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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln— Volume 5: 1858– 1862
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Address at Peekskill, New York, February 19, 1861
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:—I have but a moment to stand before you to listen to and return your kind greeting. I thank you for this reception, and for the pleasant manner in which it is tendered to me by our mutual friends. I will say in a single sentence, in regard to the difficulties that lie before me and our beloved country, that if I can only be as generously and unanimously sustained as the demonstrations I have witnessed indicate I shall be, I shall not fail; but without your sustaining hands I am sure that neither I nor any other man can hope to surmount these difficulties. I trust that in the course I shall pursue I shall be sustained not only by the party that elected me, but by the patriotic people of the whole country.
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Chicago:
Abraham Lincoln, "Address at Peekskill, New York, February 19, 1861," The Writings of Abraham Lincoln— Volume 5: 1858– 1862, ed. Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 in The Writings of Abraham Lincoln—Volume 5: 1858–1862 Original Sources, accessed July 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D1ZW7NK44SCG9Z6.
MLA:
Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Peekskill, New York, February 19, 1861." The Writings of Abraham Lincoln— Volume 5: 1858– 1862, edited by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937, in The Writings of Abraham Lincoln—Volume 5: 1858–1862, Original Sources. 3 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D1ZW7NK44SCG9Z6.
Harvard:
Lincoln, A, 'Address at Peekskill, New York, February 19, 1861' in The Writings of Abraham Lincoln— Volume 5: 1858– 1862, ed. . cited in , The Writings of Abraham Lincoln—Volume 5: 1858–1862. Original Sources, retrieved 3 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D1ZW7NK44SCG9Z6.
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