Primary Sources
Original Documents:
- Abraham Lincoln's Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society
- Republican National Platform, 1860
- Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
- Abraham Lincoln's Special Session Message, July 4, 1861
- Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- Republican Party Platform, 1864
- Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
- Lincoln's Letter to the Widow Bixby, November 21, 1864
- Lincoln's Last Public Address, April 11, 1865
