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Collection Reference Number GLC04957
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1858 
Title Speech of Abraham Lincoln
Date 1858
Author Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Apparently an unrecorded variant of the first separate printing by O. P. Bassett. The two other recorded copies have an imprint reading the "True Republican Office" with "Printer" abbreviated to "Pr."; the GLC copy omits the word "True" in the imprint and has "Printer" in-full. Like the two other extant copies, this copy prints the second "r" in "Territory" on page 13 upside down.
Subjects President  Presidential Speeches and Proclamations  Election  Government and Civics  Slavery  Civil War  African American History  
People Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Place written Sycamore, Illinois
Theme The Presidency; Government & Politics; African Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Notes: Basler 2: 461 - 468. One of three copies of this edition. A unique, uncut and unbound variant printed by O. P. Bassett at the [True] Republican office.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859