Lincoln's Speeches & Letters

Lincoln's First Public Speech,
From an Addressto the People of Sangamon County.
March 9, 1832

Letter to Colonel Robert Allen.
June 21, 1836

Lincoln's Opinion on Universal Suffrage,
From a Letter Published in the Sangamon "Journal".
June 13, 1836

From an Addressbefore the Young Men's
Lyceum of Springfield, IIIinois.
Jaunary 27, 1837
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The Second lnaugural Address.
March 4, 1865

A Letter to Thurlow Weed. Executive Mansion, washington.
March 15, 1865

From an Address to an Indiana Regiment.
March 17, 1865

From his Reply to a Serenade. Lincoin's
Last Public Address.
April 11, 1865

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears to be an object of vital importance, even on this account alone, to say nothing of the advantages and satisfaction to be derived from all being able to read the Scriptures and other works, both of a religious and moral nature, for themselves.
---- Lincoln’s First Public Speech, From an Address to the People of Sangamon County.
March 9, 1832 13p

I do not ask for the vote of any one who supposes that I have secret purposes or pledges that I dare not speak out.... If I should never be elected to any office, I trust I may go down with no stain of falsehood upon my reputation, notwithstanding the hard opinions Judge Douglas chooses to entertain of me.---- Lincoln’s Reply to Judge Douglas in the Second Joint Debate. Freeport, Illinois.
August 27, 1858 145p

In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and provoke their aggressions, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. ---- His Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving. October 3, 1863 277p