"Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves."

In this well researched speech at New York's Cooper Institute, Lincoln uses the voting records of Constitutional framers to demostrate Republican consistency with founding priciples while boosting himself to early prominence in a crowded field of presidential contenders.

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation...

This speech was delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863, four months after the Battle of Gettysburg.

On 27 February 1860, Abraham Lincoln gave this address at the Cooper Union in New York City.

This collection of Lincoln's letters gives us a glimpse into the inner self of a great American...

We think of Lincoln as a great president, but he was also an eloquent and expressive writer...