Brief biography and selection of speeches.
Delivered Monday, March 4, 1861.
Delivered Saturday, March 4, 1865.
Complete text of the seven masterpieces of debate on the evil of slavery.
A short emotional speech Lincoln delivered as he left Springfield, Illinois, to start his inaugural journey to Washington, D.C.
The 1858 speech in which Lincoln warned that slavery would divide the nation.
The document that proclaimed slaves in all Confederate states free.
A text version of the short, but famous, war-time speech.
William V. Rathvon was only nine years old when he watched and listened to Abraham Lincoln deliver the famous Gettysburg address. Decades later, he recorded his memories of that occasion on a 78 rpm record. That sound file is reproduced here in RealAudio format.
Library of Congress exhibit includes drafts of Lincoln's most famous speech, as well as translations published around the world. Also tells about Lincoln's invitation to Gettysburg and includes a photo of him there.
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