06/16/1858 Lincoln's House Divided speech Source Citation David Herbert Donald, Lincoln (New York: Touchstone, 1996), 205. Record Data Date Certainty Exact Type Campaigns/Elections Relevance General Major Topics Lincoln-Douglas Debates People Lincoln, Abraham Places Illinois Statehouse, Springfield, IL Documents Date 1858-06-16 Recollection by Julian M. Sturtevant, House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858 1858-06-16 Recollection by Shelby Cullom, House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858 1858-06-16 Abraham Lincoln, "A House Divided'': Speech, Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858 1858-06-21 New York Times, "Illinois Republican State Convention," June 21, 1858 1858-06-22 John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, June 22, 1858 1858-06-23 Abraham Lincoln to John L. Scripps, June 23, 1858 1858-06-28 Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “A Crumb of Comfort for Mr. Seward,” June 26, 1858 1858-07-05 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “New Orleans Delta on the Illinois Republican Convention,” July 5, 1858 1858-07-20 Abraham Smith to Abraham Lincoln, July 20, 1858 1860-01-09 Oliver P. Hall and Others to Abraham Lincoln, January 9, 1860, Mechanicsburg, Illinois 1860-02-14 Abraham Lincoln to Oliver P. Hall, Jacob N. Fullinwider, and William F. Correll , Springfield, Illinois 1860-12-07 Abraham Lincoln, Certified Transcript of Passage from the House Divided Speech, December 7, 1860 Images Abraham Lincoln, 1858, detail