reputation of, 12, 16
Lincoln, Robert Todd (son), 91, 177, 203–4, 210, 435, 584, 588, 590
birth of, 197, 219
description of, 207
nervous breakdown of, 181
recollections of, 223
Lincoln, Samuel, 1
Lincoln, Sarah (sister), 4, 5, 15, 16, 25, 28
death of, 45–46
domestic responsibilities of, 26
marriage of, 44, 45
Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston (stepmother), 5, 15, 37, 45, 48, 173, 757
arrival of, 26, 27–29
marriages of, 27
remarks by, 50–51
reputation of, 27
Lincoln, Thomas (brother), 21
Lincoln, Thomas (father), 2, 3–11, 28, 85, 172–73, 176, 207
death of, 4, 360
depression and moodiness of, 5–6
as farmer, 3, 6–9
fishing, hunting and other recreation pursued by, 33, 51
hired out his son, 42–48, 51
in Indiana, 22–25, 50–51
jobs held by, 3–4, 6–9, 17, 20–21
land titles held by, 7–8, 20–21
marriages of, 4, 12–13, 15, 27–28
move to Illinois, 48–50
personal qualities of, 5–6, 16
religion of, 19–20
stepchildren of, 29
Lincoln, Thomas (great-uncle), 256
Lincoln, Thomas “Tad” (son), 206, 641, 653
Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie” (son), 641, 653
Linder, Usher F., 97, 106, 113–14, 120–21, 138, 153, 185, 191–92, 269, 307, 350, 454
as AL’s colleague, 316, 329–30
on circuit, 326, 327
clients of, 250–51
concerns about abolitionism, 276
on debates, 541
speeches of, 150, 306
Linville Creek (Virginia), 2
Littlefield, John, 360–61
Locke, David R., 537, 546, 557, 566
Locke, Eric, 609
Lockwood, Samuel D., 91–92, 115
Locofocoism, 111, 277
Logan, Mrs. John A., 201
Logan, Milton, 344–45
Logan, Stephen T., 74, 88, 91, 120–21, 132–33, 135, 145, 172, 175, 223, 225, 229–31, 235, 275, 300, 302, 321, 338, 547, 753–54
as AL’s friend, 185, 213–14, 401–2, 404, 436
AL’s law partner, 184–86, 317, 333, 341
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602
on circuit, 334
description of, 185, 330, 351
political campaigns of, 271–73
London Times, 720
“Lost Speech” (1856) 418–21
Louisville (Kentucky) Democrat, 475
Louisville (Kentucky) Journal, 64, 435, 475, 478
on AL, 639
on debates, 491, 514
Lovejoy, Elijah P., 125, 126, 141–42, 287, 424, 537, 655
Lovejoy, Owen, 393–94, 396–97, 401, 408, 409, 417, 426, 472, 522, 525, 737
attacks on, 477
on debates, 489, 506, 541
defeat of, 456–57
political campaigns of, 424, 426
Lucas, Josiah M., 192, 298, 299, 302, 307, 556, 632, 739
Lundy, Benjamin, 232
Lyceum speech, 140–42
Lyons, James, 746, 752–53
Machias (Maine) Republican, 592
MacKay, Alexander, 258
Mackay, Charles: The Inquiry, 243–44
Macomb (Illinois) Eagle, 667
Madison (Wisconsin) Argus, 472
Maltby, Charles, 60–61, 62, 65, 66, 82, 98
Manchester (New Hampshire) Union Democrat, 666
Mann, Horace, 261, 285, 286, 293, 525
Mann, William B., 614
Manning, Joel, 356
Marbury vs. Madison, 249
Marcy, William L., 123
Marion, Francis, 53
Marshall, Sally, 58
Marshall, Samuel D., 138, 193, 196
Marshall, Thomas A., 517–18, 580, 592, 699
Marshall, William L., 744
Martin, Charles Drake, 631
Maryland, 744–45
AL campaigns in, 280
Mason, James M., 505, 589, 694
Massachusetts, 1
AL campaigns in, 280–83
nativism in, 563–613
Republican convention, 593
Whigs, 280–82
Matheny, James H., 71, 83, 84, 95, 155, 183, 195, 198, 201, 216, 239, 423, 424, 513, 564
as AL’s friend, 197, 341, 403
on Pekin convention, 235
Matheny, Mrs. Noah, 202
Mather, Thomas S., 298, 755
Matoon (Illinois) National Gazette, 462, 467, 522
Matson, Robert, 250
Matson slave case, 250–52
Matteson, Joel, 417, 546
biographical sketch of, 399
political machinations of, 399–402
May, William L., 107–8, 226–27
McClellan, George B., 62, 436, 478, 483
McClernand, John A., 120, 157, 158, 165, 267, 405, 574
proposals by, 594
McClure, Alexander K., 615–16, 622–23, 662–63, 697, 734
on cabinet appointments, 731–32, 736
recollections of, 727
McCormick, Richard C., 584, 586–87
McCormick Reaper Company, 339
McCormick vs. Manny, 339–41
McCulloch vs. Maryland, 336, 470–71
McDaniel, Jonathan, 392
McGaughey, Edward, 277, 296
McGee, Milton, 505
McHenry, Henry, 80, 91, 100
McIntosh (mulatto man), 142
McIntosh, Lachlan, 2
McKee, Martinette Hardin, 98, 182, 187, 201
McKnight, Robert, 730
McLean, John, 185, 275, 286, 337, 546, 559, 575, 608, 609
candidacy of, 604, 614, 619
endorsement of, 421–22, 423
as judge, 340, 441, 595–96
McLean County tax case, 336, 435–38
McNabb, Babb, 62
McNamar, John, 71, 99
McNeeley, Thompson, 345
McPherson, Edward, 733
McWilliams, Amzi, 350
Medill, Joseph, 348, 420, 457, 466–67, 509, 581, 645, 726, 727, 728, 729, 732, 741–42
AL and, 501, 565, 572–73, 700, 737
AL’s presidential campaign and, 610, 624, 663, 672–73, 679, 681
on cabinet appointments, 739
Mendosa, John F., 209
Mentelle, Victorie, academy of, 176, 177
Meredith, James, 727
Meredith, William, 740
Merrick, Richard T., 483
Merryman, Elias H., 133–34, 190, 191–92, 236
Methodists, 19, 40, 75. See also Christian religion and doctrines
Metzker, James Preston (Pres), 342–46
Mexican War (1846), 236–37, 240, 256, 522
AL’s speech on, 265–73, 277–80, 526–30
issues, 526–30
origins of, 270–71, 277
Miles, George U., 217
Miles, William Porcher, 690
Miller, Anson, 394, 554
Miller, James, 467
Miller, William, 49
Millward, William, 730
Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Free Democrat, 681
Milwaukee (Wisconsin) News, 494
Missouri Compromise, 285, 363, 378–79, 427
attacks on, 441
repeal of, 381–85, 752
Missouri Democrat (St. Louis), 435, 505, 524, 681, 726
articles, 651, 656, 675, 703, 748
on debates, 507, 509, 533–34
Missouri Republican (St. Louis), 64, 66, 543, 632
Monroe, George Harris, 249, 282
Montgomery (Alabama) Mail, 633
Moore, Bartholomew F., 693
Moore, Clifton H., 314, 457
AL’s pres
idential campaign and, 602
Moore, Henry D., 614
Moore, John, 329
Moore, R.M., 608
Moore, Thomas, The Fire-Worshippers, 246
Morgan, Edwin D., 619, 641, 646, 670, 744
Morrill, Lot M., 618
Morris (Illinois) Gazette, 365
Morris, Buckner S., 454
Morris, Edward Joy, 730
Morris, Martin S., 217
Morris, Montecue, 392–93
Morris, Robert, 641
Morrison, James L.D. (Don), 296–97, 299, 306, 398, 400, 631
Morrison, John H., 233
Morse, Nathan, 272
Morton, John M., 65
Morton, John T., 412
Morton, Samuel George, 104
Moses, John, 96, 597
Mounts, John, 60
MTL. See Lincoln, Mary Todd
Mudd, Benjamin, 6
Mudd, Elizabeth Lincoln, 6
Murr, J. Edward, 13, 14, 16–17
Murray, Lindley, English Reader, 36
Nance, Thomas J., 161, 168
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York), 524–25, 636, 638
National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.), 289
National Republicans, 36–37
nativism, 227, 407–8, 411–13, 563–64, 613. See also Know-Nothing Party
Neale, Thomas M., 79
Nebraska, slavery in, 395–96
Negrophobia: Northern, 364–69
during presidential campaigns, 154–61
Sangamon County and, 104. See also race and racism
Nelson, David P., 59
New Hampshire, AL campaigns in, 588, 590–91
New Mexico Compromise, 746–47, 750–51
New Orleans, 4, 7, 44
Offutt’s flatboat in, 52–53, 56
sight of slavery at, 56–57
New Orleans (Louisiana) Bee, 639, 717
New Orleans (Louisiana) Crescent, 633
New Orleans (Louisiana) Delta, 465
New Orleans (Louisiana) Picayune, 691
New Salem: AL’s years in, 52
Baptists, 57–58
county separation, 81–82
drunkenness, 58–59
elections, 74–76
gander pulling, 58
Literary and Debating Society, 65–66
living conditions, 58
Offutt’s store in, 57–58, 59–62, 66, 76
religious practices, 57–58
residents, 57–58
as trading center, 57
Black Hawk War: conducted reconaissance missions during, 68
enlistment of, 67
friendships and social life of, 68–69, 79–80, 89
popularity of, 69–70
reenlistments of, 68
route home after discharge by, 71
service in, 67–71
tours, 67–68
witnessed horrors during, 67–68
merchant and storekeeper, 57
in business with
Berry, 75–77
clerked for Offutt, 58, 59–62, 66, 76
free time, 61
indebtedness, 76–77
liquor sales, 76
popularity, 60
room and board, 76–77
warehousing business, 66–67
postmaster and surveyor:
appointment and accounts as postmaster, 77–78
completed surveys, 80–81
creditor’s judgment against, 81
delivered letters, 78
duties, 77–78
hired as surveyor’s assistant, 78–79
lodging, 80–81
neglected duties, 101
personal finances, 78–79, 81
surveyor’s duties, 79
attended debating society meetings, 65–66
boatman, 52–57, 59, 66–67
humorist and jack-of-all-trades, 52–57, 60, 82–83
self-education, 62–67
sewed eyes of hogs, 56
sight of slavery at New Orleans, 56–57
New York Constitutional Convention, 155
New York Courier and Enquirer, 674, 681
New York Day Book, 538
New York Democratic Review, 71
New York Evening Post, 269, 495–96, 627
on debates, 504, 516, 554
New York Herald, 291, 304, 479, 568–69, 743
on AL, 667–69, 683
articles, 414–15, 471, 603, 638, 664
criticisms by, 672
on debates, 533
editorials, 505, 588, 631
New York Independent, 587
New York Journal of Commerce, 367, 654
New York Morning Examiner, 665
New York State Legislature, 605
New York Supreme Court, 463
New York Times, 368, 442, 471, 477, 485
AL and, 649, 666, 669, 682, 751
on debates, 508–9, 548, 565
New York Tribune, 71, 277, 292, 442, 584, 614
articles, 462, 471, 587, 668, 675, 691
on debates, 495, 508, 526, 548, 554, 571
editorials, 446, 465, 483, 703
on Kansas-Nebraska Act, 363–64, 368–69, 402
New York World, 681
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 413, 509
Nicolay, Helen, 179
Nicolay, John G., 412, 432, 571, 612, 651–53, 657, 661, 685, 687
AL and, 659
Niles, Nathaniel, 419
Niles Register (periodical), 255
Norris, James, 342–46
North, Albert A., 207
Northwest Ordinance (1784), 585
Northwest Ordinance (1787), 565, 585–86
Norton, Jesse O., 396–97, 532
Nott, Charles C., 588
Noyes, William Curtis, 583, 606
Nye, James W., 625, 644
Offutt, Denton, 67
as drunk, 53
New Orleans flatboat and, 52–53, 56
New Salem store of, 57–58, 59–62, 66, 76
wrestling wager by, 61–62
Ogden, William B., 399, 454
Ogle, Charles, 157
Oglesby, Richard J., 400, 406, 599
AL and, 597–98
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602
on debates, 523, 541
Ohio, AL campaigns in, 565–68
Ohio Legislature, 569–70
Ohio State Journal (Columbus), 700
Onstot, Henry, 64, 76
Ordway, Nehemiah, 617
Oregon, 224
boundary questions and, 237
territories, 277, 285–86
AL offered government position, 307
Orr, James L., 506
Osborn, William H., 435
Osgood, Uri, 400
Ottawa (Illinois) Free Trader, 265–66
Ottawa (Illinois) Republican, 423–24, 495, 554
Ottawa, Illinois: AL debates Douglas at, 486–97
Otto, William T., 610
Owens, Mary, 175–76
correspondence to, 169–70
courting of, 168–73
description of, 168–69
Pacheco, Antonio, 293–94
Padelford, Seth, 594
Paine, Thomas, Age of Reason and Common Sense, 83
Palfrey, John G., 285–86, 287
Palmer, John M., 375, 423–24, 451, 548, 599, 754
on abolitionism, 425
as AL’s colleague, 390, 400, 403, 406, 423
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 607–8
on debates, 541
losses, 574
Paris (Illinois) Prairie Beacon News, 523–24, 570
Parker, Charles E., 344, 346
Parker, Elizabeth R., 256
Parker, Theodore, 367, 452, 462–64, 472
on debates, 496, 525
Parks, Gavion D.A., 400
Parks, Samuel C., 124, 166, 271, 321, 403
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 618
sugg
estions of, 465
Parrish, John, 463
Parrott, Marcus J., 447
Pate, Samuel, 43
Patterson, Thomas, 342
Peace Convention (Washington), 753–56
Pearson, John, 138
Peck, Ebenezer, 110, 164, 228, 411, 548
AL and, 500, 640, 741
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602
“Pekin Agreement,” 231–35
Pekin convention (1843), 217–18
Pendleton, John, 716
People vs. Bantzhouse, 337
People vs. Denton and Denton, 341
People vs. Illinois Central Railroad, 336
Peoria (Illinois) Democratic Press, 269
Peoria (Illinois) Free Press, 269
Peoria (Illinois) Republican, 389
Peoria (Illinois) Transcript, 515
Peoria (Illinois) Union, 552
Peoria speech (1854), 376–89
Personal Liberty Laws, 694, 695, 698, 711
Peterkin, B. Rush, 614
Pettit, John, 386, 528
Pettus, John Jones, 690
Peyton, Samuel O., 506
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Evening Journal, 630
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) North American and United States Gazette, 650, 681–82
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Press, 371, 616
Phillips, David L., 477, 512, 580
Phillips, Wendell, 289, 292, 431, 452, 590, 685
on AL, 524, 631–32, 637–39, 683
on antislavery, 637
Piatt, Donn, 673
Pickering, William, 120
Pierce, Edward Lillie, 283, 607, 619, 716, 744
on abolitionism, 638
Pierce, Franklin, 330, 357, 421, 425, 459–60, 480, 494, 681, 744
cabinet of, 725
corruption of, 604
as president, 666
Pike, James Shepherd, 212, 462–63, 574, 606, 670, 747
reports of, 618, 751
Pike County Free Press (Pittsfield, Illinois), 365, 412, 432
Pike County Union (Pittsfield, Illinois), 365
Pillsbury, Parker, 124, 486, 636, 638
Pitcher, John, 36, 87
Poe, Edgar Allan, 65, 333
political campaigns: of Baker, E.D., 136–37, 213–18, 231–41
of Calhoun, 136–37, 139
of Cartwright, 235–40
of Cass, 277–79, 283
of Davis, D., 160
of Hardin, J.J., 213–18, 231–41
of Harris, T.L., 271–72, 374–75
of Logan, 271–73
of Matteson, 399–402
of Trumbull, 398, 399–402
AL: 1832, 71–75, 81–85, 105
1834, 105
1836, 103–27
1840, 147–61
1843–1847 congressional, 213–56
1846 congressional, 231–41, 253–56
1848 presidential elections, 273–84
1856 presidential election, 421–35
1858, 328
1860 presidential election, 627–83
1859–1860 Republican presidential nomination, 558–626
attended meetings, 37
Clay’s presidential, 148–61, 224–29
congressional political rivals, 213–18
departure from General Assembly, 165–67
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