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The Essential Abraham Lincoln

Speeches - Letters - Biography

Read by Peter Marinker, and Garrick Hagon

This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

Abraham Lincoln: A Life

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Lincoln is honoured as perhaps the greatest leader…

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In 1830 the Lincoln family were once again on the move…

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We know a great deal about Lincoln the man…

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He was propelled back into politics in 1854…

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It was this ill-judged and disastrous measure…

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Lincoln was appalled by the judgement…

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The South watched this result…

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Lincoln's first acts as war president…

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But better news was coming from the western theatre…

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During those years…

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Standing among the crowd that evening…

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Abraham Lincoln's influence on American history…

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27 January 1838: The Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois

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27 January 1838: The Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois

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- But you are, perhaps, ready to ask…

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16 October 1854: Peoria, Illinois

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16 October 1854: Peoria, Illinois

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- I think, and shall try to show, that it is wrong…

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- I insist…

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16 June 1858: Springfield, Illinois

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11 February 1861: Springfield, Illinois railroad station

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22 February 1861: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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4 March 1861: Springfield, Illinois

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4 March 1861: Springfield, Illinois

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- I take the official oath today…

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- From questions of this class…

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19 November 1863: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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4 March 1865: Washington, D.C.

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9 April 1865: The White House, Washington, D.C.

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13 June 1836: To the Editor of the Sangamo Journal

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23 January 1841: To John T. Stuart

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25 February 1842: To Joshua F. Speed

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11 November 1842: To Samuel D. Marshall

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11 August 1846: To Allen N. Ford

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6 September 1846: To Andrew Johnson

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5 November 1855: To Isham Reavis

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2 December 1858: To James T. Thornton

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15 August 1855: To the Hon. George Robertson

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24 August 1855: To Joshua F. Speed

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13 February 1856: To R.P. Morgan

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15 May 1858: To J.F. Alexander, Esq.

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6 April 1859: To Henry L. Pierce and others

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April 1860: To Lyman Trumbul

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22 July 1860: To George Latham

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15 October 1860: From Grace Bedell

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19 October 1860: To Grace Bedell

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19 October 1860: To Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth

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22 September 1861: To the Hon. O.H. Browning

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4 December 1861: To Mrs. Susannah Weathers

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28 June 1862: Telegram To General G.B. McClellan

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August 1862: To the Hon. Horace Greeley

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12 June 1863: To the Hon. Erastus Corning and others

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26 August 1863: To the Hon. James C. Conkling

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13 July 1863: To Major General Ulysses S. Grant

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20 November 1863: To the Hon. Edward Everett

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4 April 1864: To Albert G. Hodges

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27 December 1864: To President of Princeton, Dr. John Maclean

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15 March 1865: To Thurlow Weed

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21 November 1864: To Mrs. Bixby

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