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Selections for Readings by Abraham Lincoln The selections here are based on Abraham Lincoln Selected Speeches and Writings Page 1American Classics 21H.105 Fall 2002 Selections for Readings by Abraham Lincoln The selections here are based on Abraham Lincoln Selected Speeches and Writings (Vintage 1992) but should be widely available in other collected editions of Lincolns works. You may find it useful for background to read a biographical entry on Abraham Lincoln in a major reference work like the Dictionary of American Biography or American National Biography both in the reference section of the Humanities Library. There is a limitless amount of information about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War on line. One useful starting points is the website of the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhom e.html). The most interesting website on the history of the Civil War is the Valley of the Shadow Project at the University of Virginia (http://www.iath.virginia.edu/vshadow2/) which presents material on two communities (one Northern one Southern) in the Civil War era. For Class #13 Readings for class #13 focus on Lincolns emergence and the LincolnDouglas debates. ItemPage Letter to the People of Sangamo County March 9 1832 3 Letter to the Editor of the Sangamo Journal June 13 1836 7 Address to the Young Mens Lyceum of Springfield Illinois January 27 1838 13 Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity July 31 1846 54 From Eulogy on Henry Clay at Springfield Illinois July 6 1852 85 On Stephen Douglas c. December 1856 114 From Speech on the Dred Scott Decision at Springfield Illinois June 26 1857 117 House Divided Speech at Springfield Illinois June 15 1858 131 LincolnDouglas Debates and related letters 149199 For Class #14 The readings for class #14 focus on Lincolns presidency and the Civil War. ItemPage From Address at Cooper Institute New York City February 27 1860 240 Autobiography Written for Campaign c. June 1860 264 S ...

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