An address / delivered by Abraham Lincoln, before the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance Society, at the Second Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Illinois, on the 22d day of February, 1842

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Abraham Lincoln

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Description

This pamphlet provides the transcript of Abraham Lincoln's address to the Washingtonian Temperance Society in at the Second Presbyterian Church, in February 1842. His address praises the recent success of the temperance movement and examines the causes of that success ""if we would have it to continue."" The pamphlet includes a portrait of Lincoln on the cover, an illustration of the Second Presbyterian Church on the title page, and an illustration of the Lincoln Homestead on the page preceding the address.

Donor

Williams, Frank J.; Williams, Virginia

Date

1889

Measurement Display

14 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Format (Digital)

PDF

Subjects

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Temperance--United States--Societies, etc.; Temperance.

Work Type

pamphlet

Class

ephemera

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Item Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights Management

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Related Works

Related to: Monaghan's Bibliography 982; Stern's Catalog Number 40

Digital ID#

E457.95 1889

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Publisher

Springfield, Ill. : O.H. Oldroyd

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.