Readings for May 4th -- Abraham Lincoln and the End of Early America

Abraham Lincoln, "'A House Divided' Speech"(1858) "The Gettysburg Address" (1863) and "The Second Inaugural Address," (1864), all in Baym, American Literature, pp. 1572-1580;
http://scom.tamu.edu/pres/speeches/abehouse.html

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/G.Address/ga.html

http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln/speeches/inaug2.htm

Letter of Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 -- http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln/speeches/greeley.htm

Letter of Abraham Lincoln to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863

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