Project
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Division of Research Programs
![Portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-10/abe-lincoln.jpg?itok=hi6bzBjP)
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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address.
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![Portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-10/abe-lincoln.jpg?itok=hi6bzBjP)
Photo caption
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Trace Lincoln’s development from a country lawyer to the president who would lead the country through the Civil War through his legal briefs, personal letters, and drafts of speeches.