indiana Regiment) Washington) D.C., March I7) I86s Order Annulling Sentence of Benjamin G. and Franklin W. Smith) March IS) I86s. 691 To Edwin M. Stanton) March 30) I86s 692 To Edwin M. Stanton) April 2) I86s. 692 To Mary Ibdd Lincoln) April 2) I86s. 692 To Ulysses S. Grant) April 2) I86s To Edwin M. Stanton) April 3) I86s. 693 To Edwin M. Stanton) April 3) I86s 693 To John A. Campbell) April s) I86s 693

36 CONTENTS XXXlll To Godfrey Weitzel) April 6) I86s. To Ulysses S. Grant) April 6) I86S. To Ulysses S. Grant) April 7, I86s. Response to Serenade) Washington) D.C., April IO) I86s Speech on Reconstruction, Washington, D.C., April n) I86S To Godfrey Weitzel) April I2) I86s..... Concerning Passes to Richmond) April I3 or I4, I86s. Chronology... Note on the Texts Notes. Index

37 The Lincoln Anthology Contents Introduction xxiii William Cullen Bryant Introduction of Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union (1860) 1 William Dean Howells from Life of Abraham Lincoln (1860) 3 Henry Villard from Lincoln on the Eve of 61 (1860) 19 Artemus Ward Artemus Ward on His Visit to Abe Lincoln (1860) 24 Ralph Waldo Emerson from The Journals (1862) 29 Nathaniel Hawthorne from Chiefly About War-Matters by a Peaceable Man (1862) 32 James Sloan Gibbons Three Hundred Thousand More (1862) 38 Horace Greeley The Prayer of Twenty Millions (1862) 40 Karl Marx On Events in North America (1862) 47 George Templeton Strong from The Diaries (1862) 51 Ralph Waldo Emerson from The Journals (1863) 55 xi

38 xii Contents James Russell Lowell The President s Policy (1864) 56 Harriet Beecher Stowe Abraham Lincoln (1864) 84 Anonymous from Abraham Africanus I (1864) 91 Petroleum V. Nasby Has an Interview with the President (1864) 96 Anonymous The Federal Phoenix (1864) 99 George Templeton Strong from The Diaries (1865) 101 Edward Everett Hale Sermon Preached in Boston (1865) 109 Ralph Waldo Emerson Remarks at the Services Held in Concord (1865) 116 William Cullen Bryant The Death of Lincoln (1865) 122 Henry Ward Beecher Sermon Preached in Brooklyn (1865) 123 George Bancroft Oration in Union Square, New York City (1865) 135 Edmund Clarence Stedman Abraham Lincoln: Assassinated Good Friday, 1865 (1865) 143 Tom Taylor Abraham Lincoln Foully Assassinated, April 14, 1865 (1865) 144 Henrik Ibsen Abraham Lincoln s Murder (1865) 148

39 Contents xiii Karl Marx Address of the International Working Men s Association to President Johnson (1865) 151 Richard Henry Stoddard Abraham Lincoln: An Horatian Ode (1865) 153 Julia Ward Howe Crown his blood-stained pillow (1865) 162 Noah Brooks Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (1865) 164 James Russell Lowell from Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration (1865) 183 Victor Hugo Notebook Entry (1865) 185 Herman Melville The Martyr (1866) 186 William H. Herndon Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, and New Salem: A Lecture (1866) 188 Frederick Douglass Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876) 222 John Greenleaf Whittier The Emancipation Group (1879) 234 Richard Henry Stoddard Abraham Lincoln (1880) 237 Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass (1881) When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom d 238 O Captain! My Captain! 247 Hush d Be the Camps To-day 248 This Dust Was Once the Man 248

40 xiv Contents Walt Whitman from Specimen Days & Collect (1882) Abraham Lincoln 249 Death of President Lincoln 250 No Good Portrait of Lincoln 251 Death of Abraham Lincoln 251 Edmund Clarence Stedman The Hand of Lincoln (1883) 263 Ulysses S. Grant from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (1886) 266 Frederick Douglass from Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time (1886) 274 Richard Watson Gilder On the Life-Mask of Abraham Lincoln (1886) 281 To the Spirit of Abraham Lincoln (1888) 282 Walt Whitman from November Boughs (1888) 284 William H. Herndon & Jesse W. Weik from Herndon s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (1889) 288 John G. Nicolay & John Hay from Abraham Lincoln: A History (1890) 297 William O. Stoddard from Inside the White House in War Times (1890) 311 Carl Schurz from Abraham Lincoln: An Essay (1891) 330 Bram Stoker from Lecture on Abraham Lincoln (1893) 346 Ida M. Tarbell from The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1900) 351

41 Contents xv Winston Churchill from The Crisis (1901) 365 Edwin Markham Lincoln, the Man of the People (1901) 381 Mark Twain A Lincoln Memorial (1907) 383 James Whitcomb Riley Lincoln the Boy (1907) 385 Leo Tolstoy Tolstoi Holds Lincoln World s Greatest Hero (1909) 386 Theodore Roosevelt Centenary Address at Hodgenville, Kentucky (1909) 392 Booker T. Washington Address on Abraham Lincoln Before the Republican Club of New York City (1909) 397 Julia Ward Howe Abraham Lincoln (1909) 405 Edwin Arlington Robinson The Master (1910) 407 Vachel Lindsay Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (1914) 410 Edgar Lee Masters from Spoon River Anthology (1915) Anne Rutledge 412 Hannah Armstrong 413 Carl Sandburg Journey and Oath (1915) 415 Paint his head against lavender shadows. (1915) 415

42 xvi Contents Woodrow Wilson Address at Hodgenville, Kentucky (1916) 417 Witter Bynner A Farmer Remembers Lincoln (1917) 422 John Gould Fletcher Lincoln (1921) 424 Robert Russa Moton Draft of Speech at the Lincoln Memorial (1922) 428 W.E.B. Du Bois from The Crisis (1922) 435 H. G. Wells from The Six Greatest Men in History (1922) 439 H. L. Mencken from Prejudices: Third Series (1922) 441 William Carlos Williams from In the American Grain (1925) 445 Carl Sandburg from Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years (1926) 447 Stephen Vincent Benét from John Brown s Body (1928) 470 Honoré Willsie Morrow from With Malice Toward None (1928) 492 Dale Carnegie from Lincoln the Unknown (1932) 503 Langston Hughes Lincoln Monument: Washington (1932) 515 Rosemary Benét Nancy Hanks (1933) 516 Carl Sandburg from The People, Yes: 57 (1936) 518

43 Contents xvii Marsden Hartley American Ikon Lincoln (c. 1939) 524 Robert E. Sherwood from Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1939) 527 Carl Sandburg Mr. Lincoln and His Gloves (c. 1942) 566 Melvin B. Tolson The Dictionary of the Wolf (1944) 570 Carl Sandburg The Long Shadow of Lincoln: A Litany (1945) 571 Adlai E. Stevenson Remarks at Gettysburg (1951) 575 James Agee from Abraham Lincoln The Early Years (1953) 579 Irving Stone from Love Is Eternal (1954) 591 Sir Winston Churchill from A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1958) 607 Mark Van Doren from The Last Days of Lincoln (1959) 613 Jacques Barzun Lincoln the Writer (1959) 638 Delmore Schwartz Lincoln (1959) 652 Norman Corwin from The Rivalry (1960) 655 MacKinlay Kantor from If the South Had Won the Civil War (1961) 664

44 xviii Contents Marianne Moore Abraham Lincoln and the Art of the Word (1961) 674 Edmund Wilson from Patriotic Gore (1962) 682 John Dos Passos Lincoln and His Almost Chosen People (1964) 710 Reinhold Niebuhr The Religion of Abraham Lincoln (1965) 726 Lerone Bennett Jr. Was Abe Lincoln a White Supremacist? (1968) 737 Shelby Foote from The Civil War: A Narrative (1974) 753 Robert Lowell Abraham Lincoln (1976) 771 Stanley Kunitz The Lincoln Relics (1978) 773 Allen Ginsberg Adapted from Neruda s Que despierte el leñador (1981) 777 Donggill Kim Lincoln and Confucian Virtues (1983) 779 William Kennedy from O Albany! An Urban Tapestry (1983) 792 Tom Wicker from Unto This Hour (1984) 798 Gore Vidal from Lincoln (1984) 811 Mario M. Cuomo Abraham Lincoln and Our Unfinished Work (1986) 823

45 Contents xix William Safire from Freedom (1987) 837 Garry Wills from Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (1992) 848 Richard Slotkin from Abe: A Novel of the Young Lincoln (2000) 875 Adam Braver from Mr. Lincoln s Wars (2003) 896 E. L. Doctorow from The March (2005) 905 Epilogue: Barack Obama at Springfield 910 Chronology 915 Sources and Acknowledgments 935 Index 945