01/01/1857 |
Washington (DC) National Era, "Black Republicanism in Missouri," January 1, 1857 |
03/09/1857 |
New York Herald, "The Decision in the Dred Scott," March 9, 1857 |
03/13/1857 |
New York Herald, “The New Order of Battle,” March 13, 1857 |
04/30/1857 |
Washington (DC) National Era, "The Southern Press," April 30, 1857 |
08/13/1857 |
Washington (DC) National Era, “A Mistake,” August 13, 1857 |
10/15/1857 |
Washington (DC) National Era, "The Union," October 15, 1857 |
12/23/1857 |
New York Times, “Opening of the Presidential Campaign of 1860,” December 23, 1857 |
03/16/1858 |
Israel Washburn to James Shepard Pike, March 16, 1858 |
06/13/1858 |
New York Herald, "Found At Last," June 13, 1858 |
06/23/1858 |
Raleigh (NC) Register, “The Northern Democracy Split to Pieces,” June 23, 1858 |
06/28/1858 |
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “A Crumb of Comfort for Mr. Seward,” June 26, 1858 |
07/05/1858 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “New Orleans Delta on the Illinois Republican Convention,” July 5, 1858 |
07/08/1858 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Senator Crittenden,” July 8, 1858 |
07/14/1858 |
New York Times, "Presidential Candidates," July 14, 1858 |
07/20/1858 |
Milwaukie (WI) Sentinel, "Douglas in the South," July 20, 1858 |
07/23/1858 |
New York Herald, "The Late Meeting of Maryland Slaveholders," July 23, 1858 |
08/01/1858 |
(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, “Our Work Is Done,” August 1, 1858 |
08/15/1858 |
New York Herald, “Political Joking," August 15, 1858 |
08/21/1858 |
Recollection by J.K. Magic, Ottawa Debate, August 21, 1858 |
08/27/1858 |
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, August 27, 1858 |
08/27/1858 |
Recollection by Ingalls Carleton, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858 |
08/27/1858 |
Recollection by Joseph Medill, Freeport Debate, August 27, 1858 |
09/13/1858 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “1860,” September 13, 1858 |
10/20/1858 |
New York Times, “A Georgia Douglas Man,” October 20, 1858 |
10/25/1858 |
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, "Divided We Fall," October 25, 1858 |
11/05/1858 |
Horace White to Abraham Lincoln, November 5, 1858 |
11/07/1858 |
New York Herald, “Douglas for the Presidency,” November 7, 1858 |
11/08/1858 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Revival of the Whig Party,” November 8, 1858 |
11/11/1858 |
William A. Grimshaw to Abraham Lincoln, November 11, 1858 |
11/17/1858 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "A House Divided, &c.," November 17, 1858 |
11/28/1858 |
New York Herald, “Mr. Douglas On His Travels,” November 28, 1858 |
12/05/1858 |
New York Herald, “The Struggle Among the Virginia Democracy,” December 5, 1858 |
12/08/1858 |
Raleigh (NC) Register, “Douglas Stock Rising,” December 8, 1858 |
12/10/1858 |
New York Herald, “The Union of the Opposition Factions,” December 10, 1858 |
12/11/1858 |
Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, December 11, 1858 |
12/20/1858 |
New York Times, “Senator Douglas and the City Government,” December 20, 1858 |
12/24/1858 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Political Meeting,” December 24, 1858 |
12/25/1858 |
New York Times, “Douglas and the Democracy,” December 25, 1858 |
12/27/1858 |
New York Times, “Reasons why all Parties should Nominate Southern Candidates for President in 1860,” December 27, 1858 |
01/02/1859 |
Recollection of Jesse W. Fell, Conversation with Abraham Lincoln in early 1859 |
01/04/1859 |
New York Times, “Arrival of Senator Douglas in Philadelphia,” January 4, 1859 |
01/05/1859 |
Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Senator Douglas Reelected, January 5, 1859 |
01/05/1859 |
Recollection by Horace White, Senator Douglas Reelected, January 5, 1859 |
01/09/1859 |
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “The Plans of the Opposition for 1860,” January 9, 1859 |
01/10/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Presidential Aspirants,” January 10, 1859 |
01/12/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “For the Lambs of the Flock,” January 12, 1859 |
01/17/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Present Congress and the Next President,” January 17, 1859 |
01/18/1859 |
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “The Chicago Times, Senator Douglas and the Administration,” January 18, 1859 |
01/24/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Presidential Question,” January 24, 1859 |
01/25/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Case of Douglas vs. Fitch," January 25, 1859 |
01/29/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Presidential Question,” January 29, 1859 |
01/29/1859 |
New York Times, “The Killing of the Pacific Railroad,” January 29, 1859 |
01/31/1859 |
Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “A Candid Southern Opinion,” January 31, 1859 |
02/13/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Tariff,” February 13, 1859 |
02/22/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Black Republicans and Mr. Douglas,” February 22, 1859 |
02/26/1859 |
New York Times, “The Political Future,” February 26, 1859 |
03/09/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Union of the South,” March 9, 1859 |
03/10/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Anti-Slavery Tactics,” March 10, 1859 |
03/11/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Hand Writing on the Wall,” March 11, 1859 |
04/03/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Gubernatorial Contest in Virginia,” April 3, 1859 |
04/06/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Late Scattering Elections,” April 6, 1859 |
04/07/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Beginning of the Presidential Campaign,” April 7, 1859 |
04/10/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Next Presidential Election,” April 10, 1859 |
04/11/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Democratic Prospects,” April 11, 1859 |
04/13/1859 |
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “The Democracy and Non-Intervention,” April 13, 1859 |
04/13/1859 |
Thomas J. Pickett to Abraham Lincoln, April 13, 1859 |
04/16/1859 |
Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Pickett, April 16, 1859 |
04/16/1859 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, “Gov. Wise and the Presidency,” April 16, 1859 |
04/20/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Charleston Convention,” April 20, 1859 |
04/25/1859 |
New York Times, “A Party Portrait of Dictator Lopez,” April 25, 1859 |
05/03/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “An Opinion,” May 3, 1859 |
05/11/1859 |
New York Times, “When Did He Die?,” May 11, 1859 |
05/17/1859 |
Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Canisius, May 17, 1859 |
05/17/1859 |
New York Times, “Democratic Preparations for 1860,” May 17, 1859 |
05/21/1859 |
New York Times, “Making Too Much Haste,” May 21, 1859 |
05/22/1859 |
New York Herald, “Does Mr. Crittenden Back Out?,” May 22, 1859 |
06/07/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Republicanism in Virginia,” June 7, 1859 |
06/08/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Another Dred Scott Decision,” June 8, 1859 |
06/16/1859 |
New York Times, “Political Letters,” June 16, 1859 |
06/18/1859 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “William H. Seward,” June 18, 1859 |
06/29/1859 |
New York Times, “Albany and Richmond,” June 29, 1859 |
07/04/1859 |
Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “The Douglas Manifesto,” July 4, 1859 |
07/07/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Forney and Douglas,” July 7, 1859 |
07/20/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Spoils,” July 20, 1858 |
07/24/1859 |
New York Herald, “Mr. Buchanan and the Succession,” July 24, 1859 |
07/25/1859 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Folly,” July 25, 1859 |
07/26/1859 |
San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “If a Republican President?,” July 26, 1859 |
07/27/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Douglas in Kentucky,” July 27, 1859 |
07/28/1859 |
Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, July 28, 1859 |
07/28/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Chances of Douglas,” July 28, 1859 |
07/29/1859 |
New York Times, “The Slavery Question,” July 29, 1859 |
07/31/1859 |
New York Herald,“Mr. Douglas and His Forthcoming Manifesto,” July 31, 1859 |
08/05/1859 |
New York Times, “An Unwise Letter,” August 5, 1859 |
08/07/1859 |
New York Herald, “The Morals of Politics,” August 7, 1859 |
08/15/1859 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “What is thought at the North of the New Ultimatum,” August 15, 1859 |
08/30/1859 |
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Presidential,” August 30, 1859 |
08/31/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Open Declaration of Hostilities,” August 31, 1859 |
09/05/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Speech of Hon. Jeff. Davis,” September 5, 1859 |
09/09/1859 |
New York Times, “The Telegraph and the Presidency,” September 9, 1859 |
09/11/1859 |
New York Herald, “Stump Candidates for the Presidency,” September 11, 1859 |
09/29/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “New Danger To Douglas,” September 29, 1859 |
10/03/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Douglas in Mississippi,” October 3, 1859 |
10/09/1859 |
Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Corwin, October 9, 1859 |
10/09/1859 |
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Fremont’s Position,” October 9, 1859 |
10/15/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Charleston Convention,” October 15, 1859 |
10/17/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Where will they Go?,” October 17, 1859 |
10/20/1859 |
Charles H. Ray to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1859 |
10/27/1859 |
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "The Slave Insurrection at Harper's Ferry," October 27, 1859 |
10/27/1859 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Good Out of Evil," October 27, 1859 |
10/30/1859 |
New York Herald, “Political Excitement on the Rise,” October 30, 1859 |
10/31/1859 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Political Effect," October 31, 1859 |
11/01/1859 |
Abraham Lincoln to William E. Frazer, November 1, 1859 |
11/04/1859 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Mr. Douglas’ New Book,” November 4, 1859 |
11/09/1859 |
Hartford (CT) Courant, "Untitled," November 9, 1859 |
11/12/1859 |
William E. Frazer to Abraham Lincoln, November 12, 1859 |
12/01/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Other Brown," December 1, 1859 |
12/04/1859 |
New York Herald, “The South and Southern Safety,” December 4, 1859 |
12/08/1859 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Virginia Wants the Nation to Foot Her Bills," December 8, 1859 |
12/11/1859 |
New York Herald, “Judge Douglas and the Administration,” December 11, 1859 |
12/12/1859 |
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, December 12, 1859 |
12/20/1859 |
Abraham Lincoln to Jesse W. Fell, December 20, 1859 |
12/20/1859 |
Hartford (CT) Courant, “Untitled,” December 20, 1859 |
12/23/1859 |
Newark (OH) Advocate, “Mr. Douglas and the Presidency,” December 23, 1859 |
12/25/1859 |
New York Herald, “Seward Nominated for the Presidency by the Abolitionists,” December 25, 1859 |
12/27/1859 |
New York Herald, “Nomination of Gen. Scott by the New York Union Meeting,” December 27, 1859 |
01/05/1860 |
New York Herald, "The Underground Railroad and Its Victims," January 5, 1860 |
01/09/1860 |
Oliver P. Hall and Others to Abraham Lincoln, January 9, 1860, Mechanicsburg, Illinois |
01/11/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “Another Grievance for Virginia,” January 11, 1860 |
01/14/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “The Campaign of 1860,” January 14, 1860 |
01/26/1860 |
Charleston (SC) Courier, “The Probable Southern Candidate,” January 26, 1860 |
01/28/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “The Voice of Indiana,” January 28, 1860 |
01/28/1860 |
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Paying the Piper,” January 28, 1860 |
02/08/1860 |
Charles Billinghurst to Abraham Lincoln, February 8, 1860 |
02/10/1860 |
Horace White to Abraham Lincoln, February 10, 1860 |
02/14/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Oliver P. Hall, Jacob N. Fullinwider, and William F. Correll , Springfield, Illinois |
02/14/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Sedition Laws,” February 14, 1860 |
02/22/1860 |
Raleigh (NC) Register, “How Firmly United the Democracy Are,” February 22, 1860 |
02/23/1860 |
Boston (MA) Advertiser, “What to do with Mr. Douglas,” February 23, 1860 |
02/27/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln, Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860 |
02/28/1860 |
New York Herald, “Trouble among the Republican President Makers,” February 28, 1860 |
03/01/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Andrew J. Curtin,” March 1, 1860 |
03/02/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Abraham Lincoln’s Speech,” March 2, 1860 |
03/02/1860 |
Newark (OH) Advocate, “The Chicago Convention,” March 2, 1860 |
03/03/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Mr. Seward’s Speech,” March 3, 1860 |
03/04/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860 |
03/05/1860 |
Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “Mr. Douglas’s Bid,” March 5, 1860 |
03/05/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Pennsylvania,” March 5, 1860 |
03/14/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Pair of Smart Politicians,” March 14, 1860 |
03/15/1860 |
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Untitled,” March 15, 1860 |
03/17/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot,“For President In 1860, Stephen A. Douglas,” March 17, 1860 |
03/17/1860 |
James A. Briggs to Salmon Portland Chase, March 17, 1860 |
03/17/1860 |
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Kellogg on Douglas,” March 17, 1860 |
03/17/1860 |
New York Times, "Democratic National Convention," March 17, 1860 |
03/17/1860 |
T. E. Norris to Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, March 17, 1860 |
03/18/1860 |
Philip Dandridge to Robert Hunter, March 18, 1860 |
03/22/1860 |
R. Tansill to Robert Hunter, March 22, 1860 |
03/24/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, March 24, 1860 |
03/24/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Charleston Convention,” March 24, 1860 |
03/26/1860 |
Charles Linsley to Robert Hunter, March 26, 1860 |
03/26/1860 |
Henry Fitzhugh to Robert Hunter, March 26, 1860 |
03/26/1860 |
William Wilkins to James Watson Webb, March 26, 1860 |
03/27/1860 |
Asa Biggs to Robert Hunter, March 27, 1860 |
03/28/1860 |
New York Times, “A Political Reason for High Charges,” March 28, 1860 |
03/30/1860 |
Thomas L. Kane to Robert Hunter, March 30, 1860 |
03/31/1860 |
C.G. Baylor to Robert Hunter, March 31, 1860 |
04/03/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, “The Last Revelation from Douglas,” April 3, 1860 |
04/04/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Wide-Awakes,” April 4, 1860 |
04/07/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “Douglas in Pennsylvania,” April 7, 1860 |
04/14/1860 |
Alexander Kelly McClure to Eli Slifer, April 14, 1860 |
04/19/1860 |
New York Times, “A Bomb-Shell for Charleston,” April 19, 1860 |
04/20/1860 |
Newark (OH) Advocate, “Waking Up to Their Danger,” April 20, 1860 |
04/21/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Douglas Nomination,” April 21, 1860 |
04/22/1860 |
New York Herald, “The Republican Press on the Chances of Douglas,” April 22, 1860 |
04/24/1860 |
New York Times, “The Charleston Convention,” April 24, 1860 |
04/25/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Wigwam,” April 25, 1860 |
04/25/1860 |
San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “Seward the Republican Nominee,” April 25, 1860 |
04/26/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “The Union,” April 26, 1860 |
04/27/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Infamy Complete,” April 27, 1860 |
04/27/1860 |
Newark (OH) Advocate, “‘Old Judge McLean’,” April 27, 1860 |
04/28/1860 |
New York Times, “Party Contests,” April 28, 1860 |
04/29/1860 |
New York Herald, “The Platform Crisis in Charleston,” April 29, 1860 |
05/01/1860 |
New York Times, “The Charleston Convention,” May 1, 1860 |
05/02/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Prophecy Fulfilled,” May 2, 1860 |
05/02/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Democratic Party Gone To Smash,” May 2, 1860 |
05/03/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Seceders at Charleston,” May 3, 1860 |
05/04/1860 |
Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Wide Awakes,” May 4, 1860 |
05/05/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Northern Democrat at a Slave Auction,” May 5, 1860 |
05/09/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Coming Conventions,” May 9, 1860 |
05/10/1860 |
New York Times, “Disunion Plots,” May 10, 1860 |
05/10/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, “The Admission of Kansas,” May 10, 1860 |
05/12/1860 |
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Charleston Convention,” May 12, 1860 |
05/15/1860 |
Entry by Orville Browning, May 16, 1860 |
05/16/1860 to 05/18/1860 |
Recollection by Henry C. Whitney, Republican National Convention, May 16-18, 1860 |
05/16/1860 to 05/18/1860 |
Recollection by Murat Halstead, Republican National Convention, May 16-18, 1860 |
05/17/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln's Endorsement on the Margin of the Missouri Democrat, May 17, 1860 |
05/17/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Convention Week in Chicago," May 17, 1860 |
05/18/1860 |
New York Times, “A Douglas Demonstration in New York,” May 18, 1860 |
05/19/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Enthusiasm over the Nomination,” May 19, 1860 |
05/19/1860 |
Joshua Reed Giddings to Abraham Lincoln, May 19, 1860 |
05/21/1860 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "The Black Republican Nominees," May 21, 1860 |
05/21/1860 |
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Chicago Convention,” May 21, 1860 |
05/22/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, "The Objects of the Black Republican Party Boldly Avowed," May 22, 1860 |
05/22/1860 |
Charleston (SC) Courier, "A Great Error," May 22, 1860 |
05/22/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Nomination of Mr. Lincoln,” May 22, 1860 |
05/23/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, “Kansas in the Senate,” May 23, 1860 |
05/23/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun, May 23, 1860 |
05/23/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Lincoln as He Is,” May 23, 1860 |
05/23/1860 |
Raleigh (NC) Register, "The Giant Killer Reversing His Own Work," May 23, 1860 |
05/23/1860 |
Raleigh (NC) Standard, “The Chicago Convention,” May 23, 1860 |
05/24/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Going – Going – Gone!,” May 24, 1860 |
05/24/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, “The Candidates,” May 24, 1860 |
05/25/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune,“The Fillmore Men,” May 25, 1860 |
05/25/1860 |
Newark (OH) Advocate, “Lincoln and Hamlin,” May 25, 1860 |
05/27/1860 |
New York Herald, “Bell and Everett Going Ahead,” May 27, 1860 |
05/28/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Mr. Lincoln's Committals,” May 28, 1860 |
05/28/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The New York Sun on Lincoln,” May 28, 1860 |
05/30/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Leonard Swett, May 30, 1860 |
05/30/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Lincoln’s Hold on the Working-Men,” May 30, 1860 |
05/30/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Stop Quarreling,” May 30, 1860 |
05/30/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “What Lincoln Did Not Do,” May 30, 1860 |
05/30/1860 |
Schuyler Colfax to Abraham Lincoln, May 30, 1860 |
05/31/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Bell and Everett Going Ahead,” May 31, 1860 |
06/01/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln, Autobiography, circa June 1860 |
06/01/1860 |
Newark (OH) Advocate, “Abraham Lincoln,” June 1, 1860 |
06/04/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun, June 4, 1860 |
06/05/1860 |
Chillicothe (OH) Scioto Gazette, “Can Locofocos Explain It?,” June 5, 1860 |
06/06/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, “Bell on Abolition Petitions,” June 6, 1860 |
06/06/1860 |
Raleigh (NC) Standard, “Untitled,” June 6, 1860 |
06/07/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Lincoln at the South,” June 7, 1860 |
06/09/1860 |
Stephen A. Douglas to Follett Foster & Company, June 9, 1860 |
06/11/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Mr. Lincoln’s Majority in 1858,” June 11, 1860 |
06/11/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “Getting Their Eyes Open,” June 11, 1860 |
06/12/1860 |
New York Herald, “Commencement of Republican Cabinet Making,” June 12, 1860 |
06/12/1860 |
Richard W. Thompson to Abraham Lincoln, June 12, 1860 |
06/14/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Mr. Bell’s Acceptance,” June 14, 1860 |
06/15/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, “Violations of the Constitution,” June 15, 1860 |
06/16/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Richard W. Thompson, June 18, 1860 |
06/18/1860 |
George Ashmun to Abraham Lincoln, June 18, 1860 |
06/18/1860 |
John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, June 18, 1860 |
06/18/1860 |
New York Times, “The Baltimore Convention,” June 18, 1860 |
06/19/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, June 19, 1860 |
06/19/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Fillmore Men,” June 19, 1860 |
06/21/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Jeff. Davis on Platforms,” June 21, 1860 |
06/23/1860 |
Atchison (KS) Freedom's Champion, “Noble Deeds of Northern Democracy,” June 23, 1860 |
06/24/1860 |
New York Herald, “The Reception of the Nomination of Douglas,” June 24, 1860 |
06/25/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Douglas’ Saturday Night,” June 25, 1860 |
06/26/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Thirty Days From Now,” June 26, 1860 |
06/28/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “An Explanation,” June 28, 1860 |
06/29/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “A Difference of Opinion,” June 29, 1860 |
07/01/1860 |
James O. Putnam to Leonard Swett, copied in Swett to Abraham Lincoln, July 1860 |
07/02/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “A Quiet Campaign,” July 2, 1860 |
07/04/1860 |
New York Times, “The Presidential Election,” July 4, 1860 |
07/06/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “A Douglas Fizzle in Ashtabula,” July 6, 1860 |
07/06/1860 |
Richard W. Thompson to Abraham Lincoln, July 6, 1860 |
07/07/1860 |
Atchison (KS) Freedom's Champion, “The Democratic ‘Irrepressible Conflict,’” July 7, 1860 |
07/07/1860 |
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Decidedly Wrong,” July 7, 1860 |
07/07/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Shabby Treatment,” July 7, 1860 |
07/09/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A New Picture of Lincoln,” July 9, 1860 |
07/10/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Richard W. Thompson, July 10, 1860 |
07/10/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “A Political Dodge,” July 10, 1860 |
07/11/1860 |
John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, July 11, 1860 |
07/12/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “In A Quandary,” July 12, 1860 |
07/13/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “A Republican Paper Destroyed and Its Editor Driven from Town,” July 13, 1860 |
07/17/1860 |
John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, July 17, 1860 |
07/17/1860 |
New York Times, “The Fears of Mr. Wigfall,” July 17, 1860 |
07/18/1860 |
Raleigh (NC) Register, “The President on the Stump,” July 18, 1860 |
07/19/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “An Important Change,” July 19, 1860 |
07/21/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Abraham Jonas, July 21, 1860 |
07/21/1860 |
Atchison (KS) Freedom's Champion, “An Insult to Labor,” July 21, 1860 |
07/21/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Still 'Suppressed,'” July 21, 1860 |
07/21/1860 |
New York Times, “The Herald in Harness,” July 21, 1860 |
07/22/1860 |
New York Herald, “Lincoln or Breckinridge,” July 22, 1860 |
07/22/1860 |
William T. Sherman to Thomas Ewing, Jr., July 22, 1860 |
07/23/1860 |
New York Herald, “Slaves in New York,” July 23, 1860 |
07/24/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “Untitled,” July 24, 1860 |
07/25/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, “Black Republicanism Defined,” July 25, 1860 |
07/25/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “What the South Really Fears,” July 25, 1860 |
07/26/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, “Bell for a Slave Code,” July 26, 1860 |
07/27/1860 |
Jole Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, July 27, 1860 |
07/28/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “A Patriotic Woman,” July 28, 1860 |
07/28/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Mobbing Business,” July 28, 1860 |
07/31/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Making a Cat’s-Paw of Douglas,” July 31, 1860 |
08/01/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Wide Awakes,” August 1, 1860 |
08/02/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, “The Two Kinds of Intervention,” August 2, 1860 |
08/03/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Result of Freedom,” August 3, 1860 |
08/04/1860 |
New York Herald, “The Election in North Carolina,” August 4, 1860 |
08/05/1860 |
New York Herald, “Trouble Among the Republicans,” August 5, 1860 |
08/06/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Word For Douglasites,” August 6, 1860 |
08/08/1860 |
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, "Who Are For Disunion?," August 8, 1860 |
08/09/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, "Precipitate A Revolution," August 9, 1860 |
08/09/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, "The 'Irrepressible Conflict,'" August 9, 1860 |
08/10/1860 |
New York Times, "Politics at the South," August 10, 1860 |
08/11/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “A Combination to Cheat the People,” August 11, 1860 |
08/11/1860 |
James Buchanan to Gerard Hallock, August 11, 1860 |
08/12/1860 |
New York Herald, “A Crowd of Douglasites in the Mud,” August 12, 1860 |
08/13/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Three Southern Frights,” August 13, 1860 |
08/14/1860 |
New York Herald, “'Honest Old Abe' and His Cabinet,” August 14, 1860 |
08/16/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, "Let Us Frighten Them," August 16, 1860 |
08/20/1860 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “The South for Bell and Everett,” August 20, 1860 |
08/21/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "Not Going to Dissolve the Union," August 21, 1860 |
08/21/1860 |
New York Times, “Mr. Yancey's Speech,” August 21, 1860 |
08/23/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "No Go Yet," August 23, 1860 |
08/23/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, “Mr. Lincoln’s Foresight,” August 23, 1860 |
08/25/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, "California for Douglas," August 25, 1860 |
08/26/1860 |
New York Herald, “Interruption of a Political Meeting,” August 26, 1860 |
08/28/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, "Facts for the People," August 28, 1860 |
08/30/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Alexander McClure, August 30, 1860 |
08/30/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “A Broken Platform,” August 30, 1860 |
08/31/1860 |
Newark (OH) Advocate, “Is Lincoln an Abolitionist?,” August 31, 1860 |
09/01/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Artful Dodger,” September 1, 1860 |
09/02/1860 |
New York Herald, “Pennsylvania Politicians and New York Money,” September 2, 1860 |
09/03/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “A Two-Edged Sword,” September 3, 1860 |
09/05/1860 |
New York Times, “Senator Seward in Michigan,” September 5, 1860 |
09/06/1860 |
Memphis (TN) Appeal, "Yancey on Douglas," September 6, 1860 |
09/08/1860 |
Dover (NH) Gazette, “Withdrawal of General Houston,” September 8, 1860 |
09/10/1860 |
New York Times, “Speech of Mr. Breckinridge,” September 10, 1860 |
09/11/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, "Mr. Breckinridge’s Great Speech at Lexington," September 11, 1860 |
09/13/1860 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "The Disunion Movement," September 13, 1860 |
09/13/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, “The War of the Giants,” September 13, 1860 |
09/16/1860 |
New York Herald, “The Reign of Terror in Texas,” September 16, 1860 |
09/17/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Astounding Impertinence of Douglas,” September 17, 1860 |
09/17/1860 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Mum on the Great Question,” September 17, 1860 |
09/18/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “As Was Expected,” September 18, 1860 |
09/19/1860 |
Raleigh (NC) Register, "Bell and Everett Pole-Raising," September 19, 1860 |
09/20/1860 |
New York Times, “Disunion Ravings,” September 20, 1860 |
09/21/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Who Began It?,” September 21, 1860 |
09/22/1860 |
New York Times, “The Nonsense of Disunion,” September 22, 1860 |
09/23/1860 |
New York Herald, “The Missouri Breckinridge State Convention,” September 23, 1860 |
09/25/1860 |
Chillicothe (OH) Scioto Gazette, “The Difference,” September 25, 1860 |
09/26/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, "Black Republican Bible," September 26, 1860 |
09/28/1860 |
New York Times, “When to Secede,” September 28, 1860 |
09/29/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing,” September 29, 1860 |
09/30/1860 |
New York Herald, “Campaign Documents,” September 30, 1860 |
10/03/1860 |
New York Times, “The Wide-Awake Parade,” October 3, 1860 |
10/04/1860 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, "The Disunion Slave Code Candidate," October 4, 1860 |
10/05/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, "The 'Coercion' Issue," October 5, 1860 |
10/05/1860 |
New York Times, “Found at Last,” October 5, 1860 |
10/08/1860 |
New York Herald, “Won't Submit to Lincoln,” October 8, 1860 |
10/09/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "Judge Taney vs. Douglas," October 9, 1860 |
10/10/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Information Wanted,” October 10, 1860 |
10/11/1860 |
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Terrors of Submission," October 11, 1860 |
10/11/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “A Trap For Douglas,” October 11, 1860 |
10/12/1860 |
Anonymous. “True Republicans” to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 12, 1860 |
10/12/1860 |
New York Herald, “What are the Southern States Going to Do?,” October 12, 1860 |
10/13/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “There's No Secession in That,” October 13, 1860 |
10/14/1860 |
New York Herald, “Disturbance at a Breckinridge Barbecue in Kentucky,” October 14, 1860 |
10/15/1860 |
Grace Bedell to Abraham Lincoln, October 15, 1860 |
10/15/1860 |
New York Times, “Very Suspicious,” October 15, 1860 |
10/17/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Attack on the Wide Awakes of Wheeling, Va.,” October 17, 1860 |
10/19/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860 |
10/19/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Wide Awakes at Washington,” October 19, 1860 |
10/19/1860 |
John Hays to Charles Francis Himes, October 19, 1860 |
10/20/1860 |
David Hunter to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1860 |
10/20/1860 |
David Wilmot to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1860 |
10/21/1860 |
New York Herald, “American Sensations During 1860,” October 21, 1860 |
10/24/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, "John Sherman, the Abolitionist, Proposes Three Cheers for Douglas," October 24, 1860 |
10/24/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Fear of Insurrection,” October 24, 1860 |
10/25/1860 |
New York Herald, “The Demonstration on Tuesday Night,” October 25, 1860 |
10/26/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to David Hunter, October 26, 1860 |
10/26/1860 |
New York Times, “The Disunion Plot at Washington,” October 26, 1860 |
10/27/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “Illinois Sure for Douglas,” October 27, 1860 |
10/27/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Plot of the Desperadoes,” October 27, 1860 |
10/28/1860 |
New York Herald, “Helper and His Black Republican Endorsers,” October 28, 1860 |
10/29/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, "The Union at the South," October 29, 1860 |
10/29/1860 |
Edward Mattson to Abraham Lincoln, October 29, 1860 |
10/31/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "Wide Awakes a Minute Men!," October 31, 1860 |
11/01/1860 |
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "Look Out for Illegal Votes!," November 1, 1860 |
11/03/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “Don't Care,” November 3, 1860 |
11/03/1860 |
New York Times, "Douglas Out of the Canvass," November 3, 1860 |
11/04/1860 |
New York Herald, “The New York Herald and the Disunion Question,” November 4, 1860 |
11/05/1860 |
New York Times, "The Republicans and Slavery," November 5, 1860 |
11/06/1860 |
Boston (MA) Advertiser, "Read Your Ballot," November 6, 1860 |
11/06/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, "Pro-Slavery Tricks," November 6, 1860 |
11/06/1860 |
New York Herald, “Down With the Helper Treason,” November 6, 1860 |
11/06/1860 |
Raleigh (NC) Register, "Look Out, Douglas Men," November 6, 1860 |
11/07/1860 |
New York Times, "The Administration and Disunion," November 7, 1860 |
11/08/1860 |
Boston (MA) Advertiser, "How Mr. Lincoln Voted," November 8, 1860 |
11/08/1860 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Conservative Sentiments,” November 8, 1860 |
11/08/1860 |
New York Herald, “Who are the Cooks in Pennsylvania?,” November 8, 1860 |
11/08/1860 |
New York Times, "From the Home of Mr. Lincoln," November 8, 1860 |
11/09/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, “Remarkable Unanimity,” November 9, 1860 |
11/09/1860 |
Newark (OH) Advocate, "Lincoln's Administration," November 9, 1860 |
11/10/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “John C. Breckinridge,” November 10, 1860 |
11/10/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, "The Disunion Flurry," November 10, 1860 |
11/10/1860 |
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 10, 1860 |
11/12/1860 |
John P. Sanderson to David Davis, November 12, 1860 |
11/13/1860 |
(Jackson) Mississippian, “A Bugle Blast from Washington,” November 13, 1860 |
11/14/1860 |
Charles Billinghurst to Abraham Lincoln, November 14, 1860 |
11/14/1860 |
Raleigh (NC) Standard, "Untitled," November 14, 1860 |
11/15/1860 |
Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis to Jefferson Finis Davis, November 15, 1860 |
11/17/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, "An Honest Confession," November 17, 1860 |
11/18/1860 |
New York Herald, “Douglas on Lincoln,” November 18, 1860 |
11/22/1860 |
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Bad State of Affairs,” November 22, 1860 |
11/22/1860 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Will They Do It?,” November 22, 1860 |
11/23/1860 |
John Sherman to William Tecumseh Sherman, November 26, 1860 |
11/23/1860 |
New York Herald, “Untitled,” November 23, 1860 |
11/23/1860 |
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 23, 1860 |
11/26/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Secession Cadets,” November 26, 1860 |
11/29/1860 |
New York Times, “Political Assassination,” November 29, 1860 |
12/06/1860 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Brooks and Sumner,” December 6, 1860 |
12/07/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln, Certified Transcript of Passage from the House Divided Speech, December 7, 1860 |
12/08/1860 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, "The Prime Cause," December 8, 1860 |
12/08/1860 |
New York Herald, “Vermont Negroes and Wool,” December 8, 1860 |
12/10/1860 |
New York Herald, “The Crisis and Its Solution,” December 10, 1860 |
12/14/1860 |
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “British Views of Secession,” December 14, 1860 |
12/15/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860 |
12/15/1860 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “What the South Intends to do on the Fourth of March,” December 15, 1860 |
12/18/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln to Henry J. Raymond, December 18, 1860 |
12/20/1860 |
New York Times,“A Visit to Mr. Lincoln,” December 20, 1860 |
12/22/1860 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “A Presidential Election Without A Parallel,” December 22, 1860 |
01/01/1861 |
Anonymous to Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1861 |
01/01/1861 |
John P. Verree to Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1861 |
01/02/1861 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Letter From Virginia,” January 2, 1861 |
01/03/1861 |
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “A Forgeone Conclusion,” January 3, 1861 |
01/10/1861 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Driven From Kentucky,” January 10, 1861 |
01/19/1861 |
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “Mr. Lincoln A Black Man,” January 19, 1861 |
02/11/1861 |
Abraham Lincoln, Farewell Address to Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861 |
02/14/1861 |
Louisville (KY) Journal, “Mr. Lincoln’s Speeches,” February 14, 1861 |
02/19/1861 |
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Mr. Lincoln’s Indianapolis Speech,” February 19, 1861 |
02/21/1861 |
Abraham Lincoln, Address to the New Jersey Senate, Trenton, New Jersey, February 21, 1861 |
03/04/1861 |
Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861, Washington, DC |
03/04/1861 |
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "4th of March," March 4, 1861 |
03/04/1861 |
New York Times, “The Plot Against Mr. Lincoln’s Life,” March 4, 1861 |
03/05/1861 |
New York Times, “Reception of the Inaugural,” March 5, 1861 |
03/31/1861 |
New York Herald, “The Republican Party and their Professions for the Poor,” March 31, 1861 |
04/06/1861 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A Cheat at the Board,” April 6, 1861 |
05/02/1861 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Good Bye, John Bell,” May 2, 1861 |
05/23/1861 |
Ripley (OH) Bee, “One of the Volunteers,” May 23, 1861 |
07/10/1861 |
Charles B. Calvert to Abraham Lincoln, July 10, 1861 |
08/14/1861 |
Raleigh (NC) Register, “Arrest of a Traitor,” August 14, 1861 |
01/14/1862 |
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Resignation of Secretary Cameron,” January 14, 1862 |
03/04/1865 |
Recollection by Frederick Douglass, Inauguration of President Lincoln, March 4,1865, Washington, D.C. |
07/01/1865 |
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, “Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,” July 1865 |
07/01/1865 |
Johnson to William H. Herndon, 1865-66 |
05/12/1880 to 05/13/1880 |
John G. Nicolay's conversation with James Moorhead, May 12-13, 1880 |