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May 4, 2023 · The papers of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), lawyer, representative from Illinois, and sixteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 40,550 documents dating from 1774 to 1948, although most of the collection spans from the 1850s through Lincoln’s presidency (1861-1865).
A list of some of the most important achievements of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Combining his roles as statesman and commander in chief, Lincoln led the federal armies to victory in the American Civil War and along the way brought about the emancipation of slaves.
Abraham Lincoln was a skilled lawyer, statesman, and one of the greatest orators in U.S. history, giving hundreds of speeches. His skill and eloquence were so great that Williams Jennings Bryan, a politician who ran for president three times and himself a renowned public speaker, gave a speech about Lincoln’s oratory powers on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth.
Apr 3, 2024 · Abraham Lincoln his hand and pen he will be good but god knows When Manuscript poem, as a teenager (ca. 1824–1826), in "Lincoln as Poet" at Library of Congress : Presidents as Poets also in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953) edited by Roy. P. Basler, Vol. 1
A timeline of events in the life of Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president and one of the country’s greatest leaders. During the American Civil War Lincoln worked to preserve the Union. He became known as the Great Emancipator after his Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared slaves in the Confederate states were free.
Abraham Lincoln's Presidency Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and again in 1864. His first inauguration, on March 4,1861, featured an unprecedented amount of security around the president-elect, spurred by the approaching onset of the U.S. Civil War.
The source of this small sample of speeches is The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler. Introductions to individual documents are by Abraham Lincoln Online. Documents housed on other Web sites are noted as such. Lyceum Address, 1838 An early speech which reveals Lincoln's attitude toward government. Temperance Address, 1842
