Abraham Lincoln

by Clara Ingram Judson

  New Orleans, 62–64, 72, 76

  New Salem, Illinois, 71–72, 74–77, 79–80, 90

  Norris, James, 135

  Northwest Territory, 123, 140

  O

  Offutt, Denton, 72–76, 82–83, 85

  Ordinance of 1787, 123

  Owens, Mary, 106–107, 116

  P

  Pacific Railway Act, 213

  Pate, Squire, 56–57

  Philadelphia, 171–173

  Pigeon Creek, Indiana, 34–36, 45, 49, 51

  Pinkerton, Allan, 172

  Pitcher, John, 52, 59, 61

  Posey, Francis, 34

  postal rates, 189

  R

  Republican Party

  elephant as symbol of, 161

  formation of, 143

  and presidential campaign (1860), 157–159

  and presidential election (1860), 165–166

  and presidential election (1864), 201–202

  and slavery, 147–151, 157–158

  Revenue Act (1861), 213

  Roby, Ann, 46, 62

  Rutledge, Ann, 81, 85, 95, 98, 104

  Rutledge, James, 74, 81, 98

  S

  Seward, William, 152, 166, 167, 179, 180, 183, 200–201

  Sherman, William Tecumseh, 202, 204, 206

  Slade, William, 195

  slavery

  and abolitionists, 158, 183

  and Civil War, 180, 182

  and Democratic Party, 147–151

  and Emancipation Proclamation, 182–185

  expansion of, 129, 142

  Illinois and, 123

  Lincoln-Douglas debates on, 147–151

  Lincoln’s encounters with, 33, 123

  and Lincoln’s inaugural address, 174

  and Missouri Compromise, 140–143

  and popular sovereignty, 142–143

  and presidential election (1860), 157–158, 165–166

  and Republican Party, 147–151, 157–158

  in Washington, D.C., 127

  Southern states, secession of, 166

  Sparrow, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, 36–37

  Speed, Joshua, 109–110, 122–123

  Springfield, Illinois, 107–108, 110–111, 113, 168–169

  Stuart, John T., 92, 94–95, 98, 102–103, 108, 114–116, 121

  T

  Talisman (steamboat), 89–91

  Taylor, Colonel, 117

  Taylor, James, 54–55

  Thanksgiving Day, 189, 213

  Thomas, George H., 179–180

  Todd, Mary. See Lincoln, Mary Todd

  Turnham, David, 52

  U

  Union Pacific Railroad, 188–189

  V

  Vandalia, Illinois, 102–103, 107

  W

  Warnick, Major, 71–72

  Washington, D.C.

  Abe’s inauguration as president in, 170, 173

  Abe’s trip to, 171, 173

  Lincolns’ move to, 125, 128

  slavery in, 127

  Webster, Daniel, 58, 66

  Welles, Gideon, 182

  Whig Party

  and Adams, 61

  and Clay, 61

  and Lincoln, 108, 119, 125, 130

  presidential nomination (1860), 152

  and Republican Party, 143

  Y

  Young Men’s Lyceum (debating society), 116–117

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