Lincoln’s First Public Speech—­From an Address to the People of Sangamon County, March 9, 1832

Letter to Col.  Robert Allen, June 21, 1836

From a Letter Published in the Sangamon “Journal,” June 13, 1836

From his Address before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Jan. 27,
     1837

Letter to Mrs. O.H.  Browning, Springfield, April 1, 1838

From a Political Debate, Springfield, Dec, 1839

Letter to W.G.  Anderson, Lawrenceville, Ill., Oct. 31, 1840

Extract from a Letter to John T. Stuart, Springfield, Ill., Jan. 23,
     1841

From his Address before the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance
     Society, Feb. 22, 1842

From a Circular of the Whig Committee, March 4, 1843

From a Letter to Martin M. Morris, Springfield, Ill., March 26, 1843

From a Letter to Joshua F. Speed, Springfield, Ill., Oct. 22, 1846

From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, Jan. 8, 1848

From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, June 22, 1848

From a Letter to Wm. H. Herndon, Washington, July 10, 1848

Letter to John D. Johnston, Jan. 2, 1851

Letter to John D. Johnston, Shelbyville, Nov. 4, 1851

Note for Law Lecture—­Written about July 1, 1850

A Fragment—­Written about July 1, 1854

A Fragment on Slavery, July 1854

From his Reply to Senator Douglas, Peoria, Oct. 16, 1854

From a Letter to the Hon. Geo. Robertson, Lexington, Ky.; Springfield,
     Ill., Aug. 15, 1855

From a Letter to Joshua F. Speed, Aug. 24, 1855

Lincoln’s “Lost Speech,” May 19, 1856

Speech on the Dred Scott Case, Springfield, Ill., June 26, 1857

The “Divided House” Speech, Springfield, Ill., June 17, 1858

From his Speech at Chicago in Reply to the Speech of Judge Douglas, July
     10, 1858

From a Speech at Springfield, Ill., July 17, 1858

From Lincoln’s Reply to Douglas in the First Joint Debate, Ottawa, Ill.,
     Aug. 21, 1858

From Lincoln’s Rejoinder to Judge Douglas at Freeport, Ill., Aug. 27,
     1858

From Lincoln’s Reply to Douglas at Jonesboro’, Sept. 15, 1858

From Lincoln’s Reply to Douglas at Charleston, Ill., Sept. 18, 1858

From Lincoln’s Reply to Judge Douglas at Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 7, 1858

Notes for Speeches—­Written about Oct. 1, 1858

From Lincoln’s Reply to Douglas in the Seventh and Last Joint Debate, at
     Alton, Ill., Oct. 15, 1858

From Speech at Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1859

From Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1859

From a Letter to J.W.  Fell, Dec. 20, 1859

From the Address at Cooper Institute, N.Y., Feb. 27, 1860

Lincoln’s Farewell to the Citizens of Springfield, Ill., Feb. 11, 1861