Representative collection of 16 masterly orations, correspondence, including "House Divided" speech at the Republican State Convention (1858), the First Inaugural Address (1861), the Gettysburg Address (1863), the Letter to Mrs. Bixby (1864), expressing regret over the wartime deaths of her five sons, and the Second Inaugural Address (1865).

The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838 The Presidential Question: Speech in the United States House of Representatives, July 27, 1848 A House Diveded: Speech Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, at the Close of the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858 Last Speech in Springfield, Illinois, in the 1858 Campaign, October 30, 1858 Address at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860 Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861 First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861 Proclamation of a National Fast-Day, August 12, 1861 Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862 Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863 Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863 Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864 Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 Last Public Address, April 11, 1865