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Robert E. Lee Surrender Documents
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Letter to James C. Conkling by Abraham Lincoln
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Letter to Varina Howell Davis by Jefferson Davis
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Final Proclamation of Jefferson Davis
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Speech at Jackson Mississippi by Jefferson Davis
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Speech at Macon Georgia by Jefferson Davis
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Speech at Richmond by Jefferson Davis (1863)
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Letter to Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr. by Jefferson Davis
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"No title" Editorial on Harper's Ferry
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Address at Cooper Institute by Abraham Lincoln
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Fragment: Notes for Speeches by Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Lincoln Rebuttal
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Inaugural Address by James A Garfield
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First Inaugural Address by George Washington
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Lincoln Opening Remarks
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Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy
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Second Inaugural Address by Ronald Reagan
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First Inaugural Address by William J. Clinton
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