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Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume 1

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by Michael Burlingame


  congressional campaigns of, 139–43

  debates with AL, 337, 491–92, 568–71

  first debate with AL (Ottawa), 63, 484, 486–97

  second debate with AL (Freeport), 484, 500–511

  third debate with AL (Jonesboro), 484, 511–16

  fourth debate with AL (Charleston), 484, 516–25

  fifth debate with AL (Galesburg), 484, 530–34

  sixth debate with AL (Quincy), 484, 534–37

  seventh debate with AL (Alton), 484, 537–45

  debating skills of, 371–74

  “The Dividing Line between Federal and Local Authority: Popular Sovereignty in the Territories,” 565, 585

  drinking of, 478–79

  establishment of convention system, 110–11

  on Freeport Doctrine, 504–5

  Herndon on, 487

  Illinois Central Railroad and, 528–29

  as judge, 371, 442

  on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 382–86, 388–89

  magnetism of, 371

  Mexican War and, 526–27

  misrepresentation of AL’s speech, 499–500, 504

  as opponent, 357, 370–71

  paraphrasing, 729

  popular sovereignty and, 376, 379, 382–84, 431, 433, 557, 566, 594, 707

  as prosecutor, 133

  racism, of 494, 525–26, 551–53, 568

  on repeal of Missouri Compromise, 381–82

  senate campaigns of, 390–406, 457–85, 554–57

  sledge-hammer style of, 488–89

  successor to, 458

  temper of, 477

  victory by, 546–50, 551–53

  on white man, 569

  wife of, 479–80. See also Kansas-Nebraska Act

  Douglas, William A., 344

  Douglass, Frederick, 369, 408, 421, 462, 506, 572, 634–35, 683

  attacks on, 520–21

  on AL, 521, 634

  Downs, William, 19–20

  Drake, Daniel, 183

  Dred Scott vs. Sandford, 459, 513, 532

  attacks on, 441

  criticism of, 522

  decision, 438–42, 464–69, 501, 503

  second, 493, 510. See also Taney, Roger

  Dresser, Charles N., 195, 218

  Drummond, Thomas, 339, 340, 436

  Drunkenness, 23, 54–55

  AL on, 58–59

  New Salem and, 58–59

  of S.A. Douglas, 478–79

  Dubois, Jesse K., 92–93, 97, 117–18, 202, 417, 451

  as AL’s friend, 294, 336, 416, 437, 450, 516

  AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 608, 679

  stories told by, 129

  support of, 454, 545

  Dudley, Thomas H., 610, 613–14

  Dummer, Henry E., 89, 131

  Duncan, Jason, 77, 199

  as helpmate, 63

  recollections of, 97

  Duncan, Joseph, 122–24, 137, 152–53, 214, 223

  Duncan, Thomas, 192

  Dungey, William, 313–14

  Dunham, Josiah, 618

  Dunn vs. Carle, 348–49

  Durely, Williamson, 236

  Dutton, John, 42

  Early, Jacob M., 106, 133

  Earp, Daniel, 335

  Eastman, Zebina, 393–96, 402, 408

  Edmonds, George, 353

  Edwards, Albert S., 179, 181, 205, 334

  Edwards, Benjamin S., 185, 425, 454, 630

  Edwards, Mrs. Benjamin S., 176, 196, 203

  Edwards, Cyrus, 133, 296–97, 299, 302, 306, 334, 355, 398

  Edwards, Elizabeth, 174–76, 180–82, 203, 207–8

  marriage of, 177

  remarks by, 195

  Edwards, Julia, 180

  Edwards, Matilda, 181–83

  Edwards, Ninian W., 106, 161, 174, 175, 177, 181, 216, 254, 255, 273–74, 454

  on AL, 130, 195

  on convention, 129

  Edwards, Thomas S., 58, 343

  “Effie Afton” case, 337–38

  Eggleston, Edward, 30, 32

  books by, 40

  Eighth Judicial Circuit (Illinois): accommodations and personal comfort on, 325–26

  cases, 325

  judges, 321, 323, 326–27

  lawyers, 397

  life on, 322–32

  Elkin, David, 19–20, 25, 133–34

  Elliot, Jonathan, Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, 583

  Ellis, Abner Y., 54, 55, 206

  campaigns with AL, 82, 97

  plays loaned to AL, 65

  remarks by, 86, 97–98

  Ellison, James, 313

  Elmore, Jemima, 80

  Elmore, Johnson, 78

  Emancipation, AL’s bill for, in Washington, 288–93

  in Great Britain, 291–92

  Embree, Elisha, 299, 304

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 340–41, 360

  Emery, James S., 418

  English, Revel W., 192

  Enos, Pascal P., 450

  Evans, George, 739

  Evansville (Indiana) Journal, 694

  Evarts, William M., 355, 605, 624

  Everett, Edward, 112, 123, 597, 662

  Ewing, James S., 317

  Ewing, Thomas, 295, 298

  General Land Office

  Commission and, 299–307

  outrage at, 306

  Ewing, William Lee Davidson, 50, 93, 119, 159, 215, 297

  reputation of, 137–38

  as Speaker of the Illinois House, 143, 162–64

  Farewell speech (Springfield), 759

  Farnsworth, John F., 506, 522, 620, 737

  Fell, Jesse W., 83, 89, 223, 376–77, 422

  AL and, 558, 573, 648

  AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 610

  AL’s speeches, 225–26

  remarks by, 258–59

  Fenn, Ira J., 232–33

  Ferguson, John, 86

  Fessenden, William Pitt, 373–74, 464, 574–75, 729

  AL and, 629, 645, 746

  candidacy of, 604, 606, 618

  on secession, 674

  Ficklin, Orlando B., 251–52, 284, 293, 423

  cases of, 335–36

  comments by, 317

  on debates, 522–23, 526–27

  Field, Alexander P., 121, 152, 163, 381

  Field, David Dudley, 248, 252, 356, 619, 625

  Field, Henry M., 591

  Fifer, Joseph, 509

  Fillmore, Millard, 283, 425, 428, 457, 517, 531, 547, 549, 604, 706, 725

  political campaigns of, 433, 609, 643

  supporters of, 428–31, 509, 659, 661–62, 682

  First Presbyterian Church, (Springfield) 359. See also Christian religion and doctrines

  Fish, Hamilton, 583, 625, 629

  Fishback, William P., 610

  Fisher, Archibald, 341

  Fisher, Sidney George, 690–91

  Fithian, William H., 94, 154, 155, 161–63

  as AL’s colleague, 314, 673

  Fitzhugh, George, 461, 571

  Flint, Abel, System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying, 79

  Fogg, George G., 582, 590, 593, 605, 668, 740

  AL and, 617–18, 641, 655

  on cabinet appointments, 724, 727, 734–35, 737, 744, 753

  Seward and, 604

  Follett, Foster and Company, 571, 649

  Foote, Henry, 287–88

  Ford, Allen N., 231, 234, 240, 271, 300

  Ford, Thomas, 93, 116, 121, 200, 236–37, 341–42, 400

  Forney, John W., 360, 371

  Forquer, George, 105–6, 108, 111, 386

  Foster, Stephen S., 636, 649

  Fraim, William, 342

  Francis, Simeon, 95, 123, 124, 135, 142, 176, 194, 218, 294, 307, 454, 663

  Free Press (Pittsfield, Illinois), 369

  Free Soil Party, 280–84, 434

  formation, 280

  platform, 281

  presidential candidates, 280–84

  Free Soilers, 2
32

  Freeport, Illinois: AL debates Douglas at, 500–511

  Freeport Doctrine, 504–5, 513, 536, 565

  denunciation of, 540

  Frémont, John C., 547, 572, 573, 610, 663, 678, 744

  nomination of, 421–35

  Frick, A.G., 686

  Friend, Isaac, 12

  Friend, Polly Hanks, 4

  Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 357, 380–81, 477, 502–3

  amendments, 423

  enforcement of, 693–94, 705

  modifications of, 747

  opposition to, 427, 490, 502, 564, 635

  runaways and, 384, 396

  support for, 514

  Fulton (Illinois) Telegraph, 166

  Gage, George, 391

  Galena (Illinois) Jeffersonian, 395–96

  Gales, Joseph, 289

  Galesburg, Illinois: AL debates Douglas at, 530–34

  Galloway, Newton, 313

  Galloway, Samuel, 495, 541, 560, 570–71, 593

  AL and, 595, 649, 673

  Galphin, George, 739–40

  Gardiner, George A., 739

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 124–26, 289, 421, 452

  abolitionism and, 631, 632

  on debates, 505

  Gates, Tom, 544

  Gay, Sydney Howard, 292, 638

  General Land Office, commissionership of: AL and, 296–308

  Butterfield and, 296–307

  Ewing, T., and, 299–307

  Gentry, Allen, 43, 44, 57

  Gentry, James, 43, 44

  Gentry, John, 46–47

  Gentry, Joseph, 42, 45

  Gentry, Matthew, 246–47

  Geohegan, Denton, 6

  German, Christopher S., 659

  German-Americans, 412–13, 563–64, 613, 680

  Gibson, Robert, Treatise on Practical Surveying, 79

  Giddings, Joshua R., 260, 263, 276, 280, 610, 634–35, 637, 715–16, 737

  AL’s presidential campaign and, 627, 681

  on antislavery, 284–94, 303–4, 396–97, 408–9, 525

  campaigns of, 408

  on debates, 506

  Seward and, 605–6, 612

  Gillespie, Joseph, 17, 71, 150, 162–63, 240, 296, 299, 302–3, 558

  as AL’s friend, 351, 361, 392, 398, 403–4, 408, 425, 430, 461, 719, 758

  on anti-slavery, 411

  cases of, 322

  on debates, 509–11

  Gilmer, John A., 708, 710, 722–24

  Globe Tavern, 218–20, 262–63

  Glover, Joseph O., 484, 488, 494

  Godbey, Russell, 61, 91

  Godkin, E.L., 373

  Goggin, William L., 639

  Goings, Melissa, 342

  Gollaher, Austin, 18, 26

  Goodell, William, 462, 635

  Goodrich, Grant, 327, 339, 436

  Goodrich, John Z., 619, 670

  Goodwin, Ichabod, 744

  Gordon, Noah, 24

  Gordon, Mrs. Noah, 47

  Gott, Daniel, 288, 303, 660, 661

  Gourley, James, 201, 210, 222, 225, 236

  Graham, Ellen, 77

  Graham, Mentor, 79, 98, 171

  mentor to AL, 65–66, 77, 101

  as schoolteacher, 59–60, 63

  Graham, Sarah, 98

  Graham, William A, 724–25

  Grass, Daniel, 34, 44

  Gray, Thomas, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, 65

  Great Britain, 277

  slavery abolition in, 291–92

  Great Canal Scrip Fraud, 399

  Greeley, Horace, 51, 71–72, 248, 263, 276, 277, 280, 288, 366, 458, 475, 575, 622, 627, 648, 655, 665, 681, 696, 744

  AL and, 579, 587, 596–97, 661

  AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 607, 612, 614, 618, 623, 625, 681

  attacks on, 645–46

  conduct of, 548

  on debates, 487, 555–56

  as editor, 465, 583

  on emancipation, 290

  opposition to AL’s 1858 senate bid, 446, 452, 453, 454

  support of, 448, 451–53

  Green, Beriah, 636

  Green, Bowling, 60, 81, 88, 98, 100, 149, 161

  court sessions by, 86–87

  stimulated AL’s interest in law, 86

  surrogate father to AL, 86–87

  Green, Duff, 273, 299, 713

  Green, Israel, 555–56

  Green, J. Parker, 349

  Green, Nancy (Mrs. Bowling), 100, 170

  Greene, Lynn M., 63, 88

  Greene, William G., 5, 8–9, 32, 70, 75–76, 81, 86–87, 88, 89

  AL remarks to, 67

  helped AL with grammar, 63, 79

  remarks by, 99, 100

  as store assistant, 60–61

  Greensburg (Indiana) Republican, 554

  Gregg, David L., 236–37

  Gregg, William L., 714

  Gridley, Asahel, 162, 424

  Gridley, Eleanor, 196, 207

  Gridley, Samuel, 368

  Grier, George M., 645

  Grier, Robert C., 464–65

  Grierson, Francis, 9

  Grigsby, Aaron, 44, 45, 46

  Grigsby, Charles, 46

  Grigsby, Elizabeth Ray, 16, 46

  Grigsby, James, 8, 16, 31, 46, 48

  Grigsby, Nancy, 48

  Grigsby, Nathaniel, 8, 12, 14, 26, 34, 37, 45, 46, 47

  Grigsby, Redmond, 14

  Grigsby, Reuben, 46

  Grigsby, William E., 8, 46–47

  Grimes, James W., 635, 682, 696–97

  Grimshaw, Jackson, 411, 548, 579–80, 602

  AL’s presidential campaign and, 602

  Grimshaw, William, History of the United States, 36

  Griswold, William D., 608

  Grosscup, Peter S., 611

  Guthrie, James, 725

  Gwin, William M., 505

  Haines, Elijah M., 580

  Haines, James, 347

  Hale, James T., 714

  Hale, John P., 287, 288, 737

  Hall, G. Stanley, 173

  Hall, James, 94

  Hall, Jim, 220

  Hall, John J., 8, 206

  Hall, Wesley, 42, 44

  Hall, Willard P., 268

  Halstead, Murat, 422–23, 603, 613, 619, 621, 623, 624

  Hamilton, R.J., 355

  Hamilton, Thomas, 667

  Hamlin, Hannibal, 279, 283, 618, 625, 626, 629, 633, 646–47, 654, 660, 662, 713, 720, 721, 722, 729, 743, 744, 746

  predictions of, 670

  as vice-president-elect, 686, 726–27, 742

  Hammond, James H., 530, 571, 689, 692

  Hampton, Moses, 261

  Hanks, Billy, 3

  Hanks, Charles, 49, 667

  Hanks, Dennis, 4, 5, 6–7, 9–10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 21, 29, 31, 42, 45, 47, 132

  on “half-faced camp,” 22, 24

  move to Illinois, 48

  on pioneer customs, 23

  relationship with AL, 25, 44

  remarks by, 33, 39

  Hanks, Harriet (Chapman), 201, 204, 207

  Hanks, John, 3, 11, 12, 34–35, 37, 42, 55, 598, 599, 667

  move to Illinois, 48, 49

  as riverman, 52–53, 56–57

  Hanks, Joseph Jr., 6, 20

  Hanks, Lucey (grandmother), 2, 11, 12, 13

  Hanks, Nancy. See Lincoln, Nancy Hanks

  Hanks, Polly, 4

  Hanks, Sophie, 9, 11, 14, 26, 29, 42, 45, 84

  Hanna, William H., 553–54

  Hanscom, Simon P., 568–69, 601, 605, 653

  AL and, 654, 656, 668–69, 672

  Hardin, John J., 5, 71, 93, 119, 182, 192, 194, 262, 263, 264, 268, 274, 448

  biographical sketch of, 214

  political campaigns of, 213–18, 231–37

  remarks by, 174

  as representative, 115–16, 121

  reputation of, 218

  Hardin, Mrs. John J., 93, 184

  Hardin, Martin D., 214

  Hardin, Martinette, 98, 182, 187, 201
/>   Hardin County (Kentucky), 3–4

  Harding, George, 339–41

  Harding, Jacob, 392

  Harlan, James, 369, 464, 747

  Harmon, Oscar F., 673

  Harper’s Magazine, 565, 583, 585

  Harriott, James, 345

  Harris, Gibson W., 231–32, 241–43

  as AL’s clerk, 311, 315, 328, 329, 346, 348, 353

  on circuit, 326

  recollections of, 249

  Harris, Thomas L., 211–12, 217

  death of, 555, 574

  on debates, 532, 542

  political campaigns of, 271–72, 374–75, 390

  resolution, 490

  Harrison, George M., 71

  Harrison, Peachy Quinn, 560

  Harrison, William Henry, 125, 276, 485, 560, 595, 628, 720

  political victories of, 160–61

  presidential candidacy of, 148–61, 653

  war record of, 148, 159–60

  Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, 446, 628

  Hartford (Connecticut) Evening Press, 742

  Harvey, James E., 650, 661

  Haskin, John B., 644

  Hatch, Ozias M., 448, 450, 545

  AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 677

  as Illinois Secretary of State, 651–52

  Hawkins, Matilda, 46

  Hawley, Joseph, 638

  Hawthorn vs. Wooldridge, 132

  Hay, C.D., 411, 593

  Hay, John, 129, 153, 184, 200, 244, 272, 748

  recollections of, 317–18

  as secretary, 652, 685, 703, 720

  Hay, Milton, 57, 133, 198, 206, 210, 212, 225, 593, 594, 652

  Haycraft, Samuel, 668

  Hayes, Rutherford B., 568

  Hayne, Robert Y., 418, 458, 461

  Hazel, Caleb, 18–19

  Healy, George P.A., 658–59

  Hecker, Frederick, 417, 432

  Helm, Emilie Todd, 3

  Henderson, Thomas J., 165–66, 392, 419–20

  Henderson, William H., 298, 307

  Henry, Anson G., 78, 141, 161, 299–300, 454, 550

  as AL’s friend, 183, 297, 549

  politics and, 133–36, 294–95

  Herbert, Philemon T., 418

  Herndon, Archer, 160, 230

  Herndon, Elliot, 353

  Herndon, J. Rowan, 35, 47, 73, 75–76, 82, 83

  Herndon, William H., 10, 12, 13–15, 28, 30, 54, 101, 104, 131, 175, 176, 181, 185, 186, 194, 197, 200–208, 210–13, 222, 224, 236, 239, 247, 249, 254, 268, 271, 275, 279, 292, 295, 300, 327, 328, 335, 348, 353–54, 360, 389, 395, 403, 434, 435, 437, 438, 442, 444–45, 449, 465, 467, 486, 495–96, 513, 514, 548, 582, 604, 610, 696, 756

  on abolitionism, 525

  AL advice to, 52, 269–70

  on AL’s defeat, 549, 553

  as AL’s friend, 452–53, 559, 578, 685, 719, 757–58

  AL’s law partnership with, 89, 229–30, 310–11, 319–21, 333–34, 338, 560

  on AL’s speeches, 387–88

  on Bloomington Convention, 415–16

  on cabinet appointments, 736

  on campaigns, 425–26

  on debates, 529, 541, 545–46

  on Douglas, S.A., 487

  editorials by, 95, 413–14

 

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