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- GLC#
- GLC09241
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- circa 17 July 1858
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- [Abraham Lincoln speech delivered July 17, 1858]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 8 p. :
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson Lincoln
Speech delivered on July 17, 1858 in Springfield, IL, as a prelude to the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Contains Lincoln's stands on key national issues including the Dred Scott decision and the Lecompton Constitution. "My declarations upon...Negro slavery may be misrepresented, but cannot be misunderstood."
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