Proclamation Revoking Gen. Hunter's Order Setting the Slaves Free, May 19, 1862 Appeal to the Border States in Behalf of Compensated Emancipation, July 12, 1862 From Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862 Letter to August Belmont, July 31, 1862 Letter to Horace Greeley, Aug. 22, 1862 From his Reply to the Chicago Committee of United Religious Denominations, Sept. 13, 1862 From the Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863 Letter to General Grant, July 13, 1863 Letter to ---- Moulton, Washington, July 31, 1863 Letter to Mrs. Lincoln, Washington, Aug. 8, 1863 Letter to James H. Hackett, Washington, Aug. 17, 1863 Note to Secretary Stanton, Washington, Nov. 11, 1863 Letter to James C. Conkling, Aug. 26, 1863 His Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving, Oct. 3, 1863 Remarks at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Nov. 19, 1863 From his Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 8, 1863 Letter to Secretary Stanton, Washington, March 1, 1864 Letter to Governor Michael Hahn, Washington, March 13, 1864 Address at a Sanitary Fair, March 18, 1864 Letter to A.G. Hodges, April 4, 1864 Address at a Sanitary Fair at Baltimore, April 18, 1864 Letter to General Grant, April 30, 1864 From Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment, Aug. 22, 1864 Reply to a Serenade, Nov. 10, 1864 Letter to Mrs. Bixley, Nov. 21, 1864 Letter to General Grant, Washington, Jan. 19, 1865 Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865 From an Address to an Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865 His Last Public Address, April 11, 1865 APPENDIX Anecdotes PUBLISHERS' NOTE For permission to use extracts from "The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln," edited by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, the Publishers wish to thank The Century Company. They also wish to thank Mr. William H. Lambert, the owner of the copyright, and Mrs. Sarah A. Whitney for their courtesy in allowing them to publish "Lincoln's Lost Speech." LINCOLN'S SPEECHES AND LETTERS _Lincoln's First Public Speech. From an Address to the People of Sangamon County. March 9, 1832_ Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears to be an object of vital importance, even on this account alone, to say nothing of the advantages and satisfaction to be derived from all being able to read the Scriptures and other works, both of a religious and moral nature, for themselves.