(CIVIL WAR) Group of Civil War era speeches by Lincoln Dougl

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(CIVIL WAR.) Group of Civil War-era speeches by Lincoln, Douglas and others. 7 pamphlets. 8vo, stitched or disbound; various conditions. Vp, 1857-64

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The two Lincoln speeches are "Message of the President of the United States and Reports Proper of the Heads of Departments," Washington, 1861 (108 pages, includes his first annual State of the Union address) and "Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress," Monaghan 146, Washington, 1862. Most notable of the three speeches by Stephen A. Douglas is his "Remarks . . . on Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott Decision," 15 unopened pages on one large folded sheet. It was his first public expression of his views on the Dred Scott decision, and also addresses polygamy. Byrd, Illinois Imprints 2635; Flake 2985. Chicago, 1857. The other Douglas speeches are "Speech . . . against the Admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution," Washington, 1858 and "Speech on the State of the Union," [Washington], 1861. Also included are Benjamin Curtis, "Executive Power," Cambridge, 1862 and Edward Everett's address on "the Duty of Supporting the Government in the Present Crisis of Affairs," 1864.