Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Onweghi ihe edere edere ma ọ bụ akụkọ edere nke Lost Speech, ma e wezụga nchịkọta dị mkpirikpi na akwụkwọ akụkọ mpaghara. Ndị ji anya ha hụ ihe merenụ ekwuola ihe ụfọdụ Lincoln kwuru n'ụbọchị ahụ. William Herndon kwuru na ụfọdụ n'ime
Okwu Nkwupụta E Kewara Ekewa nke Lincoln adabereghị n'echiche ọhụrụ n'oge e kwuru ya. O dere na "ụlọ nke kewara megide onwe ya apụghị iguzo" nke Lincoln malitere site n'okwu Bloomington a ma ama kwuru na 1856. Onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke "Chicago Tribune" Joseph Medill kwuru na onye ọka iwu Chicago bụ Henry Clay Whitney dere okwu ahụ ziri ezi; E mechara kpughee ihe Whitney dere.