for governor, 166
Harrison’s 1840 presidential, 148–67
introduction to, 49–50
preparation, 62
reentering, 363–64
senate, 390–406, 457–85, 554–57
Polk, James K., 228–29, 237, 248, 256, 265–67, 268, 275, 386
administration of, 523
conduct of, 270
denunciation of, 267, 269–71
on Mexican War, 265–67, 277–80
Pollock, James, 260, 731, 733
Pomeroy, John M., 663
Pope, Alexander, 41, 64, 140, 255, 296
Pope, Nathaniel, 296
Porter, David Dixon, 360
Portland (Maine) Advertiser, 555
Posey, Francis, 20
Posey, John F., 50
Potter, Nancy, 87
Potter, Ned, 82, 96
Powel, Howard M., 176, 210
Powell, Beverly, 195
Powell, Elihu N., 356
Prentice, Amos W., 592
Prentice, George D., 478, 542, 639
Presbyterians, 19, 40, 123. See also Christian religion and doctrines
presidential elections: of 1836, 103–27
of 1840, 147–61
of 1844, 224–29
of 1848, 273–84
of 1852, 357
of 1856, 421–35
presidential elections: of 1860: ballots cast during, 670–73
formal notification, 640–42
front porch campaign during, 648–64
Indiana, 608–11
national reaction to, 628–40
November victory, 676–83
placating losers after, 642–48
race card used during, 664–70
secession threats during, 673–76
Preston, William B., 293, 298–99, 342
Primm, John, 313
Protestants, 227–28. See also Christian religion and doctrines
Pugh, George, 569
Purple, Norman H., 356, 436
Putnam, James O., 659–60
Quincy, Edmund, 463
Quincy (Illinois) Herald, 364–65
Quincy (Illinois) Whig, 157, 399, 412, 478
on debates, 489
Quincy (Illinois) Whig and Republican, 552
Quincy, Illinois: AL debates Douglas at, 534–37
Quinton, Richard, 106, 386
race and racism, 494, 525–26, 551–53, 568. See also abolitionism; African Americans; antislavery; Negrophobia; slavery
Radford, Reuben, 75
Ramsay, David, 37
Randolph, John, 286
Randolph, William H., 391–92
Ransom, Luther, 381
Ray, Charles H., 213, 395–98, 448, 451, 455, 563, 716, 730
AL and, 432, 453, 472, 551, 570, 734
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602–3, 610, 663
on debates, 496
as editor, 364, 412, 413, 574
Ray, E. D., 711
Ray, Elizabeth, 16, 46
Raymond, Henry J., 645, 656, 694, 701, 711
Rayner, Kenneth, 724
Read, John M., 572, 595, 602, 614, 618, 625, 658
letters to, 671–72
“Reaper Case,” 339–41
Reavis, Charles, 60
Reeder, Andrew H., 418, 614, 625, 731, 733
Regnier, Francis, 348
Regnier vs. Cabot and Taylor, 348
Reid, Whitelaw, 574
Republican Club of Springfield, Illinois, 593
Republican Congressional Document Committee, 588
Republican National Committee, 581, 620, 641, 646, 650
Republican Party, 36–37, 369, 666
birth of, 512
Chicago convention of, 601–26
conventions, 415–21, 465, 601–26
factionalism in, 578–79
first convention, 415–21
Illinois, 253, 451, 597–600
Massachusetts convention of, 593
members of, 670–71
preservation of unity in, 456–57
victories, 446, 547
Young Men’s Republican Union of New York, 583, 584, 588
Republican presidential nomination (1859-1860), 558–626
AL’s candidacy, 579–82
AL’s Cooper Union speech, 354, 582–94
convention, 594–97
factionalism, 577–79
Illinois convention, 597–600
pursuit of, 558–77
Seward during, 601–26
Reynolds, Harman G., 153
Reynolds, John, 116, 296
denunciation of, 215
as governor, 67
Reynolds, William M., 694, 733
Rhoad, Asa, American Spelling Book, 36
Rhode Island, AL campaigns in, 591
Richardson, Joseph, 42, 45–46
Richardson, Polly, 12
Richardson, Silas, 42
Richardson, William A., 221, 266, 303
Richmond (Virginia) Enquirer, 418, 429, 461
editorials, 528, 633, 673
Richmond (Virginia) Whig, 275, 462
Rickard, Sarah, 176, 194
AL’s courting of, 187
AL’s marriage proposal to, 187
Riddle, Albert Gallatin, 736
Ridgely, Nicolas H., 339
Riley, James, Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, 36
Riney, Zachariah, 18
Rives, George W., 294–95, 548, 555, 699, 748, 752
Robbins, Silas, 326
Robertson, George, 409, 411
Robinson, James C., 320
Robinson, John L., 268
Robinson, William S., 647
Roby, Anna, 32, 33, 34, 41
Rochester (New York) Democrat, 554
Rock Island Bridge case, 337–38
Rock River Democrat (Rockford, Illinois), 393
Rockford (Illinois) Republican, 508
Rockwell, John A., 352
Rockwell, Julius, 364
Rogers, Charles O., 618–19
Rogers, Polly, 34, 314–15
Rogers, Samuel, 314–15
Rogers vs. Dickey, 353–54
Roll, John E., 53, 221
Rollins, Edward H., 590, 593
Romine, John, 35
Root, Joseph, 264–65, 286, 287, 596
Ross, Frederick A., 475–76
Ross, Harvey Lee, 60
Ross, Ossian M., 77
Ross, William, 422
Ruggles, James Monroe, 217–18, 600
Rushville (Illinois) Times, 369
Rusk, Ason, 341
Russell, William Howard, 720
Rutherford, Hiram, 250, 251, 252
Rutledge, Ann, 49, 168, 197, 242, 245, 247
AL’s visits to, 99, 199
character and behavior of, 98–99
as daughter of AL’s landlord, 98
death of, 100, 101
engagement to, 99, 212
illness of, 99–100
mental condition after death of, 100–101
physical description of, 98
Rutledge, James A., 65, 71, 75, 76, 98
Rutledge, James McGrady, 99
Rutledge, Nancy, 99
Rutledge, Robert, 64
presided over debating society, 65–66
Rutledge, Sarah, 99, 100
Ryan, E.G., 106
Ryan, Margaret, 209
St. Louis and Chicago Railroad vs. Dalby, 338
Samuel Rogers vs. Polly Rogers, 314–15
Sanderson, John P., 615–16, 662–63, 728, 734
Sanford, Henry S., 698–99, 701
Sangamo Journal (Springfield, Illinois), 64, 102, 114, 231
“A Citizen,” 144
“A Conservative,” 139–42
“A Looker-on,” 159
AL’s anonymous articles, 95–96, 102, 105–12, 135–67
articles, 135
articles against Democrats, 95–96, 102, 105–12, 1
35–67
editorials, 148
letters to, 163
“Lost Township,” 138–39, 190–94
mail, 107
“Son of an Old Ranger,” 159–60
writers, 95–96. See also Illinois State Journal (Springfield)
Sangamon Canal Company, 102
Sangamon Circuit Court, 88
Sangamon County (Illinois), 673
county division issue, 138–67
demographics, 174
Negrophobic, 104
Whigs, 161, 215–17
Sangamotown (Illinois), 53–54, 56
AL at, 52–57, 60, 82–83
Sargent, Nathan K., 260, 457, 561, 562
Sawyer, John, 50
Scammon, Jonathan Y., 392
Schenck, Robert C., 568, 673
Schneider, George, 413
Schouler, William, 268, 272, 618, 646
Schurz, Carl, 212, 258, 371–72, 473, 478, 534, 535, 537, 613, 656, 715
on AL, 641, 647–48, 655, 757
on debates, 541
Seward and, 605, 612
Scott, John M., 155, 156, 176, 317–18, 331, 415
recollections of, 420
Scott, William, Lessons in Elocution, 36
Scott, Winfield, 357
Scripps, John Locke, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 35, 97, 172, 495
AL and, 405, 466, 648
biography of AL, 106
as delegate, 417, 419
Sears, Henry, 100
Sedgwick, Charles B., 747–48
Selby, Paul, 106, 252–53, 411, 413
Selden, Henry R., 627
Seward, William Henry, 175, 283, 284, 290, 360, 421, 447, 452, 479, 549, 558–59, 577, 579, 580, 581–83, 587, 589, 598–99, 600, 615–18, 694–95, 700, 706, 727–29, 733–38, 739, 741–49, 751–53
Al and, 558, 627–82, 643, 712–13
conduct of, 548
discrediting of, 570
Fogg and, 604
Giddings and, 605–6
opponents of, 453–54
president-elect and, 707–8
presidential campaign of, 574–75, 591–93, 594–97, 601–10, 613–14, 619–88
response to secession, 707–8
role in politics of, 453
Schurz and, 605
as secretary of state designate, 720–26, 732, 736, 738, 746, 749
on slavery, 363–64, 369, 372–73, 525
speeches of, 631, 638
as spokesman, 463
supporters of, 582, 617
Seymour, Thomas, 588
Shaffer, John W., 616, 648
Shakespeare, William, 39, 64, 129, 244–45, 291, 333
Hamlet, 1, 2, 4, 41, 48, 58, 65, 73–74, 93, 127, 134–35, 322
Macbeth, 65
Sheahan, James W., 399, 467, 498
Sheridan, James B., 498
Sherman, John, 666, 708, 751
Sherwood, Mary Elizabeth Wilson, 259
Shields, James, 190–94, 196, 216, 268, 272, 296, 433, 537
as general, 477
near-duel with AL of, 190–94
as senator, 386, 390, 391, 392, 398–400, 401, 489
Short, James, 76, 78, 81, 97, 198–99
Simmons, Pollard, 79
Singleton, James W., 274, 454, 543
Sinking Creek farm (Kentucky), 4, 17
slavery: abolition of, 110, 122–27
AL’s debates on, 260
chattel, 44
Clay on, 123, 125, 126, 510, 636, 651
compensation of, 293–94
critics of, 585
cruelties of, 256
debates, 260, 376–90
exclusion of, 260, 287
expansion of, 270–71, 460–61
foundation and institution of, 122–24
Great Britain’s abolition of, 291–92
hostility to, 232
Illinois General Assembly protests against, 122–27
issues in legislation and platforms, 284–94, 409–10
in New Orleans, 56–57
opponents of, 368
protests against, 122–27
race and, 525–26
resolutions, 146
Seward on, 363–64, 369, 372, 525
slaveholders, abolitionism and compensation for, 289–92
speeches on, 251–52
Speed on, 409–11
Van Buren on, 107–8, 110, 154–55
Sloanaker, A.B., 658
Smedes, William, 711
Smith, Abraham, 397, 404, 472
Smith, Caleb B., 275–76, 284, 288, 299, 303, 304, 422, 673, 735, 739–42, 743
on debates, 541
support of, 608–10, 611, 614, 617
Smith, Clark M., 221, 756
Smith, Edward, 117
Smith, Gerrit, 631, 634–36
Smith, J. Henly, 633
Smith, James, The Christian’s Defense, 359
Smith, S. Lisle, 249, 296
Smith, Mrs. Stephen, 221, 583
Smith, Theophilus, 106
Smith, Truman, 264, 298, 299, 446, 548, 699, 701
Smoot, Coleman, 92
Smyth, Frederick, 591
Snodgrass, Isaac, 83
Snyder, Adam, 157
Snyder, John F., 69
Southern Illinoisan (Shawneetown, Illinois), 442
Southern secession, 684–85
Southern Whigs, 288
Sparrow, Betsy, 4, 12, 19
death of, 25
in Indiana, 25
Sparrow, Thomas, 4, 12, 19
death of, 25
in Indiana, 25
Spaulding, Elbridge G., 619, 647, 708
Spears, George, 78, 84
Spears, Mary, 98
Spears, Sally, 60
Speed, Fanny Henning, 188–89
Speed, Joshua, 24, 28, 33, 38, 149, 173, 174, 175–76, 181–83, 197, 199, 203, 211–12, 218, 230, 254, 296, 307, 337, 358, 381
as AL’s friend, 131, 160, 187–88, 241, 358, 360
depression and, 101
letters to, 376
marriage of, 188–89, 194–95
as merchant, 131
recollections of, 152, 182
on slavery, 409–11
Spencer, Joseph, 313–14
Spinner, Francis E., 682
Sprague, Charles, 335
Sprague, William, 594
Sprigg, Ann, 259–60, 262, 273, 286, 457, 561, 733
Springfield (Illinois) Journal, 95, 449
Springfield (Illinois) Republican, 107, 115, 524, 563
Springfield (Illinois) State Democrat, 530
Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican, 368, 373, 446, 544–45
on AL, 592, 628, 681
Springfield, Illinois, 92, 626
as capital, 114–22
citizens of, 129
condemnation of abolitionism by, 123
description of, 128–29
Whigs, 376
AL’s law practice in: between 1849-1854, 309–62
between 1858-1860, 559–77
anger, 348–51
appellate lawyer, 334–41
clients, 132–37, 311–13, 349–50
colleagues, 314, 329–32, 425
divorce cases, 314–15
duel, 137–38, 190–94
income from service fees, 132–33, 332–34, 339, 435–38
judge and lobbyist, 351–52
junior partners, 311
law partnership with Herndon, 89, 229–30, 311, 318–21, 333–34, 338, 560
law partnership with Logan, 184–89, 317, 333, 341
law partnership with Stuart, 62, 131–35, 351
libel and slander cases, 313–14
license to practice law, 131
life on circuit, 132–37, 186–87, 222–24, 322–32
mentors, 62, 65–66, 77, 89, 95–97, 101, 346–48
murder cases, 341–46
negligence, 355
offices, 310–11, 354–55
patent cases, 339–41,
444
railroad cases, 334–41, 437–38
reputation, 352–57
start, 128–29
trial lawyer, 315–22
Springfield Illinois Staats-Anzeiger, 563
“Springfield junto,” 161
Springfield Whig convention, 216
Stanton, Benjamin, 738
Stanton, Edwin M., 339–40, 638
Stanton, Henry B., 744
Stapp, James T.B., 295
Star of the West, 747
Stearns, George Luther, 638
Stedman, Edmund C., 587, 647
Steele, George K., 608, 614
Stephens, Alexander H., 274–75, 505, 688, 690, 705–6
Stevens, Abel, 290
Stevens, Thaddeus, 422, 604, 614, 695, 730–31, 736, 748
Stoddard, William O., 570
Stoeckl, Edouard, 753
Stone, Dan, 122–23, 125–27, 309
replacement for, 136–37
Stone, Robert K., 201
Story, Joseph, 90
Conflict of Laws, 351
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 374, 464
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 367, 446
Strawn, David, 400
Stringfellow, Benjamin F., 576
Strong, George Templeton, 63, 606, 619, 628–29
Strunk, John, 396, 399, 400
Stuart, John Todd, 69, 75, 90, 108, 120, 121, 131, 132, 134, 144, 147, 149, 161, 163, 179, 183–85, 187, 194, 196, 211, 213, 221, 223, 225, 230, 239, 252, 307, 333, 335, 351, 355, 356, 454
AL’s friend, 62, 71, 81, 111–12, 147, 183
on circuit, 326
congressional campaigns, 139–43
education, 89
mentor, 62, 89, 95–97, 115–16, 347
MTL’s cousin, 173, 197
partnerships of, 333–34
physical description, 89
wife, 400
Stuart, Mary, 400
Sturtevant, Julian, 368, 442, 528
suffrage: in North of blacks, 103–4, 108–11, 154–55
women’s, 103–5
Sumner, Charles, 280, 372, 418, 424, 428, 634, 636, 637, 697, 706, 716, 752
AL and, 452, 618, 638, 674–75
Swaney, James, 31
Sweet, Martin P., 296, 297, 422, 501
Swett, Leonard, 33, 55, 222, 327, 356, 509, 578, 598, 611, 644, 646, 648, 662, 726–28, 735–36, 742, 744
as AL’s colleague, 317, 329–30, 331, 341–42, 350
on AL’s defeat, 552
as AL’s friend, 456, 580, 723
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 610, 615–18, 620, 621
on cabinet appointments, 741
on circuit, 326, 334, 397
as co-counsel, 321–22
political campaigns of, 424
Swisshelm, Jane Grey, 361, 634
Talbot, George F., 612
Talbott, Benjamin, 136
Talcott, Wait, 397, 635
The Talisman (steamboat), 66, 72
Tams, G. Yoke, 650
Taney, Roger B., 439–40, 459–60, 463, 465
as judge, 480, 504. See also Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Tappan, Julia, 592
Tarbell, Ida, 196
Taylor, Bayard, 368, 729
Taylor, Dick, 156–57, 386
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