“A house divided…,”
“Communication to the People of Sangamo County,”
Cooper Union, 7.1, 11.1, 12.1
at end of the Civil War
first inaugural
Fourth of July
Thanksgiving proclamation
U.S. House of Representatives, 5.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
U.S. President
first term, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1
second term
U.S. presidential campaigns
first, 7.1, 8.1, 11.1
second
U.S. Senate campaign, 2.1, 7.1, 11.1
pork. See under meat
Portuguese immigrants, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
potatoes, 3.1, 3.2
preserves. See pickles and preserves
President Lincoln’s Cottage (Washington, DC), 12.1, 13.1
puddings. See under desserts
pumpkin, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
Pumpkin Butter, 3.1
Pumpkin Pie with Honey, 3.1
railroads
campaign travel on, 11.1, 12.1
Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Railway
expansion in New Orleans
Great Western, 11.1, 11.2
Lincoln family move to Washington, DC
Lincoln’s funeral train
Lincoln’s views on
lines in Springfield, IL, 4.1, 11.1, 11.2
Reynolds, Gov. John, 5.1, 5.2
rhubarb, 9.1, 9.2
Rhubarb Spring Tonic, 9.1
Richmond, VA, itr.1, 12.1
Roast Turkey, 10.1
Roll, John, 8.1, 10.1
Rutledge, James, 4.1, 4.2
St. Louis, MO, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 11.1
salads, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1
saleratus, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1. See also baking soda
salt, 4.1, 8.1, 11.1
Sangamon Long Nine, 4.1, 11.1
sauces, 2.1, 114–15, 181, 182
sauerkraut, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2
Schurz, Carl, 8.1, 12.1
seasonings
curry and East Indian, 4.1, 9.1
ginger, 2.1, 2.2
imported to Springfield, IL
of Lincoln’s youth, 3.1, 4.1
mace, 2.1, 11.1
in New Orleans cuisine
nutmeg, 2.1, 4.1, 8.1
Seward, William, 8.1, 12.1, 12.2
Shields, James
Short Biscuits, 7.1
“short” dough, 51, 5.1, 7.1
slavery
issues of 1854–59
legislation
Emancipation Proclamation, 13.1, 13.2
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 11.1, 11.2
Missouri Compromise
Ordinance of 1787, 11.1, 11.2
Lincoln-Douglas debates, 2.1, 7.1, 11.1, 11.2
slaves
Lincoln’s visits with
New Orleans auctions
owned by Mary Todd’s family
owned by Nancy Lincoln’s cousin
runaway
Slow-Cooked Barbecue, 7.1
Smith, Ann Todd (sister-in-law), 10.1, 10.2. See also Todd, Ann
Smith, C. M. (brother-in-law), 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
soldiers
camps in Washington, DC, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
casualty statistics
food for, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Lincoln’s interactions with, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
national cemetery
Pennsylvania “Bucktail” Company K
presidential guards, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
retired, Soldiers’ Home for, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
Soldier’s Bread, 13.1
sorghum, 2.1, 2.2
soups and stews, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
“soused,” 10.1, 10.2
Soused or Barbecued Pigs “Feet,” 10.1
Sparrow, Elizabeth and Thomas, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1
Speed, Joshua, 7.1, 8.1
spices. See seasonings
Springfield, IL
Christmas customs
day-to-day life, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2
description, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
entertaining, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
First Presbyterian Church, 8.1, 11.1
food imports, 4.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1
food in, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 11.2
gardening culture, 9.1, 9.2
immigrants
Lincoln gravesite
Lincoln home and kitchen, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Lincoln law office
neighbors, 2.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 10.1, 10.2
as new state capital, 4.1, 6.1, 11.1
residents, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 12.1
Thanksgiving
squash, Hubbard
Stanton, Edwin, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
stoves
cast-iron, 6.1, 10.1
owned by Mary Lincoln
White House
Stowe, Catharine and Harriet
Strawberry Ice Cream, 8.1
Stuart & Lincoln law practice, 6.1, 8.1
sugar, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1
sweeteners, non-sugar
honey, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 7.1, 7.2
molasses, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1
sorghum, 2.1, 2.2
Swett, Leonard, 8.1, 8.2
syrups, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1, 8.1
Taft, Bud and Holly, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1
Taft, Julia, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 13.1
Tarbell, Ida, itr.1, 3.1, 5.1, 8.1
teatime
telegraph communication, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1
Tennessee Cake, 2.1, 2.2
Thanksgiving, . See also meat, turkey
Todd, Ann (sister-in-law), 1.1, 1.2, 8.1. See also Smith, Ann Todd
Todd, Elizabeth (sister-in-law), 1.1, 1.2. See also Edwards, Elizabeth
Todd, Frances (sister-in-law), 1.1, 1.2. See also Wallace, Frances Todd
Todd, Mary (wife)
almond cake made by, 6.1, 6.2
childhood and adolescence, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 6.1, 10.1
courtship, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
education, 1.1, 6.1, 8.1, 12.1
family, 1.1, 1.2, 6.1, 10.1
love of corn bread
Rebecca letters
wedding
See also Lincoln, Mary
Todd, Robert Smith (father-in-law), 1.1, 1.2, 6.1
Tomato Ketchup, 9.1
Tomato Tart, 9.1
turnips, 3.1, 8.1, 9.1
turtle soup, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2
vegetables
garden crops, 8.1, 9.1
heritage varieties
19th-century preparations
pioneer crops, 3.1, 5.1
preservation (See pickles and preserves)
See also specific vegetables
Vinegar Sauce, 2.1
Virginia. See Richmond
Wallace, Frances Todd (sister-in-law), 6.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2. See also Todd, Frances
War of 1812, 5.1, 12.1, 13.1
Washington, DC
and the Civil War, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2
description, 12.1, 13.1
at end of the Civil War
food imports, 13.1, 13.2
Lincoln’s move to, 12.1, 12.2
Soldiers’ Home, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
Willard Hotel, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
Weed, Thurlow
wheat
flour, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 11.1, 13.1
on Lincoln’s farm, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
scarcity, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1
See also mills, grist
Wheelock, Miss, 8.1, 8.2
whiskey, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 7.1
White Fricassee of Chicken, 8.1
White House
chef
Christmas customs, 12.1, 13.1
commute from cottage to, 13.1, 13.2
description, 12.
1, 12.2, 12.3
Easter Egg Roll
entertaining, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2
food at the, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
household help, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
kitchen
Lincoln family arrival
summer (See President Lincoln’s Cottage)
Whitman, Walt, 13.1, 14.1
Willard Hotel, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
Williamson, Mr., 12.1, 12.2
wine, 5.1, 7.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
yeast, 5.1, 13.1
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