Featured Biographies in Lincoln's Bloomington
Lincoln's "Lost Speech" (May 29, 1856)
Lincoln gave a 90 minute speech at Illinois' First Republican Convention in Bloomington, Illinois. The text of the speech has been lost, but many recollected accounts give an idea that the speech was remarkably anti-slavery.
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"I have heard or read all of Mr. Lincoln's great speeches; and I give it as my opinion that the Bloomington speech was the grand effort of his life," remembered Lincoln's law partner William Herndon, who was in the audience that night. |
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Lincoln and the "Convergence of Purpose"
- Davis led the team of the Lincoln's supporters at the Chicago convention
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First Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions (April 6, 1858)
Lincoln and Economics
This speech given by Abraham Lincoln in 1858 was given several months prior to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Though the speech seems very apolitical, historians like Michael Burlingame point out that even this speech and those in a similar series (the Second Lecture, etc) contain hidden political meaning and commentary.
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