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Abraham Lincoln Teacher Guide [PDF/408k]
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“Abraham Lincoln.” 1865
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Abraham Lincoln's Student Sum Book, 1824-1826
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Poem, My Child-hood Home I See Again, 1846
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Abraham Lincoln to Mary S. Owens, August 16, 1837
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Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860
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Reynolds's political map of the United States, 1856
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Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union, 1862
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Draft Resolutions for Illinois General Assembly concerning repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, January 4, 1855
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Draft of speech on Popular Sovereignty, May 18, 1858
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Notes for lecture on law,
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Fragment on the “Legitimate Object of Government,” 1840s
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Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, July 24, 1858
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Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, July 29, 1858
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Stephen A. Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858
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Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, August 24, 1858
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Abraham Lincoln to Schuyler Colfax, July 6, 1859
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Abraham Lincoln to Norman B. Judd, February 9, 1860
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![For president, Abra[ha]m Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, 1860](images/flag.jpg)
For president, Abra[ha]m Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, 1860
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Autobiographical Notes, May-June 1860
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The address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican party, February 27, 1860
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“Free speech, free soil, free men. This is to certify that [blank] is a member of the [blank] Wide-awake Club”
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“Chicago Wide-Awake Republican Club to Abraham Lincoln,” June 1, 1860
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Lincoln's Literary Experiments, April 1894
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Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg
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