Joshua Fry Speed [Revised 10/20/2010]

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Lincoln Collection

Bibliography Series

Primary Sources

Speed, Joshua Fry. Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Notes of a Visit to California. Louisville, Ken.: J. P. Morton & Co., 1884. L2 S7424r

Wilson, Douglas L., and Davis, Rodney O., eds. Herndon’s Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1998. L2 H558he Letters p. 52—Speed to Herndon, 22 June 1865 pp. 156-58—Speed to Herndon, 12 January 1866 pp. 196-97—Speed to Herndon, 7 February 1866 pp. 212-13—Speed to Herndon, 14 February 1866 p. 255—Speed to Herndon, 8 May 1866 pp. 337-38—Speed to Herndon, 13 September 1866 pp. 341-42—Speed to Herndon, 17 September 1866 pp. 430-31—Speed to Herndon, 30 November 1866 pp. 498-500—Speed to Herndon, 6 December 1866 Interviews pp. 30-32—with Herndon, by 10 June 1865 pp. 474-77—with Herndon, circa 1865-1866 Statements pp. 477-78—written for Herndon, circa 1865-1866 pp. 588-91—written for Herndon, by 1882

Basler, Roy P., et.al., eds. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (8 volumes, 2 supplements). New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953. L2 L7360ahc 1: 254-58—Lincoln to Speed, 19 June 1841 1: 267-68—Lincoln to Speed, 3 February 1842 1: 269-70—Lincoln to Speed, 13 February 1842 1: 281—Lincoln to Speed, 25 February 1842 1: 282-83—Lincoln to Speed, 27 March 1842 1: 284-85—Lincoln to Speed, 13 April 1842 1: 288-90—Lincoln to Speed, 4 July 1842 1: 302-03—Lincoln to Speed, 5 October 1842 2

1: 305-06—Lincoln to Speed, 18 January 1843 1: 319—Lincoln to Speed, 24 March 1843 1: 323-25—Lincoln to Speed, 18 May 1843 1: 328-29—Lincoln to Speed, 26 July 1843 1: 389-91—Lincoln to Speed, 22 October 1846 2: 17—Lincoln to Speed, 25 December 1848 2: 28-29—Lincoln to Speed, 20 February 1849 2: 320-23—Lincoln to Speed, 24 August 1855 2: 328—Lincoln to Speed, 12 December 1855 4: 141—Lincoln to Speed, 19 November 1860 6: 140—Lincoln to Speed, 17 March 1863 6: 459—Lincoln to Mrs. [Fanny] Joshua Speed, September 16, 1863 8: 127—Lincoln to James Speed and Joshua Speed, 1 December 1864 Supplement 1: 53-4—Lincoln to Speed, 22 May 1860 Supplement 2: 31—Lincoln to Speed, [day?] September 1861

Books, Chapters, Articles, and Dissertations

Donald, David Herbert. “We are Lincoln Men”: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. (Chapter 2: “He Disclosed His Whole Heart to Me”: Lincoln and Joshua F. Speed) L2 D675w

Kincaid, Robert L. Joshua Fry Speed: Lincoln’s Most Intimate Friend. Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University, 1943. L2 K51jo

Krause, Susan. “Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed, Attorney and Client,” Illinois Historical Journal, 89 (Spring 1996): 35-50. F896.8 S79j (Reading Room)

Speed, Thomas. Records and Memorials of the Speed Family, Collected and Prepared for Publication by Thomas Speed, and Published by the Louisville and Memphis Families, for Distribution Among All the Branches. Louisville, Ken.: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1892. EZG S742s

Williams, Gary Lee. “James and Joshua Speed: Lincoln’s Kentucky Friends.” Ph.D. diss., Duke University, 1971. L2 W7232j

Lincoln Collection Vertical File Folder: “Contemporaries—Speed Family”

Contains newspaper and publication clippings, handwritten and typewritten research notes, and photocopies of various reports and articles. 3

Interpretations of Lincoln’s & Speed’s intimate relationship

Charles B. Strozier, Lincoln’s Quest for Union: A Psychological Portrait (Second edition, revised). Philadelphia, Penn.: Paul Dry Books, 2001, at pp. 53-65. L2 S926L 2001

Tripp, C. A. The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Free Press, 2005. (Chapter 7: “Yours Forever”). L2 T836i

Edward Steers, Jr. Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President. Lexington, Ken.: University Press of Kentucky, 2007). (Chapter 10: “The Gay Lincoln Myth”). L2 S8145Li