ANCESTRY

EARLY YEARS..

LIFE IN INDIANA...

A CITIZEN OF ILLINOIS..

LIFE AT NEW SALEM...

IN PUBLIC LIFE...

RIDING THE CIRCUIT.

CONTENTS.

SEVEN YEARS OF ACTIVE LIFE.

KANSAS-NEBRASKA STRUGGLE.

THE ELECTION, 1860..

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER IX.

BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SLAVERY..

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Learning Arithmetic Under Difficulties..... 33

Sarah Bush Lincoln. (From a photograph

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in possession of Mrs. Harriet Chapman,

Charleston, Ill.). . . . .

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5 Site of Jones's Store at Gentryville, Ind.

(From a photograph taken by the author,

1890)....

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Abraham Lincoln.

(From his first photo-

graph, taken in Chicago in 1857). Frontispiece.

Norwich Cathedral..

Public Square, Norwich...

The Meadows of Norfolk..

Hingham Meeting-house..

Freehold Meeting-house..

Daniel Boone......

Captured by the Indians.

The Site of Bryant's Fort...

Defending the Fort......

The Spot once occupied by the Cabin in

which Abraham Lincoln was Born. (From

a photograph taken by the author, 1890) 18

A Dutch-oven. (From a photograph taken

by the author, Nolin's Creek, Ky., October,

1891)......

The Listening Boy Hears the Wonderful

Story...

Little Mound Meeting-house, Hodgensville,

Ky. (From a photograph taken by the au-

thor, October, 1891)

Sangamon River near New Salem. (From

a photograph taken by the author in 1890) 55

"He stood in the auction-room where they

were sold".

Site of Thomas Lincoln's Home on Knob
Creek. (From a photograph taken by the
author, October, 1891)..

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A Creole Home in New Orleans..

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The Lincoln Home, Farmington, Ill. (From

a photograph taken in 1890)..

Rutledge's Mill. (From a photograph by C. S.

McCullough, Petersburg, Ill.).........

Oak-trees Standing near the Site of Berry &

Lincoln's Store. (From a photograph by

Points of Interest in the Early Life of Abra-

ham Lincoln......

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Junction of Salt River with the Ohio, where

Thomas Lincoln's Boat was Capsized.

(From a photograph taken by the author,

1890)....

C. S. McCullough, Petersburg, Ill.).. . .

William G. Green, Octobef, 1890...

George D. Prentice...

Grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Pigeon

Creek, Ind. (From a photograph taken Grave of Ann Rutledge. (From a photograph

by the author, October, 1890)......

by C. S. McCullough, Petersburg, Ill.)..... 86

Site of Thomas Lincoln's Indiana Home.... 31 William Lloyd Garrison...

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9 Dennis Hanks. (From a photograph taken

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in 1889)....

Two Shining Half-dollars.

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Places in Illinois Frequented by Abraham

Lincoln.......

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Planter's Home.....

Homes of the Slaves..

Flat-boats...

Making a Camp for the Night..

"I cannot bear to see even a puppy in dis-

tress"....

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Presbyterian Church, Springfield......

Edward Dickinson Baker..

Court-house, Petersburg.

(From a photo-

graph taken by the author, 1890)....... 104

William Henry Harrison...

109

Lucy Gilman Speed. (From a painting by

Bush, in possession of the family).............. 113

Seeing Slavery at its Best...

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Negro Cabins on a Kentucky Plantation... 119

General James Shields. (From a photo-

John G. Whittier...

John Brown..

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graph taken in 1861)..

Martin Van Buren...

Globe Tavern. (From a photograph)...... 124

Henry Clay...

126

John Quincy Adams. (From a painting by

G. P. A. Healy, in the Corcoran Gallery,

Washington)...

Lewis Cass...

Oliver Wendell Holmes..

Mr. Lincoln's Home. (From a photograph

taken by the author in 1890)...

Franklin Pierce...

Representatives' Chamber..

Norman B. Judd.....

John Charles Fremont.

Roger B. Taney.

James Buchanan.

Horace Greeley......

Abraham Lincoln's Inkstand..

Leonard Swett...

Harper's Ferry.

William Cullen Bryant..

Elihu B. Washburne..

Democratic Convention, 1860..

Benjamin F. Butler...

Seceders' Convention, St. Andrew's Hall.

Richard Oglesby.

David Davis....

Edward Bates..

Republican Wigwam, Chicago, 1860.

Thurlow Weed...

William H. Seward.

Hannibal Hamlin..

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97 Desk upon which President Lincoln wrote

100 his first Inaugural...

Lincoln & Herndon's Office in the Third

Building from the Corner. (From a pho-

tograph taken by the author in October,

1890).....

Mrs. Lincoln, 1861. (From a photograph

in possession of the author).............

William D. Kelley.

The State-house, Springfield, Ill., 1860...

Wide Awakes..

Fac-simile of Lincoln's Letter to Grace

Bedell.......

Buchanan's Cabinet..

The Chapman House, Charleston, Ill. (From

a photograph taken by the author in Oc-

tober, 1890)...

Jefferson Davis..

Railroad Station, Springfield..

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138

John Pope.....

David Hunter..

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Edwin V. Sumner..

141 Inauguration of President Lincoln...

143 Salmon P. Chase.....

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Raising the Flag over Independence Hall.. 228

Andrew G. Curtin...

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144 Montgomery Blair...

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146 Henry Wilson..

149 Gideon Welles...

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152 Robert E. Lee.

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154 John A. Andrew..

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155 Administering the Oath to Citizen Soldiers. 253

159 Reverdy Johnson..

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164 Thomas H. Hicks..

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165 Marshall House..

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174 Douglas Monument..

176 George B. McClellan...

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177 Last Meeting between General Scott, the

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Cabinet, and President.....

187 Ulysses S. Grant.....

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A Contraband Coming into Camp...

Henry W. Halleck...

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191 Edwin M. Stanton..

193 Francis Vinton...

194 General Wadsworth..

195 Hampton Roads....

197 William A. Buckingham, War Governor of

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Connecticut.....

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Edwin D. Morgan, War Governor of New

199 York...

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200 William Dennison, War Governor of Ohio.. 329

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War Meeting in Washington...
336
Charles F. Browne ("Artemus Ward").... 343
President Lincoln at McClellan's Head-

quarters.....

Ambrose E. Burnside..

Charles Sumner...

Henry J. Raymond..
Joseph Hooker.
Benjamin F. Wade.
Owen Lovejoy..

John Brough..
Edward Everett..
Gettysburg Monument.

Thaddeus Stevens...

President Lincoln and Cabinet Receiving the
Cannon Captured by Sheridan.......
Passage of the Amendment to the Constitu-
tion Prohibiting Slavery..

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352 Alexander H. Stephens...

357 R. M. T. Hunter

360 General Grant's Headquarters.....

364 Key of the Richmond Slave Prison. (In possession of the author).......

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371 Military Railroad, City Point..

384 Parke Station ......

387 President Lincoln in Richmond..

389 Confederate Presidential Mansion..

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General Grant Receiving His Commission.. 397

Sunday Afternoon...

Andrew Johnson...

Clement L. Vallandigham..

William P. Fessenden

Zachariah Chandler
Reuben E. Fenton....
Horatio Seymour..
George H. Pendleton
Philip Sheridan .....
David R. Locke ("Petroleum V. Nasby").. 451

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Soldiers Voting...
Oliver P. Morton....

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House in which Abraham Lincoln Died.... 516
John Wilkes Booth. (From a photograph
taken in 1864)....

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414 Mrs. Surratt's House. (From a photograph
417 taken in 1865)....

419 Diagram of the Box Occupied by President
Lincoln....

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433 Ford's Theatre, as Draped After the Presi440 dent's Death. (From a photograph taken at the time).....

Monument to Abraham Lincoln, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. (From a photograph taken by the author in 1890)..... 529 462 Statue by St. Gaudens, Lincoln Park, Chicago 533

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