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First Inaugural Address by Ulysses S. Grant.
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Second Inaugural Address by Ulysses S. Grant
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Robert E. Lee Surrender Documents
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Inaugural Address by William Henry Harrison
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Dred Scott Decision
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Letter to Varina Howell Davis by Jefferson Davis
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Address at Cooper Institute by Abraham Lincoln
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Inaugural Address by James A Garfield
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Final Proclamation of Jefferson Davis
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Inaugural Address by James Buchanan
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The Final Public Address by Abraham Lincoln
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Speech at Macon Georgia by Jefferson Davis
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Two (Freeport); Douglas's Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Six (Quincy); Douglas Opening Remarks
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The District of Columbia Emancipation Act
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Inaugural Address by Rutherford B. Hayes
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Letter to Jefferson Davis
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Speech at Galena, Illinois by Abraham Lincoln
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Second Inaugural Address by Grover Cleveland
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