Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
- Title
- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
- Author
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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Contents
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To Thaddeus Stevens -
Speech at Worcester, Massachusetts -
Speech at Boston, Massachusetts -
Speech at Lowell Massachusetts -
Speech at Taunton, Massachusetts -
Fragment: Niagara Falls -
Speech at Chicago, Illinois -
Debate at Jacksonville, Illinois
October 21, 1848 -
Warranty Deed of Lincoln and Jayne to Armstrong and Yardly -
Speech at Lacon, Illinois -
To Amos Williams -
Endorsement Concerning Joseph Newman -
To Thomas Lincoln and John D. Johnston -
To Joshua F. Speed -
Fragment of a Letter -
Affidavit Concerning Joseph Newman -
To Walter Davis -
To William H. Herndon -
To C. U. Schlater -
Remarks in United States House of Representatives -
Remarks and Resolution
Introduced in United States House of Representatives Concerning Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia -
To James M. McLean -
To John Bennett -
To James Berdan -
To Josiah B. Herrick -
To Joseph Gales and William W. Seaton -
To Henry E. Dummer -
To John Murray -
To William Schouler -
To William A. Crafts -
Remarks in U. S. House of Representatives
Concerning Disposal of the Public Lands -
To William Brown and Richard Yates -
Endorsement on a Petition Concerning Conrad Summers -
To Joshua F. Speed -
To Charles R. Welles -
To Zachary Taylor -
To Zachary Taylor -
To John M. Clayton -
To John M. Clayton -
To Thomas Ewing -
To William M. Meredith -
Application for Patent
on an Improved Method of Lifting Vessels over Shoals -
To John M. Clayton -
Endorsement
Edward D. Baker to Nathaniel G. Wilcox -
Endorsement: Edward D. Baker to John M. Clayton -
To John M. Clayton -
To John M. Johnson -
Petition For Appointment of Robert Allen -
To Jacob Collamer -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Thomas Ewing -
To William B. Warren and Others -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Thomas Ewing -
To William B. Preston -
To Josiah M. Lucas -
To Philo H. Thompson -
To Thomas Ewing -
Memorandum Concerning John R. Jeffries -
Memorandum Concerning Orville Paddock and William S. Wallace -
To Caleb B. Smith -
To George W. Rives -
To Thomas Ewing -
To John M. Clayton -
To John M. Clayton -
To William B. Preston -
To Duff Green -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To Elisha Embree -
To Richard W. Thompson -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Josiah B. Herrick -
Form Letter [To James M. McLean?] -
To Robert C. Schenck -
To Willie P. Mangum -
Form Letter [To Duff Green] -
To Nathaniel Pope -
Memorandum to Zachary Taylor -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Thomas Ewing -
Endorsement: William Porter to Lincoln -
To William B. Preston -
To John M. Clayton -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To John Addison -
To James Berdan -
To Thomas Ewing -
To John M. Clayton -
To John M. Clayton -
To John M. Clayton -
Resolutions of Sympathy with the Cause of Hungarian Freedom -
To John M. Clayton -
To Elisha Embree -
To William Fithian -
To John M. Clayton -
To John M. Clayton -
To Thomas Ewing -
To John Addison -
To John M. Clayton -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Isaac Onstott -
To William B. Preston -
To Thomas Ewing -
To Josiah M. Lucas -
To the Editor of the Chicago Journal -
To John M. Clayton -
To George W. Rives -
To David M. Irwin -
Memorandum to Joseph Ledlie -
To Zachary Taylor -
To Orville H. Browning -
To Thomas J. Turner -
To Sylvester Emmons -
To John Tillson -
To William Fithian -
To George W. Crawford -
To George W. Crawford -
To Abram Bale -
To John D. Johnston -
To John Murray -
To Augustus C. French:
Petition for Appointment of William B. Fondey -
To Zachary Taylor -
To Thomas Ewing -
Resolutions on the Death of Nathaniel Pope -
To the Editors of the Illinois Journal -
To Nathaniel Hay -
To Richard S. Thomas -
Fragment: Notes for a Law Lecture -
To Lewis C. Kercheval and Others -
Eulogy on Zachary Taylor -
To Lewis C. Kercheval and Richard J. Hamilton -
To Edwin W. Bakewell -
To John Addison -
To Samuel R. Lowry -
To Thomas Corwin -
To John J. Crittenden and Thomas Corwin -
To John Addison -
Endorsement: Petition for Pardon of Henry Heath -
To Isaac Onstott -
Family Record Written by Abraham Lincoln -
Memorandum of Births in the Hall Family -
To --- Wilson -
To --- Wallace -
To John D. Johnston -
To James A. Pearce -
To William Martin -
To David A. Smith -
To William Martin -
To Isaac Gibson -
To William Martin -
To Millard Fillmore -
To Orville H. Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell -
To David A. Smith -
To Lewis M. Hays -
To Orville H. Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell -
To William Martin -
To Andrew McCallen -
To William Martin -
To William Dickson -
To William Martin -
To William Martin -
Affidavit Concerning David H. Rutledge -
Deed to John D. Johnston -
Promissory Note Drawn for Daniel E. Ruckel, with Lincoln's Receipts -
To William Martin -
To William Martin -
To John D. Johnston -
To Robert Dunlap -
Deed of Conveyance to Abraham Lincoln -
To John D. Johnston -
To John D. Johnston -
To Joseph S. McIntyre -
To John D. Johnston -
Call for Whig Convention -
Endorsement on Mortgage from John Hay -
Arbitration Award in Dispute
between David Spear and Isaac P. Spear -
Call for a Kossuth Meeting -
Resolutions in Behalf of Hungarian Freedom -
To Hezekiah M. Wead -
To Orville H. Browning -
Call for Kossuth Meeting -
To Hezekiah M. Wead -
To Henry Prather -
To J. C. Louderman and Company -
Call for a Whig Meeting -
To Onslow Peters -
Eulogy on Henry Clay -
Notice of Meeting of Commissioners of the Springfield and Terre Haute Railroad -
To Mrs. Catharine Nance -
To Adam Adams and John Bovey -
To Justin Butterfield -
Speech to the Springfield Scott Club -
Speech at Peoria, Illinois -
To Charles R. Welles -
To Lewis M. Hays -
Opinion on Election Laws -
Endorsement: Anson L. Brewer to Lincoln -
Petition to Augustus C. French for Pardon of John A. L. Crockett -
Endorsement: Anthony Thornton to Augustus C. French -
Endorsement on Mortgage from Thomas Cantrall and Elizabeth Cantrall -
Cemetery Plot for Edward Lincoln -
Report of Commissioners Appointed to Investigate the Illinois and Michigan Canal Claims -
To Joel A. Matteson -
To Ninian W. Edwards -
To James Smith -
Bill Introduced in Illinois Legislature
to Incorporate the Vermillion Coal and Manufacturing Company -
To Solon Cumins -
To John A. Rockwell -
To Usher F. Linder -
To William D. Briggs -
To Henry E. Dummer -
To Lewis W. Ross and George W. Stipp -
Deed to William M. Dorman -
To Mason Brayman -
To Joshua R. Stanford -
To George B. Kinkead -
Answer to Petition of Edward Oldham and Thomas Hemingway -
To David A. Smith -
To David A. Smith -
Endorsement: Nathaniel Coffin to Lincoln -
To Adam Adams -
To Thomas J. Turner -
To George B. Kinkead -
Release of Mortgage Taken from Daniel E. Ruckel -
To Thomas J. Turner -
To Lewis M. Hays -
To Thompson R. Webber -
To George B. Kinkead -
Notice to Thomas Hemingway and Edward Oldham -
To George B. Kinkead -
To Mason Brayman -
To Peter Doty -
To John Connelley -
To Martin Bishop -
To Lewis M. Hays -
To Thomas J. Turner -
To Henry E. Dummer -
To James F. Joy -
To Thomas J. Turner -
To Thomas J. Turner -
To Henry E. Dummer -
Opinion on the Two-Mill Tax -
To James F. Joy -
To W. W. R. Woodbury and William Fithian -
To John Marshall -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To Robert Smith -
To George B. Kinkead -
To Jesse Lincoln -
Certificate of Examination for Hiram W. Beckwith and George W. Lawrence -
To Milton K. Alexander -
To John D. Swallow -
To George B. Kinkead -
To Oliver L. Davis -
Fragment on Government -
Fragment on Government -
Fragment on Slavery -
Fragment on Slavery -
Affidavit on Land Warrant -
Power of Attorney to John P. Davies -
To Edward Seymour -
Mortgage from Ritta A. DA Silva -
Promissory Note Drawn for Ritta A. da Silva -
To Richard Yates -
To Richard S. Thomas -
Speech at Winchester, Illinois -
Speech at Carrollton, Illinois -
To Alexander B. Morean -
To John M. Palmer -
Speech at Springfield, Illinois -
Editorial on the Kansas-Nebraska Act -
Speech at Bloomington, Illinois -
To Mason Brayman -
Speech at Bloomington, Illinois -
Speech at Springfield, Illinois -
Speech at Peoria, Illinois -
Speech at Chicago, Illinois -
To Richard Yates -
To Richard Yates -
To Adam Adams -
Speech at Quincy, Illinois -
To Charles Hoyt -
To Jacob Harding -
To Orville H. Browning -
To Noah W. Matheny -
To Ichabod Codding -
To Thomas J. Henderson -
To Elihu N. Powell -
To Hugh Lemaster -
Resolutions on the Death of Charles R. Welles -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To John McLean -
Bond for John T. Stuart -
To Herbert W. Fay -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
To Thomas J. Henderson -
To Leonard Swett -
Opinion Concerning John Fitzgerald -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
List of Members of the Illinois Legislature in 1855 -
Outline for Speech to the Colonization Society -
Drafts of Resolutions Recommending Amendment of the Kansas-Nebraska Act -
Opinion Concerning the Estates of Joseph Smith and James M. Bradford -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
To William H. Henderson -
Notes Drawn for Nathaniel Hay -
To William Fithian -
To Henry E. Dummer -
To James S. Sandford, Mortimer Porter, and Ambrose K. Striker -
To Anson L. Brewer -
To Henry E. Dummer -
To Orville H. Browning -
To David Davis -
Resolutions on the Death of David B. Campbell -
Endorsement of Stephen A. Corneau -
To W. F. Boggs -
To Jacob Harding -
To D. R. and S. Sandford -
To Henry C. Whitney -
Notes Drawn for Nathaniel and John Hay -
To Aaron L. Chapin -
To Charles Hoyt -
To Peter H. Watson -
To Charles Ballance -
To Anson L. Brewer -
To Owen Lovejoy -
Advertisement -
To George Robertson -
Deposition Made for Additional Bounty Land -
To John L. Miller -
To Joshua F. Speed -
To Mrs. Maria L. Bullock -
To John H. Manny and Company -
To James F. Joy -
To James F. Joy -
To John Loughborough -
To Anson L. Brewer -
To Isham Reavis -
To James M. Loughborough -
To Joshua F. Speed -
To Charles Hoyt -
Petition for Pardon of James H. Lee -
To Levi Davis -
To Richard P. Morgan -
To George U. Miles -
To Elihu N. Powell -
To George U. Miles -
To Gustave P. Koerner -
To George P. Floyd -
Speech at Decatur, Illinois -
Opinion on Pre-emption of Public Land -
To John D. Caton -
Opinion on Land Titles in Beloit, Wisconsin -
To Nicholas H. Ridgely -
Call for Republican Convention -
Speech at Bloomington, Illinois -
Speech of Bloomington, Illinois -
To Daniel D. Page and Henry D. Bacon -
To Lyman Trumbull -
Explanation Written for Joshua F. Amos -
Speech at Springfield, Illinois -
To John Van Dyke -
To Lyman Trumbull -
Speech at Princeton, Illinois -
To Henry C. Whitney -
To James Berdan -
To James W. Grimes -
Speech at Chicago, Illinois -
Fragment on Sectionalism -
Speech at Galena, Illinois -
Editorial on the Right of Foreigners to Vote -
To Artemas Hale -
To B. Clarke Lundy and Others -
To John M. Palmer -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To John Bennett -
To Hezekiah G. Wells -
Speech at Paris, Illinois -
Speech at Shelbyville, Illinois -
To Lyman Trumbull -
To Jesse K. Dubois -
To Hezekiah G. Wells -
Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan -
Speech at Petersburg, Illinois -
Speech at Jacksonville, Illinois -
To J. B. McFarland -
Form Letter to Fillmore Men -
Speech at Bloomington, Illinois -
To Robert S. Boal -
To Friedrich K. F. Hecker -
To Henry O'Conner -
To Jesse A. Pickrell -
Speech at Olney, Illinois -
Speech at Vandalia, Illinois -
To Julian M. Sturtevant -
Speech at Peoria, Illinois -
Speech at Belleville, Illinois -
To Abraham Jonas -
To James M. Ruggles -
To Robert M. Ewing -
Receipts to Joshua F. Amos -
To Richard Thorne -
To Jonathan Haines -
Fragment on Stephen A. Douglas -
Speech at a Republican Banquet, Chicago, Illinois -
To Orville H. Browning -
Remarks to the Springfield Bar on the Retirement of James H. Matheny -
To Robert S. Boal -
Fragment on the Dred Scott Case -
Endorsement of the American Statesman -
Invitation -
To William A. Jennings and James R. Oatman -
To James Steele and Charles Summers -
To John E. Rosette -
Notes for Speech at Chicago, Illinois -
Fragment on Formation of the Republican Party -
Declaration:
Abraham Lincolnvs . Illinois Central Railroad -
To Jesse K. Dubois -
To Thomas Meharry -
Petition to William H. Bissell -
Endorsement: David Davis to William H. Bissell -
To Charles D. Gilfillan -
Receipt to Joshua F. Amos -
To Joseph W. Brackett -
To Newton Deming and George P. Strong -
To Jonathan K. Cooper and Hugh W. Reynolds -
To Paul Cornell, Charles B. Waite, and John A. Jameson -
To Charles A. Purdy -
Brief of Argument
in Abraham Lincolnvs . Illinois Central Railroad -
Speech at Springfield, Illinois -
To Orville H. Browning -
Agreement Regarding the Missouri Democrat -
To Gustave P. Koerner -
To Lyman Porter and Company -
To William H. Young -
To B. Clarke Lundy -
To B. Clarke Lundy -
To Robert E. Williams -
To James W. Grimes -
Endorsement on Petition for Pardon of Moses Loe -
To Jesse K. Dubois -
Speech to the Jury
in the Rock Island Bridge Case, Chicago, Illinois -
Receipt to Jacob Ruckel -
Mortgage and Note Drawn for Jacob Ruckel -
To Samuel Briggs -
To Richard Yates -
Call for Sangamon County Convention -
To Gustave P. Koerner -
To Salmon A. Phelps -
Petition to William H. Bissell for Pardon of George High -
To Ozias Bailey -
To Jonathan Haines -
To Joseph W. Brackett -
To Lyman Trumbull -
To Lyman Trumbull -
To Henry C. Whitney -
To Jesse K. Dubois -
To William H. Davenport -
To Lyman Trumbull -
Note of Payment by Clarkson Freeman -
To Robert A. Kinzie -
To Usher F. Linder and Henry P. H. Bromwell -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To George T. Brown -
To Henry E. Dummer -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To Gustave P. Koerner -
To Edward G. Miner -
To Samuel C. Davis and Company -
Inscription in the Autograph Album of Henry B. Rankin -
To Owen Lovejoy -
To Solon Cumins -
To William H. Bissell -
To Jonathan Haines -
First Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions -
Endorsement: J. S. Copes to Lincoln -
Endorsement: Petition to William H. Bissell for Pardon of David Thompson -
To Thomas A. Marshall -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
Endorsement: Julius Lehmann to Lincoln -
Endorsement: Jonathan K. Cooper to Lincoln -
To Josiah M. Lucas -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
To Joseph Means -
To Jediah F. Alexander -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois -
Fragment of a Speech -
Opinion Written for William B. Warren -
To William H. Davenport -
To Elihu B. Washburne -
To I[srael?] S. Piper -
To Stephen A. Hurlbut -
To Charles L. Wilson -
To W. H. Gray -
To Samuel Wilkinson -
To Ward H. Lamon -
Brief Autobiography -
Notes of Argument in Law Case -
``A House Divided'': Speech at Springfield, Illinois -
To Andrew McCallen -
To James W. Somers -
To Sydney Spring -
To Orville H. Browning -
To John L. Scripps -
To Lyman Trumbull -
To Henry C. Whitney -
To Alexander Campbell -
To Joseph Medill -
To James W. Somers -
To Anton C. Hesing, Henry Wendt, Alexander Fisher, Committee -
1858 Campaign Strategy -
Fragment on the Struggle Against Slavery -
To Richard Lloyd -
To Robert Moseley -
Toast to the Pioneer Fire Company of Springfield, Illinois -
To John J. Crittenden -
Speech at Chicago, Illinois -
To William H. Hanna -
To Gustave P. Koerner -
To Joseph Gillespie -
Remarks at Bloomington, Illinois -
Remarks at Atlanta, Illinois -
Speech at Springfield, Illinois -
To Henry E. Dummer -
To John Mathers -
To Stephen A. Douglas -
To Daniel A. Cheever -
To Joseph T. Eccles -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To Gustave P. Koerner -
To George W. Woods -
Speech at Clinton, Illinois -
Speech at Monticello, Illinois -
To Stephen A. Douglas -
To Henry Asbury -
To John C. Bagby -
To Stephen A. Douglas -
Definition of Democracy -
To Jediah F. Alexander -
To Burton C. Cook -
To Joseph T. Eccles -
To Joseph Gillespie -
To Abraham Jonas -
To C. W. Michael and William Proctor -
To Lyman Porter -
To Henry C. Whitney -
To Daniel S. Dickinson -
To William H. Grigsby -
To Henry E. Dummer -
To John M. Palmer -
To Gustave P. Koerner -
To Joseph O. Glover -
To Albert Parker -
To Alexander Sympson -
Speech at Beardstown, Illinois -
Speech at Havana, Illinois -
Speech at Bath, Illinois -
Speech at Lewistown, Illinois -
Fragment: Notes for Speeches