Lincoln's Lost Speech
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Lincoln's "Lost Speech" was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the Bloomington Convention on May 29, 1856, in Bloomington, Illinois. Traditionally regarded as lost because it was so engaging that re
This plaque marks the site of the Lost Speech.
Abraham Lincoln O 77 matte collodion print
The House Divided Speech was an address given by senatorial candidate and future president of the United States Abraham Lincoln, on June 16, 1858, at what was then the Illinois State Capitol in Spring
Lincoln's Lost Speech
…a brief summary in the local press. Eyewitnesses have offered snippets of some of Lincoln's content that day. William Herndon asserted that some of Lincoln's House Divided Speech was not based on new concepts at the time of its delivery. He wrote that Lincoln's "house divided against itself cannot stand" originated with the…
Abraham Lincoln in May 1858
Former Illinois House of Representatives chamber, the site of the speech.