The writings of Abraham Lincoln / edited and with an introduction by Steven B. Smith ; with essays by Danilo Petranovich, Ralph Lerner, Benjamin Kleinerman, Steven B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Contributor:

Smith, Steven B., 1951-

Petranovic, Danilo, 1977-

Lerner, Ralph.

Kleinerman, Benjamin A.

Series:

Rethinking the Western tradition.

Rethinking the Western tradition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government--1845-1861.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Illinois--Politics and government--To 1865.

Illinois.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2012.

Summary:

Abraham Lincoln never wrote a book: his ideas are contained in speeches, letters, and occasional writings. By bringing these works together into a single anthology, this book shows that Lincoln deserves to be counted among the great political philosophers. In addition to many examples of Lincoln's writings, this volume includes four interpretive essays that will provide an intellectual feast for any reader exploring his complex legacy. Danilo Petranovich looks at Lincoln's conception of the Union and its radically new focus on purging the nation of the problem of slavery. Ralph Lerner reconsiders Lincoln's relation to the American framers and in particular his effort to put the Declaration of Independence on a new foundation. Benjamin Kleinerman examines Lincoln's always controversial views on the scope of executive power during war. And Steven Smith considers the place of religion in Lincoln's political thought through a close reading of his Second Inaugural Address.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Chronology

Suggested Readings

Note on the Texts

I. Young Mr. Lincoln (1832-1852)

To the People of Sangamo County (March 9, 1832)

To the Editor of the Sangamo Journal (June 13, 1836)

Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (January 27, 1838)

Address to the Washington Temperance Society of Springfield, Illinois (February 22, 1842)

To Williamson Durley (October 3, 1845)

My Childhood-Home I See Again (c. February 1846)

Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity (July 31, 1846)

The Bear Hunt (before February 25, 1847)

''Spot'' Resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives (December 22, 1847)

Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives on the War with Mexico (January 12, 1848)

To William H. Herndon (February 15, 1848)

Fragment on Niagara Falls (late September 1848?)

Notes on the Practice of Law (1850?)

Eulogy on Henry Clay at Springfield, Illinois (July 6, 1852)

II. On the Nature of Republican Government (1854-1859)

Fragments on Government (1854?)

Fragment on Slavery (1854?)

Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act at Peoria, Illinois (October 16, 1854)

To George Robertson (August 15, 1855)

To Joshua F. Speed (August 24, 1855)

On Sectionalism (c. July 1856)

Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan (August 27, 1856)

On Stephen Douglas (c. December 1856)

Portion of Speech at Republican Banquet in Chicago, Illinois (December 10, 1856)

Fragment on Formation of the Republican Party (c. February 28, 1857)

Speech on the Dred Scott Decision at Springfield, Illinois (June 26, 1857)

To Lyman Trumbull (December 28, 1857)

Fragment of a Speech (c. May 18, 1858)

To Charles L. Wilson (June 1, 1858)

''House Divided'' Speech at Springfield, Illinois (June 16, 1858)

Fragment on the Struggle against Slavery (c. July 1858).

Speech at Chicago, Illinois (July 10, 1858)

On Slavery and Democracy (1858?)

First Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Ottawa, Illinois (August 21, 1858)

Portion of Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois (September 11, 1858)

On Pro-Slavery Theology (1858?)

Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton, Illinois (October 15, 1858)

To W. H. Wells (January 8, 1859)

Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions, Jacksonville, Illinois (February 11, 1859)

Speech at Chicago, Illinois (March 1, 1859)

To Henry L. Pierce and Others (April 6, 1859)

To Theodore Canisius (May 17, 1859)

Speech at Columbus, Ohio (September 16, 1859)

Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (September 30, 1859)

To Jesse W. Fell, Enclosing Autobiography (December 20, 1859)

To Oliver P. Hall, Jacob N. Fullinwider, and William F. Correll (February 14, 1860)

III. Secession and Wartime (1860-1862)

Address at Cooper Institute, New York City (February 27, 1860)

Speech at New Haven, Connecticut (March 6, 1860)

Autobiography Written for Campaign (c. June 1860)

To Lyman Trumbull (December 10, 1860)

To Alexander H. Stephens (December 22, 1860)

Fragment on the Constitution and the Union (c. January 1861)

Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois (February 11, 1861)

Speech to Germans at Cincinnati, Ohio (February 12, 1861)

Speech at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (February 22, 1861)

First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861)

To William H. Seward (April 1, 1861)

Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress (April 15, 1861)

Message to Congress in Special Session (July 4, 1861)

Proclamation of a National Fast Day (August 12, 1861)

To Beriah Magoffin (August 24, 1861)

To John C. Frémont (September 2, 1861)

To Orville H. Browning (September 22, 1861).

To George B. McClellan (April 9, 1862)

To George B. McClellan (July 1, 1862)

To George B. McClellan (July 2, 1862)

Appeal to Border-State Representatives for Compensated Emancipation, Washington, D.C. (July 12, 1862)

To Agénor-Etienne de Gasparin (August 4, 1862)

Address on Colonization to a Committee of Colored Men, Washington, D.C. (August 14, 1862)

To Horace Greeley (August 22, 1862)

Meditation on the Divine Will (c. early September 1862)

Reply to Chicago Emancipation Memorial, Washington, D.C. (September 13, 1862)

Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus (September 24, 1862)

To George B. McClellan (October 13, 1862)

To George B. McClellan (October 27, 1862)

To Carl Schurz (November 10, 1862)

To Nathaniel P. Banks (November 22, 1862)

Annual Message to Congress (December 1, 1862)

IV. Emancipation and Its Aftermath (1863-1865)

Final Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)

To the Workingmen of Manchester, England (January 19, 1863)

To Joseph Hooker (January 26, 1863)

Resolution on Slavery (April 15, 1863)

To Erastus Corning and Others (June 12, 1863)

To Matthew Birchard and Others (June 29, 1863)

To George G. Meade (July 14, 1863)

To James H. Hackett (August 17, 1863)

To James C. Conkling (August 26, 1863)

To Salmon P. Chase (September 2, 1863)

Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (November 19, 1863)

To Edward Everett (November 20, 1863)

To Albert G. Hodges (April 4, 1864)

To Mrs. Horace Mann (April 5, 1864)

Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Maryland (April 18, 1864)

To Benjamin F. Butler (August 9, 1864)

Speech to the 166th Ohio Regiment, Washington, D.C. (August 22, 1864)

Memorandum on Probable Failure of Re-election (August 23, 1864)

To Eliza P. Gurney (September 4, 1864)

To William T. Sherman (September 19, 1864).

Proclamation of Thanksgiving (October 20, 1864)

To Mrs. Lydia Bixby (November 21, 1864)

Reply to a Southern Woman (December 6, 1864)

To William T. Sherman (December 26, 1864)

To Ulysses S. Grant (January 19, 1865)

Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865)

To Thurlow Weed (March 15, 1865)

To Ulysses S. Grant (April 7, 1865)

Response to Serenade, Washington, D.C. (April 10, 1865)

Speech on Reconstruction, Washington, D.C. (April 11, 1865)

Essays

Lincoln's New Nationalism

Lincoln's Declaration-and Ours

Executive Power and Constitutional Necessity

How to Read Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-88045-7

9786613721761

0-300-16536-6

OCLC:

794992189