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By: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) | |
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The Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live... | |
Lincoln at Cooper Union
On 27 February 1860, Abraham Lincoln gave this address at the Cooper Union in New York City. When he gave the speech, Lincoln was considered by many to be just a country lawyer. After he gave the speech, he soon became his party’s nominee for president. | |
Abraham Lincoln Writings | |
Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 | |
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address | |
Quotes and Images From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln | |
Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address | |
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 | |
Lincoln Letters | |
The Emancipation Proclamation | |
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) | |
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates | |
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates | |
State of the Union Address | |
The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor: An Address | |
Gettysburg Address 150th Anniversary
On Thursday, November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a brief address at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This speech is now considered one of the greatest in American history and one of the finest examples of English public oratory. To mark its 150th anniversary, Librivox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of the Gettysburg Address. (from Wikipedia and LA Walden) | |
Emancipation Proclamation
After having written and released an initial draft of this proclamation in September of 1862, minor changes were made and Lincoln signed it on January 1st, 1863. It declared free the slaves in 10 states not then under Union control, with exemptions specified for areas already under Union control in two states. Lincoln spent the next 100 days preparing the army and the nation for emancipation, while Democrats rallied their voters in the 1862 off-year elections by warning of the threat freed slaves posed to northern whites... | |
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. |