Ranking #14 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript Context. In this striking note to a Unionist senator from Maryland, Lincoln coolly informed Reverdy Johnson that he would play “any available card” in order to defeat the …

Letter to Reverdy Johnson (July 26, 1862) Read more »

Contributing Editors for this page include Annemarie Gray and Susan Williams Phelps Ranking #45 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “Stand firm. The tug has to come, & better now, than any time hereafter.”  Audio …

Letter to Lyman Trumbull (December 10, 1860) Read more »

Ranking #85 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “The North responds to the proclamation sufficiently in breath; but breath alone kills no rebels.” On This Date HD Daily Report, September 28, 1862 The Lincoln Log, …

Letter to Hannibal Hamlin (September 28, 1862) Read more »

Ranking #94 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “The agony is over at last; and the result you doubtless know. I write this only to give you some particulars to explain what might appear difficult …

Letter to Elihu Washburne (February 9, 1855) Read more »

Ranking #112 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “If they will not do this, if they prefer to hazard all for the sake of destroying the government, it is for them to consider whether it …

Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt (July 28, 1862) Read more »

Ranking #146 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “Without claiming to be your superior, which I do not, my position enables me to understand my duty in all these matters better than you possibly can, …

Letter to Isaac Arnold (May 26, 1863) Read more »

Contributing Editors for this page include Susan Segal Ranking #147 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “…I do not object to abide a decision of the United States Supreme Court, or of the judges thereof, …

Letter to Horatio Seymour (August 7, 1863) Read more »