Checking Lincoln Quotations

Today is Lincoln's birthday.  Previous posts have discussed dubious Lincoln quotations.

If you hear questionable Lincoln quotations, ere are some resources for checking them out.

Sites with Lincoln material:

• Gordon Leidner, "Did Lincoln Really Say That?"
• "Abraham Lincoln Quotations and Sayings, Spurious"
• Excerpt from Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier
• The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
• The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

General guides to quotations:

• Respectfully Quoted
• Quote Investigator

Hardcopy Books:

• Don Fehrenbacher, The Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln
• Paul F. Boller, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions
• Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When