Original Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

As Reflected in His Letters and Speeches

By: H. Jack Lang

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First of America's "great communicator" presidents

Speeches and letters as postmaster, country lawyer, legislator, and president; his "words are as much alive today as when written or uttered"

This 1941 original has never been replaced or improved upon

Lincoln's words ring with great rigor, clarity, and simplicity when compared to most of today's political utterances. Here we read his witty testimonial for a brand of soap, his sharp commentaries in the "rat hole" letter to a New York firm, his family correspondence to a spendthrift brother, and letters to a bereaved daughter, an angry general, and many humorous and satirical responses to political challenges--as well as those great moments of wisdom in his speeches and letters during the critical times in his career and in America's history.

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Postmaster, Lawyer, Representative of the People (1832-1861)
First Political Speech	p. 1
To George Spears	p. 2
To the Editor of the Sangamon Journal	p. 3
To Robert Allen	p. 5
To Mary Owens	p. 7
To Mary Speed	p. 10
To Joshua F. Speed	p. 15
To William H. Herndon	p. 16
To William H. Herndon	p. 19
To Thomas Lincoln and John D. Johnston	p. 21
To Judge Stephen T. Logan	p. 25
To C. U. Schlater	p. 26
To Abraham Bale	p. 27
Notes For a Law Lecture	p. 29
To John D. Johnston	p. 33
To L. M. Hays	p. 35
Fragment	p. 36
To Joseph Gillespie	p. 38
To W. H. Henderson	p. 40
To Joshua F. Speed	p. 42
To R. P. Morgan	p. 50
To George P. Floyd	p. 51
To Henry Walker Bishop	p. 52
To Julian M. Sturtevant	p. 53
To Stephen A. Douglas	p. 55
To Stephen A. Douglas	p. 56
To N. B. Judd	p. 57
To Henry Asbury	p. 59
Lincoln Autograph	p. 60
To H. L. Pierce and Others	p. 61
To a New York Firm	p. 65
To T. J. Pickett	p. 66
To Dr. Theodore Canisius	p. 68
To J. W. Fell	p. 70
To O. P. Hall, J. R. Fullenwider and U. F. Correll	p. 74
Reply to Chicago Convention Committee	p. 77
To Charles C. Nott	p. 79
To George Ashmun	p. 82
To George Latham	p. 83
To Professor Gardner	p. 85
To William D. Kelly	p. 86
To Grace Bedell	p. 87
To William S. Speer	p. 89
To Alexander H. Stephens	p. 91
Address at Springfield	p. 93
Address at Indianapolis	p. 95
Address at Philadelphia	p. 98
The President (1861-1865)
To William H. Seward	p. 101
To William H. Seward	p. 102
To Leonard Swett	p. 105
To Major Robert Anderson	p. 106
To Gustavus V. Fox	p. 108
To Colonel Ellsworth's Parents	p. 110
To Major Ramsey	p. 112
To Edwin M. Stanton	p. 113
To Major-General Hunter	p. 114
To Edwin M. Stanton	p. 118
To George B. McClellan	p. 120
To John W. Crisfield	p. 121
To William H. Seward	p. 123
To Reverdy Johnson	p. 125
To August Belmont	p. 128
Note to Colonel Fielding	p. 130
To Horace Greeley	p. 131
Reply to Interdenominational Religious Committee	p. 134
To Hannibal Hamlin	p. 141
Speech at Frederick, Maryland	p. 143
Telegram to General George B. McClellan	p. 144
Telegram to General George B. McClellan	p. 145
To General Nathaniel P. Banks	p. 147
Telegram to Governor John A. Andrew	p. 149
To the Army of the Potomac	p. 150
To Fanny McCullough	p. 152
Final Emancipation Proclamation	p. 154
To General Samuel R. Curtis	p. 159
To "Fighting Joe" Hooker	p. 162
To Governor Horatio Seymour	p. 165
Telegram to "Fighting Joe" Hooker	p. 167
Telegram to General Daniel Tyler	p. 169
Speech Before the Treasury Building	p. 170
To General John M. Schofield	p. 171
Response to a Serenade	p. 173
To Ulysses S. Grant	p. 176
To General George G. Meade	p. 178
To General Oliver O. Howard	p. 181
To Postmaster-General Montgomery Blair	p. 183
To James C. Conkling	p. 185
To General William S. Rosecrans	p. 193
Telegram to J. K. Dubois and O. M. Hatch	p. 195
To O. M. Hatch and J. K. Dubois	p. 196
To Thurlow Weed	p. 197
To Montgomery Blair	p. 198
Letter Quoted by the Washington Star	p. 200
To James H. Hackett	p. 201
To Secretary-of-War Edwin M. Stanton	p. 203
Address at the Gettysburg National Cemetery	p. 204
To Edward Everett	p. 206
To General George G. Meade	p. 208
Indorsement on Document to Edwin M. Stanton	p. 210
To Salmon P. Chase	p. 211
To A. G. Hodges	p. 214
Address at Baltimore	p. 220
To Ulysses S. Grant	p. 225
To Edwin M. Stanton	p. 227
To William Cullen Bryant	p. 228
To Salmon P. Chase	p. 231
To Edwin M. Stanton	p. 232
Telegram to Ulysses S. Grant	p. 234
Secret Memorandum	p. 235
Address to the 148th Ohio Regiment	p. 236
To Eliza P. Gurney	p. 239
To Postmaster-General Montgomery Blair	p. 241
Response to Serenade	p. 243
To Mrs. Bixby	p. 246
To John Phillips	p. 248
Response to Serenade	p. 250
To William Tecumseh Sherman	p. 251
To Edwin M. Stanton	p. 253
To Ulysses S. Grant	p. 254
Reply to Congressional Committee	p. 256
Second Inaugural Address	p. 257
To Thurlow Weed	p. 261
Telegram to Ulysses S. Grant	p. 263
The President's Last, Shortest, and Best Speech	p. 264
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