# Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Genre: US Civil War

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Abraham+Lincoln%27s+First+Inaugural+Address+Lincoln&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Fellow citizens of the United States: in compliance with a custom as old as the government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly and to take, in your presence, the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, to be taken by the President “before he enters on the execution of his office.”

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/abraham-lincoln-s-first-inaugural-address-9/chapters/1/index.md)