Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 by Abraham Lincoln
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"Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856" by Abraham Lincoln is a speech delivered in 1856. Given at the Bloomington Convention that founded Illinois's Republican Party, this oration against slavery was so captivating that reporters allegedly abandoned their note-taking, mesmerized by Lincoln's words. No transcript survived, though some believe the speech was deliberately suppressed due to its inflammatory content. The lost address became legendary, thrusting Lincoln into national prominence and inspiring supporters
despite its mysterious disappearance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 |
|---|---|
| Transcriber | Whitney, Henry Clay, 1831-1905 |
| LoC No. | 08025291 |
| Title |
Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 A Souvenir of the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, at the Waldorf, February 12, 1897 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Lost_Speech |
| Credits |
Produced by Charlene Taylor, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861) |
| Subject | Slavery -- Kansas |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61966 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-61966-8 |
| Release Date | Apr 28, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 841 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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