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goods and chattels. Her surprise at the poverty of the Lincoln cabin. —
Clothes and comforts Abe and his sister. — Abe leads a new life. — Is
sent to school. Abe's appearance and dress. -Learning "manners."
-Abe's essays.-Tenderness for animals. The last of school. - Abe
excelled the masters. - Studied privately. — Did not like to work. -
Wrote on wooden shovel and boards. - How Abe studied. The books
he read. The "Revised Statute of Indiana.”- Did not read the Bible.
No religious opinions. How he behaved at home. - Touching recital
by Mrs. Lincoln. - Abe's memory. - Mimicks the preachers. — Makes
stump-speeches" in the field. Cruelly maltreated by his father.-
Works out cheerfully. - Universal favorite. — The kind of people he lived
amongst. Mrs. Crawford's reminiscences.
Society about Gentryville.
- His step-mother. His sister. The Johnstons and Hankses. - Abe a
ferryman and farm-servant. - His work and habits. Works for Josiah
Crawford. Mrs. Crawford's account of him. - Crawford's books. -Be-
comes a wit and a poet. — Abe the tallest and strongest man in the settle-
ment. Hunting in the Pigeon Creek region. — His activity. — Love of
talking and reading.- Fond of rustic sports. - Furnishes the literature.
- Would not be slighted. — His satires. Songs and chronicles. — Gen-
tryville as "a centre of business."— Abe and other boys loiter about the
village. Very temperate.-"Clerks" for Col. Jones. - Abe saves a
drunken man's life. - Fond of music. - Marriage of his sister Nancy. -
Extracts from his copy-book. — His Chronicles. — Fight with the Grigs-
bys. - Abe
the big buck of the lick."-"Speaking meetings" at
Gentryville. - Dennis Hanks's account of the way he and Abe became so
learned. - Abe attends a court. - Abe expects to be President. - Going
to mill. — Kicked in the head by a horse. - Mr. Wood. - Piece on tem-
perance. On national politics.-Abe tired of home.

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Abe's return from New Orleans. - Sawing planks for a new house.
milk-sickness. - Removal to Illinois. - Settles near Decatur. - Abe leaves
home. Subsequent removals and death of Thomas Lincoln. Abe's
relations to the family. - Works with John Hanks after leaving home. —
Splitting rails. - Makes a speech on the improvement of the Sangamon
River. Second voyage to New Orleans. - Loading and departure of the
"Sticks" on New Salem dam. Abe's contrivance to get her off.
Model in the Patent Office. - Arrival at New Orleans. - Negroes
chained. Abe touched by the sight. Returns on a steamboat.
Wrestles with Daniel Needham.

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Lincoln appears a second time at New Salem. - Clerks at an election.-
Pilots a boat to Beardstown. - Country store.
first clerk."
"Clary's Grove Boys." —Character of Jack Armstrong. - He and Abe
become intimate friends. - Abe's popularity. - Love of peace. — Habits
of study. — Waylaying strangers for information. - Pilots the steamer
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the Mississippi. - Deceived by his allies. The governor's call for
troops. - Abe enlists - Elected captain. — A speech. — Organization of
the army. Captain Lincoln under arrest. The march. - Captain Lin-

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defeat. Wasting rations. — Hunger. — Mutiny. - March to Dixon. —
Attempt to capture Black Hawk's pirogues. — Lincoln saves the life of an
Indian. Mutiny. - Lincoln's novel method of quelling it. Wrestling.
His magnanimity. - Care of his men. - Dispute with a regular officer.
Reach Dixon.—Move to Fox River. — A stampede. — Captain Lin-
coln's efficiency as an officer. Amusements of the camp.
Lincoln re-enlists as a private. Independent spy company. - Progress

of the war. Capture of Black Hawk. Release. - Death. Grave. -
George W. Harrison's recollections. — Duties of the spy company. -
Company disbanded. - Lincoln's horse stolen. They start home on foot.
- Buy a canoe. Feast on a raft. Sell the boat. - Walk again. —
Arrive at Petersburg. — A sham battle.

The volunteers from Sangamon return shortly before the State election. - Abe
a candidate for the Legislature. — Mode of bringing forward candidates. —
Parties and party names. — State and national politics.—Mr. Lincoln's
position. Old way of conducting elections. Mr. Lincoln's first stump-
speech." A general fight." - Mr. Lincoln's part in it. His dress and
appearance. Speech at Island Grove. His stories. A third speech. —
Agrees with the Whigs in the policy of internal improvements.
own hobby. - Prepares an address to the people. - Mr. Lincoln defeated.
· Received every vote but three cast in his own precinct.

Results of the canvass. —An opening in business. The firm of Lincoln &
Berry. How they sold liquor.— What Mr. Douglas said. — The store a
failure. Berry's bad habits. - The credit system. - Lincoln's debts. —
He
goes to board at the tavern. — Studies law. — Walks to Springfield for
books.-Progress in the law. Does business for his neighbors. Other
studies. Reminiscences of J. Y. Ellis. - Shy of ladies. — His apparel. —
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attempt to speak a funeral discourse. - John Calhoun. - Lincoln studies
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he performed the duties. — Sale of Mr. Lincoln's personal property under
execution. Bought by James Short.-Lincoln's visits. — Old Hannah.
— Ab. Trent.—Mr. Lincoln as a peacemaker. — His great strength. —
The judicial quality. - Acting second in fights. A candidate for the
Legislature. Elected. - Borrows two hundred dollars from Coleman
Smoot. How they got acquainted. — Mr. Lincoln writes a little book on
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James Rutledge. - His family. - Ann Rutledge. — John McNeil. - Is engaged
to Ann. His strange story. The loveliness of Ann's person and char-
acter. Mr. Lincoln courts her. They are engaged to be married. —
Await the return of McNeil.-Ann dies of a broken heart. — Mr.
Lincoln goes crazy. — Cared for by Bowlin Greene. The poem "Im-
mortality." - Mr. Lincoln's melancholy broodings. - Interviews with
Isaac Cogdale after his election to the Presidency. - Mr. Herndon's inter-
view with McNamar. - Ann's grave. - The Concord cemetery.

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her. — What she thought of him. — A misunderstanding. — Letters from
Miss Owens. Mr. Lincoln's letters to her. - Humorous account of the
affair in a letter from Mr. Lincoln to another lady. .

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- Mr. Lincoln a silent member.- Meets Stephen A. Douglas.
Log-rolling. Mr. Lincoln a candidate for re-election. The canvass.—
"The Long Nine." - Speech at Mechanicsburg. — Fight. — Reply to Dr.
Early. Reply to George Forquer. — Trick on Dick Taylor. — Attempts
to create a third party. Mr. Lincoln elected. — Federal and State poli
tics. The Bank of the United States. - Suspension of specie payments.
-Mr. Lincoln wishes to be the De Witt Clinton of Illinois. - The inter-
nal-improvement system. - Capital located at Springfield. Mr. Lin-
coln's conception of the duty of a representative. His part in passing
the "system." -Begins his antislavery record. - Public sentiment against
the Abolitionists. — History of antislavery in Illinois. The Covenanters.
-Struggle to amend the Constitution. - The "black code."-Death
of Elijah P. Lovejoy. Protest against proslavery resolutions. No
sympathy with extremists. — Suspension of specie payments.—Mr. Lin-
coln re-elected in 1838. Candidate for Speaker. - Finances. - Utter
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1840. He introduces a bill. His speech. - Financial expedients.—
Bitterness of feeling. - Democrats seek to hold a quorum. - Mr. Lincoln
jumps out of a window. - Speech by Mr. Lincoln. The alien question.
-The Democrats undertake to "reform " the judiciary. — Mr. Douglas a
leader. Protest of Mr. Lincoln and other Whigs. - Reminiscences of a
colleague. - Dinner to "The Long Nine."-" Abraham Lincoln one of
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First case.
Members of the bar. - Mr. Lincoln's partnership with John
T. Stuart. Population and condition of Springfield. — Lawyers and
politicians. Mr. Lincoln's intense ambition. -Lecture before the
Springfield Lyceum. — His style. — Political discussions run high. -
Joshua F. Speed his most intimate friend. — Scene in Speed's store. —
Debate. - Douglas, Calhoun, Lamborn, and Thomas, against Lincoln,
Logan, Baker, and Browning. - Presidential elector in 1840. Stump-
ing for Harrison. Scene between Lincoln and Douglas in the Court-
House. — A failure. — Redeems himself. — Meets Miss Mary Todd.
She takes Mr. Lincoln captive. She refuses Douglas. - Engaged.
Miss Matilda Edwards. Mr. Lincoln undergoes a change of heart.
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Every thing prepared for the wedding. Mr. Lin-
Insane. Speed takes him to Kentucky. - Lines
on "Suicide."— His gloom. - Return to Springfield. - Secret meetings
with Miss Todd. - Sudden marriage. - Correspondence with Mr. Speed
on delicate subjects. Relics of a great man and a great agony. - Miss
Todd attacks James Shields in certain witty and sarcastic letters. — Mr.
Lincoln's name “given up" as the author. — Challenged by Shields. — A
meeting and an explanation. - Correspondence. Candidate for Con-
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Speaks in Illinois and Indiana. -At Gentryville. - Lincoln, Baker,
Logan, Hardin, aspirants for Congress. Supposed bargain. - Can-
vass for Whig nomination in 1846.- Mr. Lincoln nominated. - Opposed
by Peter Cartwright.—Mr. Lincoln called a deist. — Elected. — Takes
his seat. Distinguished members. - Opposed to the Mexican War. -
The "Spot Resolutions."-Speech of Mr. Lincoln. - Murmurs of disap-
probation. Mr. Lincoln for "Old Rough " in 1848.-Defections at home.
– Mr. Lincoln's campaign. — Speech. — Passage not generally published.
-Letter to his father.-Second session. The "Gott Resolution."-
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of his death. — Judge Davis's address at a bar-meeting. — Judge Drum-
mond's address. Mr. Lincoln's partnership with John T. Stuart.
With Stephen T. Logan.- With William H. Herndon. Mr. Lincoln
"a case-lawyer."- Slow. - Conscientious. Henry McHenry's case.
Circumstantial evidence. A startling case. - - Mr. Lincoln's account of
it. — His first case in the Supreme Court. — Could not defend a bad case.
-Ignorance of technicalities. The Eighth Circuit. Happy on the
circuit. — Style of travelling. — His relations. — Young Johnson indicted.
- Mr. Lincoln's kindness. - Jack Armstrong's son tried for murder.
Mr. Lincoln defends him. - Alleged use of a false almanac. - Prisoner
discharged. - Old Hannah's account of it. Mr. Lincoln's suit against
Illinois Central Railway Company. - McCormick Reaping Machine case.
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Mr. Lincoln not a candidate for re-election. - Judge Logan's defeat. — Mr.
Lincoln an applicant for Commissioner of the Land Office. — Offered the
Governorship of Oregon. - Views concerning the Missouri Compromise
and Compromise of 1850.- Declines to be a candidate for Congress in
1850.- Death of Thomas Lincoln. - Correspondence between Mr. Lin-
coln and John Johnston. — Eulogy on Henry Clay. — In favor of voluntary
emancipation and colonization. Answer to Mr. Douglas's Richmond
speech. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Mr. Lincoln's views
concerning slavery. — Opposed to conferring political privileges upon
negroes. -- Aroused by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. - Anti-
Nebraska party.—Mr. Lincoln the leader. — Mr. Douglas speaks at
Chicago. At Springfield. Mr. Lincoln replies. A great speech. —
Mr. Douglas rejoins. The Abolitionists. Mr. Herndon. - Determined
to make Mr. Lincoln an Abolitionist. They refuse to enter the Know-
Nothing lodges. - The Abolitionists desire to force Mr. Lincoln to take a
stand. He runs away from Springfield. He is requested to "follow
up" Mr. Douglas. - Speech at Peoria. - Extract. Slavery and popular
sovereignty. Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas agree not to speak any
- The election. — Mr. Lincoln announced for the Legislature by
Wm. Jayne. Mrs. Lincoln withdraws his name. Jayne restores it.
- He is elected. A candidate for United-States Senator.- Resigns his
seat. Is censured. — Anti-Nebraska majority in the Legislature. The
balloting.-Danger of Governor Matteson's election. Mr. Lincoln
advises his friends to vote for Judge Trumbull. - Trumbull elected. -
Charges of conspiracy and corrupt bargain. — Mr. Lincoln's denial. — Mr.
Douglas imputes to Mr. Lincoln extreme Abolitionist views. - Mr. Lin-
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