THE PAPERS AND WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

VOLUME TWO

CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION

Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley

CONTENTS

VOLUME II., 1843-1858

1843

FIRST CHILD

1844

TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN.

1845

SELECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES

TO ——— WILLIAMS,

ABOLITION MOVEMENT

1846

REQUEST FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT

TO JOHN BENNETT.

TO N. J. ROCKWELL.

TO JAMES BERDAN.

TO JAMES BERDAN.

VERSES WRITTEN BY LINCOLN AFTER A VISIT TO HIS OLD HOME IN INDIANA

SECOND CHILD

TO MORRIS AND BROWN

TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON

TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.

RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

1848

DESIRE FOR SECOND TERM IN CONGRESS

SPEECH ON DECLARATION OF WAR ON MEXICO

REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 19, 1848.

TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON—LEGAL WORK

REGARDING SPEECH ON MEXICAN WAR

TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.

ON THE MEXICAN WAR

REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

REPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 29, 1848.

TO ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS.

REMARKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

ON TAYLOR'S NOMINATION

DEFENSE OF MEXICAN WAR POSITION

ON ZACHARY TAYLOR NOMINATION

SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF