The Perpetuation Address, January 27, 1838 -- The Temperance Address, February 22, 1842 -- The Handbill on Infidelity, August 11, 1846 -- The War with Mexico, January 12, 1848 -- The Eulogy on Henry Clay, July 6, 1852 -- The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, October 16, 1854 -- The Dred Scott Decision, June 26, 1857 -- The House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858 -- The First Lincoln-Douglas Debate, August 21, 1858 -- Second Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions, February 11, 1859 -- The Address on Agriculture, September 30, 1859 -- The Cooper Union Address, February 27, 1860 -- The First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 -- Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 -- The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 -- Letter to Erastus Corning, June 12, 1863 -- Letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863 -- The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 -- The Second Inaugural, March 4, 1865 -- The Last Public Address, April 11, 1865