Notes: on speeches by Abraham Lincoln and William Henry Seward, 1858.

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Notes: on speeches by Abraham Lincoln and William Henry Seward, 1858.

Notes attributed to Baker on the "house divided" speech of Abraham Lincoln, June 17, 1858 and the "irrepressible conflict" speech of William Henry Seward, October 25, 1858.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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