Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Delivered in Springfield, Saturday Evening July 17, 1858 caption title

by Abraham Lincoln

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8pp. printed in double columns. 8vo. Unbound. Minor toning. Housed in a cloth box. Monaghan 12; Byrd 2960. Item #376861 The only separate printing of this address given by Lincoln at Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln's speech, which preceded his debates with Douglas, puts forth the great themes that marked his political philosophy during the last ten years of his life. More importantly, it firmly placed Lincoln as against the expansion of slavery

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