Contributing Editors for this page include Brenda Klawonn and Sarah Turpin Ranking #1 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript Context: There are five versions of the Gettysburg Address in Abraham Lincoln’s handwriting. The so-called “Bliss Copy”…
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Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863)
Tagged with: Borrowed Phrasing, Election of 1864, Emancipation, Founders, Nationalism, Newspapers, Public, Revisions, Speech, Wartime, Younger Readers
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865)
Ranking #3 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript Context: By the time Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for his second term as president on Saturday, March 4, 1865, the union was nearly restored, slavery essentially destroyed, and…
Tagged with: Nationalism, Public, Reconstruction, Religion, Secession, Slavery, Speech, Wartime, Younger Readers
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Letter to Horace Greeley (August 22, 1862)
Ranking #4 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript Context: Horace Greeley published an angry open “letter” to President Lincoln in the pages of his newspaper, the New York Tribune, on August 20, 1862. Greeley was upset…
Tagged with: Anger, Emancipation, Friendship, Letter, Manipulation, Nationalism, Newspapers, Partisanship, Pragmatism, Public, Wartime, Younger Readers
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Blind Memorandum (August 23, 1864)
Ranking #8 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected….” Audio Version On This Date HD Daily Report, August…
Tagged with: Management style, Manipulation, Nationalism, Notes, Partisanship, Private, Wartime, Younger Readers
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861)
Ranking #11 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “I hold, that in contemplation of universal law….” Audio Version On This Date HD Daily Report, March 4, 1861 Image Gallery Close Reading Custom Map View…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Borrowed Phrasing, Founders, Nationalism, Public, Secession, Speech, Younger Readers
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Posted in Savior of the Union
Response to Serenade (November 10, 1864)
Contributing Editors for this page include Rhonda Webb Ranking #36 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “We can not have free government without elections…” Audio Version On This Date HD Daily Report, November 10, 1864…
Tagged with: Civil Liberties, Election of 1864, Nationalism, Partisanship, Public, Speech, Wartime
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Presidential Proclamation (April 15, 1861)
Contributing Editors for this page include Daniel Caudle Ranking #41 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “Whereas, the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution…
Tagged with: Executive Order, Military Affairs, Nationalism, Needs Close Reading, Public, Secession, War Powers, Wartime
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Presidential Proclamation (April 19, 1861)
Ranking #42 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States … have further deemed it advisable to set on foot a blockade of the ports within the States…
Tagged with: Diplomacy, Executive Order, Military Affairs, Nationalism, Needs Close Reading, Public, War Powers, Wartime
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Fragment on the Constitution (January 1861)
Contributing Editors for this page include Rob O’Keefe Ranking #50 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “All this is not the result of accident. It has a philosophical cause. Without the Constitution and the Union,…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Civil Liberties, Founders, Nationalism, Notes, Private, Younger Readers
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Eulogy on Henry Clay (July 6, 1852)
Contributing Editors for this page include Jin Hong, Kory Loyola, Beatriz Martos and Greg O’Reilly Ranking #62 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “Mr. Clay’s predominant sentiment, from first to last, was a deep devotion…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Henry Clay, Nationalism, Public, Slavery, Speech
Posted in The Railsplitter
Posted in The Railsplitter
Speech at Republican Banquet (December 10, 1856)
Contributing Editors for this page include Kory Loyola Ranking #63 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “…Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.”…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Election of 1856, Founders, Nationalism, Partisanship, Populism, Pragmatism, Public, Slavery, Speech
Posted in The Railsplitter
Posted in The Railsplitter
Proclamation of Thanksgiving (October 3, 1863)
Ranking #69 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies.” On This Date HD Daily Report, October…
Tagged with: Environment, Executive Order, Nationalism, Needs Close Reading, Public, Religion, Wartime, Younger Readers
Posted in Honest Abe
Posted in Honest Abe
Speech at Great Central Sanitary Fair (June 16, 1864)
Contributing Editors for this page include Susan Johnson Ranking #73 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is…
Tagged with: Military Affairs, Nationalism, Public, Speech, Violence, Wartime
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Peoria Speech (October 16, 1854)
Contributing Editors for this page include Marsha Greco, Kory Loyola, Greg O’Reilly and Cynthia Smith Ranking #75 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “And, as this subject is no other, than part and parcel of…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Nationalism, Partisanship, Pragmatism, Public, Slavery, Speech, Stephen A. Douglas
Posted in Great Emancipator
Posted in Great Emancipator
Definition of Democracy (August 1, 1858)
Contributing Editors for this page include Canada Snyder Ranking #81 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Nationalism, Notes, Populism, Private, Slavery, Younger Readers
Posted in Honest Abe
Posted in Honest Abe
Response to Serenade (July 7, 1863)
Contributing Editors for this page include Emily Weiss Ranking #86 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “How long ago is it?—eighty odd years—since on the Fourth of July for the first time in the history…
Tagged with: Founders, Nationalism, Public, Revisions, Speech, Wartime, Younger Readers
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Remarks to 166th Ohio Regiment (August 22, 1864)
Contributing Editors for this page include Andrew Villwock Ranking #150 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House.” On This Date HD Daily Report, August 22, 1864 The…
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