"A true story of one of the world's best men"--T.p The life of Abraham Lincoln -- Extracts from speeches and letters: From an appeal for the improvement of the Sangamon River ; Favoring equal suffrage ; From an address of temperance ; Protective tariff ; Eulogy of Henry Clay ; On equal rights of men ; The famous "Last speech" ; On equality of men ; Accepting nomination as United States Senator ; Equal freedom ; On leaving home ; On immigration ; The liberty of our forefathers ; From address delivered in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 ; On the admittance of Kansas to the Union ; From Inaugural Address ; From message to Congress, July 4, 1861 ; From Thanksgiving proclamation, August 12, 1861 ; From annual message to Congress, December 3, 1861 ; From proclamation of Thanksgiving for victories, April 10, 1862 ; From annual message delivered before Congress, December 1, 1862 ; Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 ; From letter to workingmen of England, February 2, 1863 ; From proclamation for a National Day of Fasting, March 30, 1863 ; From proclamation for Thanksgiving, July 15, 1863 ; At the dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery ; From letter to Cooper Institute, December 2, 1863 ; From annual message delivered before Congress, December 8, 1863 ; From proclamation of amnesty, December 8, 1863 ; From letter to General Wadsworth, February, 1864 ; From remarks on American women ; From speech delivered to a Committee of Workingmen's Association of New York, March 21, 1864 ; From remarks made in response to a serenade of citizens, November 10, 1864, when his re-election was assured ; From annual message to Congress, December 6, 1864 ; Speech made to Electoral College accepting the office of President, February 9, 1865 ; From Second Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1865 ; Last words written by Lincoln Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography Bound in hard boards 18