Yahoo

Abraham Lincoln's speech at Dayton's Old Courthouse: Did he get 'utmost attention' or was he 'not a very pleasant speaker'?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 16—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a ...
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Abraham Lincoln : speeches and writings

[v.1] 1832-1858, Speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings, the Lincoln-Douglas debates -- [v.2] 1859-1865, Speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings, presidential messages and proclamations ...
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American speeches

pt. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- pt. 2. Political oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton v. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- Argument ...
The Washington Post

A famous Lincoln speech might bear his fingerprints

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned to ...
The Advocate

150 years later, Lincoln’s speech long remembered

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- In solemnity, thousands gathered on a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be ...