THE PAPERS AND WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

VOLUME ONE

CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION

Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley

With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt

The Essay on Lincoln by Carl Schurz

The Address on Lincoln by Joseph Choate

CONTENTS

VOLUME 1.

INTRODUCTORY

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: AN ESSAY BY CARL SHURZ

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BY JOSEPH H. CHOATE

THE WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1832-1843

1832

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF SANGAMON COUNTY.

1833

TO E. C. BLANKENSHIP.

RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR POSTAGE RECEIPT

1836

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLITICAL VIEWS.

RESPONSE TO POLITICAL SMEAR

TO MISS MARY OWENS.

1837

SPEECH IN ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

OPPOSITION TO MOB-RULE

PROTEST IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY.

TO MISS MARY OWENS.

TO JOHN BENNETT.

TO MARY OWENS.

LEGAL SUIT OF WIDOW v.s. Gen. ADAMS

LINCOLN AND TALBOTT IN REPLY TO GEN. ADAMS.

Gen. ADAMS CONTROVERSY—CONTINUED

1838

TO Mrs. O. H. BROWNING—A FARCE

1839

REMARKS ON SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS

TO ——— ROW.

SPEECH ON NATIONAL BANK

TO JOHN T. STUART.

1840

CIRCULAR FROM WHIG COMMITTEE.

TO JOHN T. STUART.

RESOLUTION IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

RESOLUTION IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

REMARKS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.