Constitution Reader Chapter VIII - Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship

John C. Calhoun, Disquisition on Government (excerpts) (PDF) (DOC)

South Carolina Secession Declaration, December 24, 1860 (PDF) (DOC)

Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural (PDF) (DOC)

Abraham Lincoln, Message to Congress in Special Session (PDF) (DOC)

Abraham Lincoln, Final Proclamation of Emancipation (PDF) (DOC)

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (PDF) (DOC)

Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural (PDF) (DOC)

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