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REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS-CAPTAIN IN BLACK HAWK WAR
POSTMASTER, SURVEYOR, LEGISLATOR MENARD
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LEGENDS
CHAPTER IV.
ADMITTED TO THE BAR REMOVAL TO SPRINGFIELD
LAW-POLITICS PERSONALITIES
CHAPTER V.
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48
MARY TODD - BROKEN ENGAGEMENT-DEPRESSION-
VISIT TO KENTUCKY — LETTER TO MISS SPEED
CASE..
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- LAW
61
CHAPTER VI.
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS-DIFFICULTY WITH SHIELDS
MARRIAGE CONGRESSIONAL ASPIRATIONS - ANNEX-
ATION OF TEXAS-WAR WITH MEXICO-ELECTED TO
CONGRESS
71
IN CONGRESS SPEECH ON THE MEXICAN WAR-
FAVORS NOMINATION OF GENERAL TAYLOR-SPEECHES
ON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEES-WILMOT PROVISO...
CHAPTER VIII.
IN CONGRESS-SPEECHES IN NEW ENGLAND SECOND
SESSION SLAVERY TURMOIL No OFFICE FROM
TAYLOR-Whig Candidate for SENATOR.
CHAPTER IX.
PROFESSIONAL WORK AND WAYS-HOME AND FAMILY
EULOGY ON HENRY CLAY - RAILWAY AND REAPER
CASES
CHAPTER X.
THE "NEBRASKA" SURPRISE..
CHAPTER XI.
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96
.IIO
.123
FIRST ANTI-NEBRASKA CAMPAIGN-PEORIA SPEECH---
TRUMBULL ELECTED SENATOR..
CHAPTER XII.
.130
ANTI-NEBRASKA COALITION - KANSAS CONFLICT - RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY ORGANIZED FREMONT BEATEN
BY BUCHANAN DRED SCOTT DECISION - CASES IN
COURT
..139
CHAPTER XIII.
THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION ANOTHER DEMO-
CRATIC SCHISM - LINCOLN A CANDIDATE FOR SEN-
ATOR" HOUSE-DIVIDED " SPEECH..
.156
CHAPTER XIV.
PAGE
THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE..
.170
CHAPTER XV.
ON THE VERGE OF A NEW EPOCH - LETTERS AND AD-
DRESSES INCIDENTS AND PORTENTS - JOHN BROWN
AT HARPER'S FERRY-CHAOS IN CONGRESS.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION LINCOLN NOMINATED FOR
PRESIDENT
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CHAPTER XVII.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS-A QUADRILATERAL CON-
TEST
CHAPTER XVIII.
.226
SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS A REVOLT-SECESSION TUMULT
IN THE GULF STATES - THE President-ELECT BIDES
HIS TIME....
CHAPTER XIX.
.236
EMBARRASSMENTS OF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN
MAJOR
ROBERT ANDERSON AND FORT SUMTER PLANS FOR
PACIFICATION CONFEDERATE STATES".
CHAPTER XXII.
FIRST FORTY DAYS- THE FORT SUMTER PROBLEM....285
CHAPTER XXIII.
LOYAL UPRISING PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMA-
TION - FOUR MORE STATES REVOLT THE CAPITAL
ISOLATED
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.295
CONGRESS-
WAR-MAKING ON SLAVE SOIL AFFAIRS
IN THE WEST ARMY AND NAVY OPERATIONS ON
THE COAST...
CHAPTER XXVII.
.344
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC BALL'S BLUFF — McCleLLAN
SUCCEEDS SCOTT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS - THE
TRENT TROUBLE.
362
ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOLUME I.
PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, FROM PORTRAIT BY
CARPENTER, ENGRAVED BY HALPIN..........Frontispiece
FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM SALMON P. CHASE... Page 207