This Week in History
September 18, 1858
The fourth Lincoln-Douglas debate is held in Charleston, Illinois.
September 22, 1862
President Lincoln reads the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet.
September 24, 1868
Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of Abraham and Mary, is married to Mary Eunice Harlan in Washington, DC.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not
with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you,
is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be
preserved to the latest generation?"
--Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861