Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Contents

Lincoln: Speeches & Writings 1832 1858 Contents To W. H. Wells) January 8) I859... To Elihu B. Washburne) January 29) I859. To Lyman Trumbull) February 3) I859.. 2 Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions) Jacksonville) Illinois) February II) I859...... 3 Speech at Chicago) Illinois) March I) I859.. 12 To Henry L. Pierce and Others) April 6, I859 18 To Thomas J. Pickett) April I6, I859 19 To Salmon P. Chase) April 30) I859 20 To Mark W. Delahay) May I4, I859 20 To Theodore Canisius) May I7) I859 21 To Salmon P. Chase) June 9) I859. 22 To Salmon P. Chase) June 20) I859. 23 To Nathan Sargent) June 23) I859. 24 To Schuyler Colfax) July 6) I859.. 25 To Samuel Galloway) July 28) I859. 26 Notes far Speeches) c. September I859. 27 Notes far Speech at Columbus) Ohio) September I6) I859 29 Speech at Columbus) Ohio) September I6) I859. 31 Speech at Cincinnati) Ohio) September I7, I859. 59 Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society) Milwaukee) Wisconsin) September 30) I859 90 To William E. Frazer) November I) I859 To William Kellogg) December II) I859. ix IOI rn2

x CONTENTS To George W. Dole, Gurdnn S. Hubbard, and William H. Brown, December 14, 1859. To George M. Parsons and Others, December 19, 1859........ 104 To Samuel Galloway, December 19, 1859. 105 To Jesse W. Fell, Enclosing Autobiography, December 20, 1859........ 106 To James W. Sheahan, January 24, 1860 108 To Norman B. Judd, February 9, 1860. 109 To Oliver P Hall, Jacob N. Fullinwider, and William F. Correll, February 14, 1860............ 109 Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860....... m To Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860... 130 Speech at New Haven, Connecticut, March 6, 1860 132 To Mark W. Delahay, March 16, 1860 151 To Samuel Galloway, March 24, 1860. 151 To Richard M. Corwine, April 6, 1860 152 To Cornelius F. McNeil!, April 6, 1860. 153 To Lyman Trumbull, April 29, 1860. 154 To Richard M. Corwine, May 2, 1860 155 To Edward Wallace, May 12, 1860.. 156 Reply to Committee of the Republican National Convention, Springfield, Illinois, May 19, 1860. 156 To Gem;ge Ashmun, May 23, 1860 157 To Charles C. Nott, May 31, 1860 158 Autobiography Written far Campaign, c. June 1860. 160 To Samuel Haycraft, June 4, 1860........ 167 103

CONTENTS xi To Lyman Trumbull) June s) I86o.. 168 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...... 175 To John B. Fry) August IS) I86o... 176 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..... 181 To Grace Bedell) October I9) I86o.. 182 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

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.. 186 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.. 198 Farewell Address at Springfield) Illinois) February II) I86I......... 199 Reply to Oliver P. Morton at Indianapolis) Indiana) February II) I86I............. 199 Speech at Indianapolis) Indiana) February n) I86I. 201

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................ 208 203 205 206 207 Address to the New Jersey Senate at Trenton, New Jersey, February 21, 186I......... 209 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, I861... 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, 1861. 225 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, 1861. 228 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................. 232 2IO 2II 213

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........ 235 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.. 239 To Francis P Blair, Jr., May IS, IS6I 239 To Salmon P Chase, May IS, IS6I.. 240 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..... 243 To William P Dole, June II, IS6I, or after 243 To Ninian W. Edwards, June I9, IS6I.. 244 Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, IS6I 246 To Simon B. Buckner, July Io, IS6I.... 262 Memoranda on Military Policy, July 23, IS6I. 262 Proclamation of a National Fast Day, August I2, IS6I 264 To Beriah Magoffin, August 24, IS6I.. 265 To John C. Fremont, September 2, IS6I. 266 To David Hunter, September 9, IS6I.. 267 To John C. Fremont, September II, IS6I 267 233 235

CONTENTS To Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861. To Oliver P. Morton) September 29, 1861 To Samuel R. Curtis) October 7, 1861. To George D. Ramsay, October 17, 1861. To Samuel R. Curtis) October 24, 1861. To David Hunter) October 24, 1861.. To John A. McClernand) November 10, 1861. xv 268 270 271 272 272 272 274 Reply to Delegation of Baltimore Citizens, Washington) D.C., November rs) r861. Drafts of Bill far Compensated Emancipation in Delaware, c. late November 1861............. 276 Memorandum on Advice to Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas, November 27, 1861........... 278 Annual Message to Con._qress, December 3, 1861. 279 To Mrs. Susannah Weathers, December 4, 1861. 297 Draft of Letter to Senate from Ward H. Lamon, December r6, 1861....... 298 To David Hunter, December 31, 1861.. 298 To Henry W. Halleck, January 1, 1862. 299 To Don C. Buell) January 6, 1862.. 300 To Simon Cameron) January n, 1862. 301 To Don C. Buell, January 13) 1862.. 301 To Henry W. Halleck, January IS, 1862. 302 President's General War Order No. 1, January 27, 1862 303 275 To Gem;ge B. McClellan, February 3, 1862. Stay of Execution far Nathaniel Gordon, February 4, 1862......... 304 305

XVI CONTENTS To Henry W. Halleck, February 16, 1862 306 Message to Congress, March 6, r862.. 307 President;s General War Order No. 3, March 8, r862 308 To Henry J. Raymond, March 9, 1862 309 Speech to a Massachusetts Delegation, Washington, D.C., March 13, 1862. 310 To James A. McDougall, March 14, 1862 310 To Samuel B. Tobey, March 19, 1862 3n To Horace Greeley, March 24, 1862 312 To Gem;ge B. McClellan, March 31, 1862 313 To Geo1'Jfe B. McClellan, April 9, 1862. 313 To Richard Yates and William Butler, April 10, 1862 315 Message to Congress, April r6, r862. 316 To Geo1'Jfe B. McClellan, May 1, 1862 316 To Geo1'Jfe B. McClellan, May 9, 1862 316 Proclamation Revoking General Hunters Emancipation Order, May r9, 1862 318 To George B. McClellan, May 21, 1862 320 To Henry W. Halleck, May 24-, 1862. 320 To George B. McClellan, May 24, 1862. 321 To George B. McClellan, May 24, 1862. 321 To Irvin McDowell, May 24, 1862. 322 To Salmon P Chase, May 2s, 1862. 322 To George B. McClellan, May 2s, 1862 323 To George B. McClellan, May 2s, 1862 323 To the Senate and House of Representatives, May 26, 1862............ 325

CONTENTS XVU To Irvin McDowell, May 28, 1862... 328 To George B. McClellan, May 28, 1862. 328 To Edwin M. Stanton, June 5, 1862 329 To John C. Fremont, June 15, 1862. 329 To George B. McClellan, June 15, 1862 331 To John C. Fremont, June 16, 1862. 332 To Carl Schurz, June 16, 1862... 333 Remarks at Jersey City, New Jersey, June 24, 1862. 333 To George B. McClellan, June 26, 1862 334 To George B. McClellan, June 28, 1862 334 To William H. Seward, June 28, 1862 335 To William H. Seward, June 30, 1862 335 To George B. McClellan, July l, 1862. 336 To George B. McClellan, July 2, 1862. 336 To George B. McClellan, July 3, 1862. 337 To Union Governors, July 3, 1862.. 338 To George B. McClellan, July 4, 1862. 338 To Gem;ge B. McClellan, July 5, 1862. 339 Appeal to Border-State Representatives for Compensated Emancipation, Washington, D.C., July 12, 1862 340 To George B. McClellan, July 13, 1862 342 To Edwin M. Stanton, July 22, 1862 342 To Reverdy Johnson, July 26, 1862 343 To Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862 344 To August Belmont, July 31, 1862 347 To Agenor-Etienne de Gasparin, August 4, 1862 348

XVlll CONTENTS Address to Union Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 6, I862...... 350 To John M. Clay, August 9, 1862.. 351 To Edwin M. Stanton, August 9, 1862 352 To John A. Andrew, August 12, 1862. 352 Address on Colonization to a Committee of Colored Men, Washington, D.C., August 14, I862 353 To Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 357 To David Davis, August 27, 1862. 358 Meditation on the Divine Will, c. early September 1862 359 To Jeremiah T. Boyle, September 12, 1862. 359 To Andrew G. Curtin, September 12, 1862. 360 Reply to Chicago Emancipation Memorial, Washington, D.C., September 13, 1862. 361 To George B. McClellan, September 15, 1862. 367 To Edwin M. Stanton, September 20, 1862. 367 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862......... 368 Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus, September 24, 1862.............. 371 Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1862..... 371 To John Ross, September 25, 1862..... 372 Record of Dismissal ofjohn]. Key, September 26-27, 1862 373 To Hannibal Hamlin, September 28, 1862.... 375 Remarks at Frederick, Maryland, October 4, 1862 375 To Thomas H. Clay, October 8, 1862... 376 To Geot;ge B. McClellan, October 13, 1862. 376

CONTENTS XIX To Benjamin F. Butler) George F. Shepley) and Others) October I4) I862.......... 379 To George B. McClellan) October 25) I862. 379 To George B. McClellan) October 27) I862. 380 To John POfJe) November IO) I862 380 To Carl Schurz) November 10) I862 380 Order for Sabbath Observance) November IS) I862 382 To Samuel Treat) November I9) I862.. 383 To George Robertson) November 20) I862 383 To George F. Shepley) November 21) I862 384 To George F. Shepley) November 2I) I862 384 To Nathaniel P Banks) November 22) I862 385 To William L. Vance) November 22) I862 386 To John]. Key) November 24, I862. 387 To Carl Schurz) November.u, I862 388 To George Robertson) November 26, I862 389 To Henry W. Halleck) November 27, I862. 390 To Edward Bates) November 29) I862... 391 Annual Message to Congress) December I) I862 393 Message to Senate on Minnesota Indians) December II) I862....... 416 To Fernando Wood) December I2) I862.. 417 To Thomas]. Henderson) December 20) I862. 418 To William H. Seward and Salmon P Chase) December 20) I862........... 419 Message to the Army of the Potomac) December 22) I862 419 To Fanny McCullough) December 23) I862..... 420

xx CONTENTS To Hiram Walbridge, December 28, r862. 420 Opinion on Admission of West Vii:ginia into the Union, c. late December r862........... 421 Final Emancipation Proclamation, January r, r863 424 To Henry W. Halleck, January r, r863 426 To Samuel R. Curtis, January 2, r863 426 To William S. Rosecrans, January s, r863. 427 To John A. McClernand, January 8, r863 427 To John A. Dix, January I4, r863... 429 To the Senate and House of Representatives, January I7, r863................. 430 To the Workingmen of Manchester, England, January r9, r863.......... 431 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, r863.... 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, r863........ To Andrew Johnson, March 26, r863..... 433 433 434 435 435 436 436 437 437 439 439 440 440

CONTENTS XXI Speech to Indian Chiefi) Washington) D.C.) March 27) 1863.......... 441 To Nathaniel P Banks) March 29) 1863. 442 To David Hunter) April I) 1863.... 443 Memorandum on Hookers Plan of Campaign) c. early April I863..... 443 To Joseph Hooker) April IS) 1863... 4-44 Resolution on Slavery) April IS) 1863. 4-44 Memorandum on Patronage in St. Louis) Missouri) April 16, 1863............ 445 Commutation of Sentence of John A. Chase) April 28) 1863............ 445 Memorandum on Francis L. Capen)s Weather Forecasts) April 28) 1863....... 445 To David Hunter) April 30) 1863........ 446 Regarding the Case of David Schaadt) April 30) 1863 446 To Joseph Hooker) May 7) 1863 447 To Joseph Hooker) May I4, 1863 447 To Henry T. Bluw) Charles D. Drake) and Others) May rs) I863........ 448 To Isaac N. Arnold) May 26, 1863. 448 To John M. Schofield) May 27, 1863. 450 To Ambrose E. Burnside) May 29, I863. 451 To William T. Otto) June I) 1863. 451 To Edwin M. Stanton) June 4) 1863 451 To Joseph Hooker) Junes) 1863... 451 Draft of Anonymous Letter to the Washington Chronicle) June 6) 1863......... 452 To Samuel R. Curtis) June 8) 1863.......... 453

XXll CONTENTS To Mary Todd Lincoln, June 9, 1863 4-53 To Joseph Hooker, June 10, 1863.. 4-53 To Erastus Corning and Others, June 12, 1863 4-54- To Joseph Hooker, June 14, 1863 4-63 To Joseph Hooker, June 16, 1863 4-63 To Joseph Hooker, June r6, r863 4-64- To John M. Schofield, June 22, r863. 4-65 Reply to the Ohio Democratic Convention, June 29, 1863. 4-65 To William Kellogg, June 29, 1863. 4-71 To Robert H. Milroy, June 29, 1863 4-71 To Alexander K. McClure, June 30, r863 4-73 To Joel Parker, June 30, 1863. 4-73 To Samuel P Lee, July 4, r863 4-73 To Samuel P Lee, July 4, 1863 4-74- To Henry W. Halleck, July 6, 1863. 4-74- To Henry W. Halleck, July 7, r863. 4-75 Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., July 1, r863 4-75 To Lorenzo Thomas, July 8, r863. 4-76 To Jesse K. Dubois, July rr, 1863. 4-77 To Henry T. Blow, July 13, 1863. 4-77 To Ulysses S. Grant, July 13, 1863 4-77 To John M. Schofield, July r3, r863. 4-78 To George G. Meade, July I4, r863. 4-78 To Simon Cameron, July rs, 1863 4-79 To Joseph Holt, July r8, r863.. +so Verse on Lee's Invasion of the North, July 19, 1863. +so

CONTENTS xxm To John M. Schofield) July 20) I863. 480 To Oliver 0. Howard) July 2I) I863 481 To Edwin M. Stanton) July 2I) I863 481 To Hamilton R. Gamble) July 23) I863 481 To Montgomery Blair) July 24) I863 482 To Ambrose E. Burnside) July 27) I863 482 To George G. Meade) July 27, I863. 483 To Edwin M. Stanton) July 28) I863 483 To Henry W. Halleck) July 29) I863 483 Order of Retaliation) July 30) I863. 484 To Stephen A. Hurlbut) July 3I) I863. 485 To John G. Foster) August 3) I863. 486 To Nathaniel p Banks) Augusts) I863. 486 To Horatio Seymour) August 7, I863. 487 To Mary Todd Lincoln) August 8) I863. 489 To Ulysses S. Grant) August 9) I863. 490 To William S. Rosecrans) August Io) I863. 490 To John A. McClernand) August I2) I863. 492 To James H. Hackett) August I7) I863 493 To James G. Blunt) August I8) I863. 493 To George G. Meade) August 2I) I863 494 To Edwin M. Stanton) August 2I) I863. 494 To James C. Conkling) August 26, I863. 495 To George G. Meade) August 27, I863 499 To William S. Rosecrans) August 3I) I863. 499 To Edwin M. Stanton) September I) I863. 500

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, I863... 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 I863 504 To Jesse K. Dubois and Ozias M. Hatch, September IS, I863......... 509 To Henry W. Halleck, September IS, I863. Proclamation Suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus, September IS, I863............ Draft of Order Concerning Writ of Habeas Corpus, September I7, I863......... To Henry W. Halleck, September I9, I863. 513 To Ozias M. Hatch and Jesse K. Dubois, September 22, I863......... 514 To Mary Todd Lincoln, September 24, I863 514- 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, I863....... To John M. Schofield, October I, I863..... Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 3, I863. SIS s16 s16 s17 s20 To William S. Rosecrans, October 4, I863... 521 To Charles D. Drake and Others, Octobers, 1863. 522

CONTENTS XXV Approval of Sentence of David M. Wr~ht, October 1, I863........ 527 To George G. Meade, October 8, I863. 527 To George G. Meade, October I2, I863 528 To William S. Rosecrans, October I2, I863. 528 To John G. Foster, October IS, I863... 528 To Henry W. Halleck, October Iff, I863. 529 To John G. Foster, October I7, I863... 529 Remarks to Baltimore Presbyterian Synod, Washington, D.C., October 24, I863. 529 To James M. Cutts, October 26, I863.. 530 To Montgomery Blair, November 2, I863 531 To James H. Hackett, November 2, I863. 532 Memorandum on Testing Diller's Powder, November 2, I863, or after...... 532 To Nathaniel P. Banks, Novembers, I863. 533 To Benjamin F. Flanders, November 9, I863. 534 To Edwin M. Stanton, November II, I863.. 535 Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November I9, I863. 536 To Zachariah Chandler, November 20, I863 536 To Edward Everett, November 20, I863.. 537 Annual Message to Congress, December 8, I863 538 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, I863............ 555 Amnesty for Emily T. Helm, December I4-, I863 558 Oath Written for Emily T. Helm, December I4-, I863 558 Pass for Emily T. Helm, December I+, I863.... 559

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, r863.... To Nathaniel P Banks, December 24, I86_) To Bayard Taylor, December 2s, I863... Endorsement Concerning Henry Andrews, January 7, I864.......... To Crafts]. Wright and Charles K. Hawkes, January 1, I864......... 565 To Mrs. Esther Stockton, January 8, I864 565 559 560 560 To Quincy A. Gillmore, January I3, I864 566 To William Crosby and Henry P Nichols, January 16, I864........ 566 To Frederick Steele, January 20, I864. 567 To Alpheus Lewis, January 23, I864. 568 To Frederick Steele, January 27, I864. 569 To Frederick Steele, January 30, I864. 570 To Nathaniel P Banks, January 3I, I864 570 To Edwin M. Stanton, February 1, 1864 571 Permit to Christopher F. Field and Christopher F. Clay, February I, I864......... 571 To Edwin M. Stanton, February s, I864. 572 To Edwin M. Stanton, February II, I864. 573 To Daniel E. Sickles, February IS, I864. 573 To Frederick Steele, February I7, I864. 574 562 565

CONTENTS XXVll To John A. Andrew, February I8, I864. 575 To Benjamin F. Loan, February 22, I864. 575 To Edwin M. Stanton, February 2s, I864. 576 To Salmon P. Chase, February 29, I864. 576 To Edwin M. Stanton, March I, I864 577 To John A. J. Creswell, March 7, I864 577 Presentation of Commission to Ulysses S. Grant, Washington, D.C., March 9, I864.. 578 To George D. Ramsay, March IO, I864. 578 To Michael Hahn, March I3, I864. 579 To Carl Schurz, March 13, I864.. 579 Endorsement Concerning N cw Orleans Churches, March IS, I864.......... 580 To John A. J. Creswell, March I7, I864..... 580 Remarks at Closing of Sanitary Fair, Washington, D.C., March I8, I864......... 580 To Edwin M. Stanton, March I8, I864.. 581 Remainder of Draft of Letter to Stanton, March I8, I864...... 581 To Carl Schurz, March 23, I864.... 583 To Benjamin B. French, March 2s, I864 584 To George G. Meade, March 29, I864 584 To Albert G. Hodges, April 4, I864. 585 To Mrs. Horace Mann, Aprils, I864. 587 Letter Concerning Mrs. Daniel Hunt, April II, I864 587 Draft of Address for Sanitary Fair at Baltimore, Maryland, before April I8, I864............... 587

XXVlll CONTENTS Address at Sanitary Fair) Baltimore) Maryland) April I8) I864....... 589 To Isaac Murphy) April 27) I864.. 591 To Ulysses S. Grant) April 30) I864 591 To Cabinet Members) May 3) I864. 592 Response to Serenade) Washington) D.C.) May 9) I864. 592 To Samuel C. Pomeroy) May I2) I864. 593 To Thomas Carney) May 14) I864.. 593 To Edwin M. Stanton) May I7) I864. 594 To Charles Sumner) May I9) I864. 595 To Isaac N. Arnold) May 25) I864. 595 To John H. Bryant) May 30) I864. 596 To George B. Ide) James R. Doolittle) and A. Hubbell) May 30) I864.. Endorsement Concerning Leonard Swett and Joseph Holt) June 6, I864..... Reply to Committee of the National Union Convention) Washington) D.C.) June 9) I864......... 597 596 Reply to Delegation from the National Union League) Washington, D.C.) June 9) I864......... 598 Speech at Great Central Sanitary Fair) Philadelphia) Pennsylvania) June I6) I864. 600 To Edward Bates) June 24, I864....... 602 To William Dennison and Others) June 27) I864 602 To Frederick Steele) June 29) I864. 603 To Salmon P Chase) June 30) I864. 603 To John L. Scripps) July 4, I864.. 604 Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction) July 8) I864. 605 597

CONTENTS XXlX To Horace Greeley) July 9) I864.... 606 To Thomas Swann and Others) July IO) I864. 606 To Ulysses S. Grant) July IO) I864.. 607 To Edwin M. Stanton) July I4, I864 607 To Horace Greeley) July IS) I864. 608 To Horace Greeley) July IS) I864. 608 To Ulysses S. Grant) July I7J I864 609 Proclamation Calling for soo)ooo Volunteers) July I8J I864.......... To William T. Sherman) July IS) I864... 6IO Offer of Safa Conduct for Peace Negotiators) July I8J I864............. 6II Memorandum on Clement C. Clay) c. late July I864 612 To Abram Wakeman) July 2s) I864. 613 To James C. Welling) July 2s) I864. 614 To Edwin M. Stanton) July 27J I864 614 To Ulysses S. Grant) August 3) I864 615 To John McMahon) August 6, I864 615 To Stephen G. Burbridge) August 8) I864. 616 To Nathaniel P Banks) August 9) I864. 616 To Benjamin F. Butler) August 9) I864. 616 To Horace Greeley, August 9) I864.. 618 To Ulysses S. Grant) August I4, I864. 619 To Henry]. Raymond) August IS) I864. 619 To Ulysses S. Grant) August I7J I864.. 620 To Charles D. Robinson) August I7J I864. 620 6n

xxx CONTENTS Speech to the I64th Ohio Regiment) Washington) D.C.) August I8) I864............... 623 Speech to the I66th Ohio Regiment) Washington) D.C.) August 22) I864............... 624 Memorandum on Probable Failure of Re-election) August 23) I864......... 624 To Henry]. Raymond) August 24, I864.... 625 Speech to the I48th Ohio Regiment) Washington) D.C.) August 3I) I864......... 626 To Eliza P. Gurney) September 4, I864....... 627 Response to Presentation of a Bible by the Loyal Colored People of Baltimore) Washington) D.C.) September 7, I864................ 628 Memorandum Concerning Ward H. Lamon) c. September I2) I864....... 628 To Ulysses S. Grant) September I2) I864.. 630 Draft of Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn) September I2) I864......... 630 To Isaac M. Schermerhorn) September I2) I864. 631 To William T. Sherman) September I9) I864. 632 To Montgomery Blair) September 23) I864.. 632 To William S. Rosecrans) September 26, I864 633 To Ulysses S. Grant) September 29) I864.. 633 To Henry W. Hoffman) October IO) I864. 634 Response to Serenade) Washington) D.C.) October I9) I864.......... 635 Proclamation of Thanksgiving) October 20) I864 637 Speech to the I89th New York Volunteers) Washington) D.C.) October 24, I864................. 638

CONTENTS XXXl To Stephen G. Burbridge, October 27, I864 Endorsement Concerning Thomas Berington, October 29, I864................. 639 Speech to the.p,nd Massachusetts Regiment, Washington, D.C., October JI, I864........ 639 Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., November 8, I864................ 640 Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., November Io, I864......... 641 To Stephen A. Hurlbut, November I4, I864. 642 To William S. Rosecrans, November I9, I864. 643 To Mrs. Lydia Bixby, November 2I, I864 644 To John Phillips, November 2I, I864.. 644 Annual Message to Congress, December 6, I864 646 Reply to a Southern Woman, December 6, I864, or before 663 Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C., December 6, I864.......... 663 To Edward R. S. Canby, December I2, I864. 663 To William T. Sherman, December 26, I864. 665 To Edwin M. Stanton, December JI, I864.. 666 Reply to Delegation of Kentuckians, Washington, D.C., January 2, I86s......... 666 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................. 668

xxxu CONTENTS Response to Serenade) Washington) D.C.) February I) I86s.......... To the Senate and House of Representatives) February s) I86s........... 671 To William Lloyd Garrison) February 1) I86s 672 To John Glenn) February 7, I86s...... 672 To the Senate and House of Representatives) February 8, I86s........... 673 To the House of Representatives) February IO) I86s 674 To Thomas C. Fletcher) February 20) I86s.... 684 Reply to Notification Committee) Washington) D.C.) March I) I86s........ 684 To Ulysses S. Grant) March 3) I86s.... 685 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.................. 690 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.. 693 To Edwin M. Stanton) April 3) I86s. 693 To Edwin M. Stanton) April 3) I86s 693 To John A. Campbell) April s) I86s 693

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. 697 701 702 721 725 757