Lincoln : passages from his speeches and letters
1911
"Special souvenir edition for the twenty-fifth annual Lincoln dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, Feb. 13th, 1911"--T.p "The selections in this volume are taken, by permission, from the authorized edition of The complete works of Abraham Lincoln, by John G. Nicolay and John Hay"--P. ix "This is one of an edition of one thousand copies prepared especially for the Republican Club of the City of New York"--Half t.p. verso Lincoln's ambition -- To a friend -- Advice to young lawyers -- Slavery -- The real Southern view of slavery -- The right of self-government -- Meaning of the Declaration of Independence -- "A house divided against itself cannot stand" -- Resistance to the Supreme Court -- Referral of the Missouri Compromise -- Notes for speeches -- The Negro included in the Declaration of Independence -- The Dred Scott decision -- The wrong of slavery -- The principles of Jefferson -- A look into the future -- Autobiographical -- An appeal to the South -- Farewell address at Springfield , Illinois, February 11, 1861 -- From his reply to the address of welcome at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 11, 1861 -- Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 -- First Inaugural Address, March 2, 1861 -- Letter to Horace Greeley -- Dependence upon God -- Meditation on the divine will -- Letter to General McClellan -- Telegram to General McClellan -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Letter to the workingmen of Manchester, England -- Letter to General Hooker -- Letter to General Grant -- Letter to J.C. Conkling -- The Gettysburg Address -- Response to a serenade -- Letter of condolence to Mrs. Bixby of Boston, Massachusetts -- Second Inaugural Address Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography Book, leather; frontispiece, issued in box Indecipherable handwritten inscription in ink on first prelim. p 18
