Index

Acceptance, Lincoln's letter of, 157

Adams, Charles Francis, 354

——, John Quincy, 144

Address, first inaugural, 170

——, second inaugural, 89

Admitted to the bar, 65

Advice to young lawyers, 70, 82

Alley, John B., 54, 175, 216

Amendment, thirteenth, adopted, 337

Ancestry of Lincoln, 15

Anderson, General Robert, 231, 308

Anecdotes of Lincoln, 29, 49, 69, 74, 81, 95, 128, 133, 141, 159, 161, 164, 175, 178, 220, 222, 226, 234, 259, 278, 280, 290, 310, 330, 343, 360

Anger, Lincoln's, 54

Appearance, Lincoln's, 48

Argument, Lincoln's method of, 79, 86, 96, 100, 125

Arrival at Washington, Lincoln's, 169

Assassination conspiracy, 168

—— of Lincoln, 311

Atheism, story of Lincoln's, 376

Autobiography, Lincoln's, 59

Bailache, William H., 170

Baker, Edward D., 54, 83, 134, 137, 169

Bar, early practice at, 65, 66, 83

Bateman, Dr. Newton, 158, 388

Bates, Edward, 181, 298

Beecher, Henry Ward, 190

Berry and Lincoln, 34, 63

Bible, Lincoln's admiration for, 387

Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, 20

Bixby, letters to Mrs., 51

Black Hawk War, 65, 229

Blair, Francis P., 187

——, Montgomery, 181, 187, 191

Bloomington Convention, 105, 149

Books, Lincoln's early, 56

Boone, Daniel, related to Lincoln, 16

Booth, John Wilkes, 311

Boutwell, George S., 216

Boyhood of Lincoln, 21, 24, 60, 93

Brown, John, 322

Browning, Orville H., 39, 134, 170

Bryant, William Cullen, 124

Buchanan Cabinet, disloyalty of, 165

—— sends emissary to Lincoln, 162

Buell, General, 252

Bull Run, battle of, 236

Burns, Lincoln's love of, 288

Burnside, General, 262

Butler, General B. F., 273, 294, 323, 333

Cabin in which Lincoln was born, 19

Cabinet, dissensions of, 186, 235, 356

——, selection of, 174, 179, 193

Calhoun, John, 35, 63

Cameron, Simon, 193, 220, 238, 325

Campaign of, Presidential, 1860, 155

Campaigning, Lincoln's method of, 96, 133

Campaigns, plans of military, 249

Campbell, John A., 272

Canal, isthmus, 334

Candidate for Congress, 137

—— for Legislature, 129

—— for President, 158

—— for Senate, 146, 150

Capacity for labor, Lincoln's, 279

Capital, removal of Illinois State, 135

Cartter, Judge, 175, 360

Cartwright, Peter, 138

Cass, General, 231

Chandler, A. B., 53

Character, Lincoln's, 14, 91, 370, 396

Chase, Salmon P., 174, 204, 210, 216, 243, 340, 356

Chicago Convention (1860), 158

Chief-Justice, Chase appointed, 216

Children, Lincoln's, 46, 287

——, Lincoln's love of his, 46

Choate, Joseph H., 125

Christian Commission, 390

Church, Lincoln's attendance at, 370

Circuit, following the judicial, 67, 83

Clergy, opposition of Springfield, 387

Coffey, Titian J., 184, 297

Coles, Edward, Governor, 315

Colfax, Schuyler, 153, 182, 310, 330

Colonization, Lincoln advocates negro, 333

Confusion in government, 186, 233

Congress, speeches in, 98, 145

Congressional campaign, 137

—— experience, Lincoln's, 139

Conners, Senator, 55

Contraband question, the, 323

Convention, Bloomington, 156

——, Decatur, 26, 149

——, Illinois State (1860), 156

—— of 1860, National, 27, 158

Cooper Institute speech, 86, 124, 321

Courage, Lincoln's, 272

Creed, Lincoln's, 391

Dana, Charles A., 227, 364

Davis, David, 67, 83, 193, 369, 379

——, Henry Winter, 187

——, Jefferson, 140, 231

Death, Lincoln's, 313

Debate, Lincoln's first, 96

—— with Douglas, 86, 100, 110, 114

Debt, Lincoln's, 33

Decatur Convention, 149

Defeat by people, Lincoln's only, 130

Democracy, Lincoln's, 345

Dennison, William, 193, 242

Depew, Chauncey M., 85, 93, 281, 361

Diplomacy, Lincoln's ability in, 342, 346, 351

Diplomatist, definition of, 342

Disloyalty in Buchanan's Cabinet, 233

Dodge, William E., 368

Douglas, Stephen A., 40, 74, 83, 86, 100, 107, 114, 122, 134, 151, 169, 320, 380

Dreams, Lincoln's, 308

Duel, Lincoln's, 42

Earnings, Lincoln's first, 24

Eckert, General, 53, 227

Education, Lincoln's, 58, 91

Edwards, Ninian W., 40

Election declared, Lincoln's, 166

——, Presidential, of 1860, 161

Electoral vote counted, 166

Emancipation accomplished, 335

——, Lincoln's ideas of, 319

—— proclamation, 183, 329, 335, 394

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 396

Emigration of Lincoln family, 17

England, diplomatic relations with, 347, 351

Essay, Lincoln's first, 94

Ethics, Lincoln's legal, 70

Experience, Lincoln's legislative, 135

——, —— Congressional, 139

Farewell to Springfield neighbors, 47

Faults, Lincoln's, 395

Fees, Lincoln's, 45, 72

Fenton, Reuben E., 173

Fessenden, William Pitt, 214, 361

Field, Munsell B., 213

First dollar, Lincoln's, 24

—— lawsuit, Lincoln's, 65

Fish, Hamilton, 350

Flatboat, Lincoln's, 32

Foreign policy, 346

Fortune, Lincoln's, 45

France, diplomatic relations with, 348

"Freeport Doctrine," Douglas's, 107, 120

Frémont, General John C., 246

Frémont, Mrs., 247

Fry, General James F., 88, 221, 344

Fugitive-slave law, 323

Garrison, William Lloyd, 290

Genius, Lincoln's military, 232, 249, 269

Gentry, Mr., 25

Gentryville, Indiana, 21, 25, 94

Gettysburg speech, 86, 89

Giddings, Joshua R., 140

Gilmer, John A., 181

God, belief in, 370

Governorship of Oregon, offered, 137

Graham, Menton, 62

Grammar, Lincoln's first, 63

Grant, General, 177, 232, 245, 252, 253, 260, 300, 308

Greeley, Horace, 92, 284, 332

Green, General Duff, 162

Gurley, Rev. Dr., 313, 370

Hahn, letter to Governor, 337

Halleck, General, 191, 251

Hanks, Dennis, 26

——, John, 23, 27, 32

——, Nancy, Lincoln's mother, 18, 22

Harris, Senator, 311

Hay, Colonel John, 88, 284, 311, 381

Hayti, recognition of, 328

Herndon, W. H., 33, 108, 372

Holloway, Commissioner of Patents, 174

Holmes's poems, Lincoln's love of, 289

Holt, Judge-Advocate-General, 293

Home, Lincoln's first, 19

——, Lincoln's second, 20

——, Lincoln's third, 21

——, Lincoln's fourth, 26

——, Lincoln's fifth, 44

——, Lincoln's sixth, 45

—— life, Lincoln's, 45, 227, 284

Honesty, Lincoln's, 34, 84, 371

Hood's poems, Lincoln's love of, 288

Hooker, General Joseph, 263

"House divided against itself" speech, 110

Humor, Lincoln's, 50, 93, 281, 344, 361

Hunter, General David, 247, 328

Illinois Central Railroad, litigation with, 72

—— State Convention of 1860, 156

Inauguration, Lincoln's first, 169

——, Lincoln's second, 89

Indiana, migration to, 21

Indiana, Revised Statutes of, 56

Infidelity, story of Lincoln's, 376

Invention, Lincoln's, 32

Jefferson, Joseph, reminiscences of, 68

Johnson, Reverdy, 76

Johnston, General Albert Sidney, 231

——, John, Lincoln's step-brother, 23, 30, 32, 382

——, Sally Bush, 23, 30

Judd, Norman B., 154, 188

Judicial procedure, early, 66

Julian, George W., 174, 225

Kasson, John A., 223

Kelso, Jack, 95

Kernan, Francis, 296

Kindness of heart, Lincoln's, 279, 292, 296

Lamon, Ward, 310

Land Office Commissionership, 143

Law-books, Lincoln's first, 57, 64

Law, how he came to study, 56

Lawyer, Lincoln becomes a, 64

Learning, Lincoln's love of, 56, 78, 91

Lee's surrender, 307

Legislature, candidate for, 129

Liberia, recognition of, 328

Lincoln admitted to the bar, 65

——, ancestry of, 15

——, anger of, 54

—— appointed postmaster, 34

——, arrival in Washington of, 169

——, assassination of, 311

——, atheism of, story of, 376

——, autobiography of, 59

——, birthplace of, 20

——, Black Hawk War, 65, 229

——, boyhood of, 21, 24, 60, 93

——, candidate for President, 158

——, character of, 14, 91, 370, 396

——, code of morals of, 372

——, Congressional experience of, 139

——, courage of, 272

——, creed of, 391

——, death of, 313

——, debate of, with Douglas, 40, 74, 83, 86, 100, 107, 114, 122, 134, 151, 160, 169, 320, 380

——, diplomacy of, 342, 346, 351

——, duel of, 42

——, education of, 58, 91

——, election of, declared, 166

——, farewell of, to neighbors, 47

——, faults of, 395

——, fees of, 45, 72

——, first campaign of, for Legislature, 129

——, first earnings of, 24

——, first impressions of, of slavery, 314

——, first inauguration of, 169

——, first lawsuit of, 65

——, first meeting of, with McClellan, 71

——, first school of, 61

—— first suggested for President, 153

——, foreign policy of, 346

——, fortune of, 45, 74

——, grandmother of, 17

——, home life of, 45

——, homes of, 19, 20, 21, 26, 44, 45

——, honesty of, 34, 84, 371

——, journey of, to New Orleans, 25

——, kindness of heart of, 279, 292, 296

——, last speech of, 338

——, legal ethics of, 70, 83

——, legal methods of, 74, 79, 83, 86

——, legislative experience of, 135

——, letter of, accepting Presidential nomination, 157

——, "Lost Speech" of, 106

——, love-affairs of, 35, 37, 38, 40

——, love of, for his children, 46, 53

——, ——, for learning, 56, 78, 91

——, marriage of, 44

——, memory of, 93

——, method of argument of, 79, 86, 96, 100, 125

——, military genius of, 232, 249, 269

——, muscular strength of, 28

——, nomination of, for Congress, 138

——, notification of, of nomination to Presidency, 156

——, oratory of, 86, 116

——, Peoria speech of, 91

——, personal appearance of, 48

——, place in history of, 13, 86, 91

——, plans of, for purchasing slaves, 326

——, political career of, 129

——, political sagacity of, 344

——, popularity of, 130

——, receives emissaries from rebel leaders, 163

——, recommendations of, for office, 142

——, religious views of, 370, 381

—— seeks Presidential nomination, 155

——, sisters of, 20, 26

——, speeches of, 95, 97, 100, 114, 125, 133

——, Springfield speech of, 104, 109

——, stature of, 29

——, step-mother of, 23, 30

——, superstitions of, 309

——, surveying of, 34

——, visit to Richmond of, 271

——, weakness of, 395

Lincoln, Anna, 17

——, Robert T., 30, 46, 177, 310, 312

——, "Tad", 287

——, Thomas, 17, 21, 30, 375

——, Willie, 277

Liquor selling, Lincoln's, 34

Literary style, Lincoln's, 86

Locke, David R., 36, 51

Logan, Stephen T., 35, 44, 69

"Lost Speech," Lincoln's, 106

Louisiana, reconstruction of, 339

Love-affairs, Lincoln's, 35, 38

Lovejoy, assassination of, 317

Lyons, Lord, 350

Maltby, Captain, 55

Markland, General, 189

Marriage, Lincoln's, 44

Mason-Slidell affair, 350

McClellan's first meeting with Lincoln, 71

McClellan, General, 197, 206, 238, 250

McCulloch, Hugh, 183, 214, 309, 340

McCulloch, Mrs., 283

McDowell, General, 237

McKinley, William, 342

Meade, General George C., 268

Medill, Joseph, 122

Melancholy, Lincoln's, 50

Memory, Lincoln's, 93

Methods, Lincoln's legal, 74, 79, 83

——, Lincoln's political, 133

Mexican question, 354

Migration to Illinois, 26

Military genius, Lincoln's, 232, 249, 269

Missouri Compromise, 102, 146

Monroe Doctrine, 354

Moral courage, Lincoln's, 130

Morals, Lincoln's code of, 372

Morgan, E. D., 29

Muscular strength, Lincoln's, 28

Negroes, enlistment of, 325

New Orleans, Lincoln's journey to, 25, 32, 314, 318

Nicolay, John G., 90, 158, 199, 204, 214, 250, 379, 385

Nominated for Congress, 138

Nomination, notified of Presidential, 156, 380

Office seekers, clamors of, 164, 186, 279

Offutt, Denton, 32, 62, 129

Oglesby, Richard J., 26

Oratory, Lincoln's, 86, 125

Oregon, offered governorship of, 143

Owen, Robert Dale, 360

Owens, Mary, 38

Pardon of soldiers, 36, 52

Patent case, Lincoln's, 75

Patronage, Lincoln's opinions about, 143

Peace Commissioners, 355

Peoria speech, Lincoln's, 91

Petroleum V. Nasby, 36, 51, 280

Philadelphia speech (1860), 167

Pinkerton, Allan, 168

Platform, Lincoln's first political, 129

Poem, Lincoln's favorite, 379

Poems, Lincoln's, 94

Poetry, love of, 95, 287, 379

Politician, definition of, 342

Political career, Lincoln's, 129

—— sagacity, Lincoln's, 96, 133, 160, 171, 177, 199, 344

Pomeroy, Senator, 211

Poore, Ben: Perley, 289

Popularity, Lincoln's, 130

Porter, Admiral, 272

Postmaster, Lincoln appointed, 34

Practice, Lincoln's law, 74, 82

Prayer, Lincoln's belief in, 382

Presbyterian Church, Springfield, 46

President, Lincoln elected, 161

Presidential nomination, Lincoln seeks, 155

Press, Lincoln's respect for, 283, 289

Proclamation, Emancipation, 183, 329, 335, 394

Property, Lincoln's, 45

Rails that Lincoln split, 26

Rathbone, Major, 311

Rebel leaders send emissary to Lincoln, 162

Recommendations for office, Lincoln's, 142

Relatives in Kentucky, 16

—— in Virginia, 16

Religious prejudice against, 137

—— views, Lincoln's, 370

Republican National Convention (1856), 149, 156

Rice, Governor, 296

Richmond, Lincoln visits, 271

Rutledge, Anne, 37

Sagacity, Lincoln's political, 160, 171, 177

School, Lincoln's first, 61

Scott, General, 229, 235, 242

Secession begins, 161

Senate, candidate for, 146, 150

——, difficulty with, 356

Senatorial campaign, 108, 146

Seward, William H., 181, 197, 204, 208, 236, 334, 337, 348, 351, 355

Shakespeare, Lincoln's love of, 288

Shellabarger, Judge, 222

Sheridan, General, 270, 339

Sherman, General, 232, 270, 235, 269, 300

Shields, James, 40, 42

Short, James, 33

Sickles, General Daniel E., 384

Sisters, Lincoln's, 20

Slavery, Lincoln's first impressions of, 25, 57, 314

——, first protest against, 316

——, Lincoln's plan to abolish, in Washington, 318

Slaves, Lincoln's plans for purchase of, 326

——, money value of, 327

Smith, Caleb B., 182

Social life in Washington, 38, 227

Speakership, candidate for, 136

Speech at Philadelphia, 167

——, Lincoln's last, 338

——, the "Lost", 106

Speeches, campaign, 95, 133

——, first political, 95

—— in Congress, 98, 144, 145

—— in Legislature, 97

Speed, James, 185

——, Joshua F., 41, 96, 185, 375, 396

Spiritualism, Lincoln's views of, 376

Springfield made capital of Illinois, 135

—— speech, Lincoln's, 104, 109

Stanton, Edwin D., 183, 189, 218, 224, 244, 253, 290, 298, 309, 313

——, Lincoln's first meeting with, 76

Statesmanship? what is, 342

Stature, Lincoln's, 29

Stephens, Alexander H., 145, 162, 355

Step-mother, Lincoln's, 23, 30

Stevens, Thaddeus, 52

Stoddard, W. O., 265

Strength, muscular, Lincoln's, 28

Stuart, John T., 64

Study, Lincoln's habits of, 58, 77, 91

Stump oratory, Lincoln's, 96, 104, 114, 125, 133

Suffrage, negro, Lincoln's views on, 337, 338

Sumner, Charles, 176, 216, 272, 334

Sunday proclamation, Lincoln's, 392

Superstition, Lincoln's, 309, 376

Supreme Court, Chase's appointment to, 216

Surveying, Lincoln's, 34

Swett, Leonard, 60, 84, 380

Tact, Lincoln's, 171, 285, 343, 361

"Tad" Lincoln, 287

Taney, Chief-Justice, 169

Taylor, President, election of, 142

Teachers, Lincoln's, 61

Temperance, Lincoln's views on, 380

Theatre, Ford's, 311

Thomas, General, 270

Tod, Governor, 214

Todd, Miss Mary, 40, 44, 47

Tragedy in Lincoln family, 17

Trent affair, 350

Trumbull, Lyman, 108, 148, 357

Tuck, Amos, 144, 176

Usher, John T., 183, 340

Wade, Benjamin F., 187

Washburne, E. B., 141, 148, 165, 169, 253

Weakness, Lincoln's, 395

Webster, Daniel, 140

Weed, Thurlow, 160, 171, 173, 181, 197, 382

Weldon, Lawrence, 80, 379

Welles, Gideon, 184, 196, 310

Wentworth, Long John, 75

Whig party organized, 136

White, Horace, 104, 118, 149

Wilkes, Captain Charles, 350

Wilson, Henry, 296

Wit, Lincoln's, 50, 91, 96

Yates, Richard, 103

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