This Week in History September 7, 1864 President Lincoln receives a Bible from a committee of black Baltimore citizens. September 8, 1856 Lincoln and other Fremont supporters speak at the Springfield, Illinois, courthouse. September 8, 1836 Lincoln is licensed to practice law in all Illinois state courts. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union." --Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859

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