Knob Creek, Kentucky, I:78 seq.
"Know-Nothing" Party, I:418 seq.
Knox College, I:199; Lincoln-Doug-

las debate, 393.

Knox, William, "Oh, why should the
spirit of mortal be proud?" I:307.
Koerner, Gustav, 1:417.
Kyle, Rev. Thomas, I:12.

Labor, Lincoln and, II:367 seq.
Lambert, Col. William H., II:199.
Lamon, Ward Hill, I:49, 50, 114, 202,
444, 466; with Lincoln on journey
to Washington, 475; on the Antie-
tam incident, II:191; on Lincoln at
Gettysburg, 215; at Lincoln's fu-
neral, 364.

Land titles in Kentucky, I:99.
Lane, Miss Harriet, II:40.
Lane, Joseph, I:439.

Latham, George C., I:466.
Lawes, Francis, I:24.

Lea, James Henry, and J. R. Hutch-
inson cited, I:25, 53-54.

Leadership, and military success,
I:165.

Learned, Marion Dexter, I:22, 34.
Lecompton Constitution, I:364 seq.
Lee, John, I:44.

Lee, Richard Henry, opposed slavery,
I:269.

Lee, General Robert E., at Antietam,

II:125; favored enlisting negroes,
148; at Gettysburg, 174 seq.
Leslie's Weekly, II:206, 473.
Levee, of President-elect and Mrs.
Lincoln, I:464.
Levering, Lawson, I:251.
Levering, Mercy. See Conkling, Mrs.
James.

Liberia, emigration to, II:139.
Library of Congress, versions of the
Gettysburg Address, II:209, 449,
486.

Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth pres-
ident of the United States; birth,
I:1-8; childhood in Kentucky, 70-
96; first schools, 84 seq.; riding
horse to plow corn, 87; migration
to Indiana, 112 seq.; death of his
mother, 115 seq.; his stepmother,
115 seq.; school in Indiana, 119;
books he read, 121; the store in
Gentryville, 123; rapid growth,
123-124; youthful traits, 124; de-
scription by Katie Roby, 122;

jokes and crude verses, 126; ferry-
man, 130; first voyage to New
Orleans, 130; reads Statutes of In-
diana, 132; the girl in the covered
wagon, 133; description of young
Lincoln by Dennis Hanks, 134;
riding to mill, 134; called lazy, 136;
what Indiana did for him, 137;
removal to Illinois, 138; the cabin
near Decatur, 142; splitting rails,
143; political speech, 143; "winter
of the deep snow," 143; meeting
with Denton Offutt, 144; second
voyage to New Orleans, 145 seq.;
what made Lincoln a Whig, 150;
at New Salem, 160 seq.; clerk at
election, 162; pilot on the Talisman,
165; candidate for Legislature, 171;
Black Hawk War, 172 seq.; stud-
ied grammar and surveying, 187;
merchant and postmaster, 188;
member of the Legislature, 190; one
of the "Long Nine," 202; loved
Ann Rutledge, 211; courted Mary
Owens, 223; removal to Spring-
field, 230; wooed and married
Mary Todd, 243 seq.; elected to
Congress, 278; at River and Har-
bor Convention, 279; in Washing-
ton, 280 seq.; first visit to New
England, 289 seq.; sought appoint-
ment to Land Office, 293; home
life in Springfield, 319 seq.; atti-
tude toward slavery, 328; life on
circuit, 300 seq.; return to political
life, 339; candidate for Senate in
1854, 345; joins Republican Party,
356; candidate for Senate in 1858,
364; debates with Stephen A.
Douglas, 388 seq.; candidate for
president, 404 seq.; Cooper Union
address, 408; second New England
visit, 409; bought a newspaper,
416; nominated at Chicago for
presidency, 425; elected, 445; re-
ception in Chicago, 447; visit to
his stepmother, 447; farewell to
his old neighbors, 465; journey to
Washington, 466-477; preparation
of his inaugural address, II:1; ef-
fect of his journey to Washington,
4; experience with office-seekers,
6; persuades Seward to recall his
declination of secretaryship of
state, 7; accepts proposed amend-
ment to Constitution, 9; his inau-

guration, II seq.; at the ball, 17
seq.; his Cabinet, 19 seq.; his life
in the White House, 40 seq.; his
sickness with varioloid, 51; his at-
titude toward secession, 54 seq.;
his negotiations for peace, 60 seg.:
his first Cabinet meeting, 63; his
question regarding Fort Sumter,
64; attempt to avert bloodshed, 65;
relations with Congress, 77 seq.;
change of emphasis from slavery
to saving the Union, 81; relations
with the Committee on Conduct of
War, 84; relations with McClellan,
88 seq.; accepts resignation of
Cameron and appoints Stanton to
succeed him, 96; ignored McClel-
lan's incivility, 95, 103; relations
with Stanton, 107 seq.; his decision
in the Trent affair, 117; opposed
his Cabinet in reappointment of
McClellan, 126; his emancipation
policy, 128 seq.; delayed signing
bill to abolish slavery in District of
Columbia, 132; his border-state
policy, 132; on compensated eman-
cipation, 134; letter to Hodges,
136; first proposal of emancipa-
tion, 137; attempts at colonization,
138; letter to Greeley concerning
slavery and the Union, 140; meet-
ing with Chicago ministers, 142;
the signing of the emancipation
proclamation, 143 seq.; on employ-
ment of negro troops, 148; the
Cabinet crisis of December, 1862,
150 seq.; election of 1862, 152; lost
the support of Congress, 154; his
distress after Fredericksburg, 156:
his refusal to dismiss his Cabinet,
158; his promise to God and his
feeling that God had forsaken him,
159; his emergence as leader, 160;
his search for a general, 162; his
reading of Stedman's poem, 167;
his removal of McClellan, 169; his
letter to Hooker, 171; his appoint-
ment of Meade to succeed Hooker,
172; his Gettysburg speech, 185
seq.; his visit to Antietam and the
false story about it, 190 seq.; his
disappointment that Meade did not
pursue Lee after Gettysburg, 228;
his letter to Grant, 229; appoint-
ment of Grant lieutenant-general,
233; his substitute, 241; his letter

to Conkling, 243; his use and abuse
of the pardoning power, 248 seq.;
the sleeping sentinel, 250 seq.; let-
ter concerning condemned slave-
trader, 263; his amnesty proclama-
tion, 264; his stern attitude toward
professional agitators, 266; his let-
ter concerning Lewis Welton, 268;
his mislaying of papers in the case
of a guerrilla, 269; on Knights of
the Golden Circle, 271; on arbi-
trary arrests, 273; on Vallandig-
ham, 277; relations with abolition-
ists and Copperheads, 280; cam-
paign of 1865, 282 seq.; on Chase
as an opponent, 282; on the Pom-
eroy circular, 283; on Frémont,
285; campaign vilification, 288
seq.; on reconstruction, 291; on the
Wade-Davis Manifesto, 291; on
Horace Greeley's peace proposals,
294; on reception of the Hodges
letter, 299; on Greeley's letter,
299; letter to Buffalo meeting, 299;
his activity in the campaign, 301;
how he received news of his re-
election, 303; his pledge in case of
the election of McClellan, 305; his
proposal to Governor Seymour,
305; his message to Congress in
1864, 306; his second inaugural,
309 seq.; changes in his Cabinet,
309 seq.; resignation of Secretary
Chase, 310 seq.; appointment of
Chase as chief justice, 312; on
Confederate prisoners as Union
soldiers, 313; his concern
emancipation end with the war,
319; his interest in the Thirteenth
Amendment, 322; on the admission
of West Virginia, 328; of Nevada,
329; the Hampton Roads Confer-
ence, 333; letter to General Sher-
man, 336; at City Point, 336; in
Richmond, 337; his last Cabinet
meeting, 338; his friendly attitude
toward the South, 338-339; his
dreams, 339; his last writing, 340;
at Ford's Theater, 341; assassina-
tion, 342; death, 348; no in-
quest, 349; funeral, 356 seq.; the
return journey to Springfield, 362
seq.; burial, 364 seq.; Walt Whit-
man's poem, 365; his attitude
toward labor, 367 seq.; as an ora-
tor, 379 seq.; his humor, 390; his

lest

domestic relations, 409 seq.; his
last drive with Mrs. Lincoln, 415;
his personality, 423; his appearance,
424; his mind, 428; his supersti-
tions, 436; his moods, 436; his
business ability, 441; his honesty,
442; his moral character, 444; his
consistent inconsistency, 445; his
attitude toward intoxicants, 449
seq.; his lack of sensitiveness to
small discomforts, 453; the high
quality of his leadership, 455; un-
known elements in his personality,
456; his religion, 459 seq.; his
creed, 463; his Americanism, 464.
Lincoln, Abraham, of Taunton, Mas-
sachusetts, I:22.

28;

Lincoln, Captain Abraham, grandfa-
ther of the president. Birth, I:26;
marriage to Bathsheba Herring,
27; removal to Kentucky,
killed by Indian, 30; family, 35;
place of burial, 33.
Lincoln, Abraham, son of Mordecai,
I:36.

Lincoln, Bathsheba (Herring), wife
of Captain Abraham Lincoln and
grandmother of the president. May
have been present at marriage of
Thomas, I:20; her own marriage,
27; her widowhood and subscrip-
tion of a gun to fight Indians, 33;
resident in Washington County,
34; home on tributary of Beech
Fork, 35; final residence with her
daughter on Mill Creek, 35; Cap-
tain Abraham Lincoln's only wife,
33-35.

Lincoln, Catherine or "Caty" Barlow,
wife of Josiah, I:36.
Lincoln, Charles Z., I:22.
Lincoln Circuit in Illinois, I:496.
Lincoln, county in England, I:24.
Lincoln, Daniel, I:24.

Lincoln, derivation of the name, I:24.
Lincoln, Edward, of Hingham, Eng-
land, I:24.

Lincoln, Edward Baker, son of Ab-
raham and Mary, I:326.
Lincoln, Elizabeth, daughter of Mor-
decai, I:36.

Lincoln family in America, a Massa-
chusetts family, 1:21; variant
spellings, 23; migration through
New Jersey and Pennsylvania to
south and west, 24 seq.

Lincoln family in Illinois, descend-
ants of Mordecai, II:434.
Lincoln, forms of the name, I:21 seq.
Lincoln, Hannah, wife of Mordecai,
I:26.

Lincoln, Hannaniah, I:27.
Lincoln, Isaac, uncle of the pres-
ident, I:10.

Lincoln, Jacob, son of Josiah, I:36.
Lincoln, James, son of Mordecai,
I:36.

Lincoln, James Minor, I:22, 23.
Lincoln, John, ("Virginia John”),
I:26.

Lincoln, Josiah, uncle of the pres-
ident, not unjust to his brother
Thomas, I:11; birth, marriage and
family, 36; present at murder of
his father, 20.

Lincoln, Martha, daughter of Mor-
decai, I:36.

Lincoln, Martha, wife of Samuel,
I:25.

Lincoln, Mary, wife of Ralph Crume.
See Crume, Mary.

Lincoln, Mary Mudd, wife of Mor-
decai, I:35.

Lincoln, Mary Shipley, did not exist,
I:27, 34.

Lincoln, Mrs. Mary Todd, a Spring-

field belle, I:246 seq.; education,
249; rides on a dray, 254; her ap-
pearance in Springfield society,
255 seq.; engagement and quarrel,
258 seq.; marriage to Abraham
Lincoln, 264; in Washington in
1848, 288; opposed her husband's
going to Oregon, 297; as a house-
keeper, 321; her characteristics,
409 seq.; her insanity, II:419; her
return from abroad, 420; her death,

420.

Lincoln, Mordecai (1657-1727), of
Scituate, Mass., I:25.

Lincoln, Mordecai, (1686-1736), of
Freehold, N. J., I:25-26.

Lincoln, Mordecai, uncle of the pres-
ident, not guilty of robbing his
brother Thomas, I:11; marriage
and family, 35-36; kills the Indian
who murdered his father, 30.
Lincoln, Nancy. See Brumfield,
Nancy Lincoln.

Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, mother of
the president. Birth of her son,
I:5-8; appearance, 14; birth and

early life, 63-66; marriage, 66 seq.;
in her home, 70; attire, 89; domes-
tic duties, 90; last illness and
death, 115-116; her grave and those
of her relations, 116; her funeral,
117.

Lincoln, Rebecca (Flowers) Morris,
wife of John, I:26.

Lincoln, Robert, second cousin of the
president, II:434.

Lincoln, Robert Todd, letter from
John Hay, 1:52; birth, 326; at Ex-
eter Academy, visited by his fa-
ther, 409; at Harvard, II:42;
warned to keep out of politics, 49;
at death of his father, 348; birth,
437.

Lincoln, Samuel, of Hingham, Mas-
sachusetts, I:24, 25.

Lincoln, Sarah, wife of Aaron Grigs-
by, I:74, 80, 87, 89, 128.
Lincoln, Sarah Bush (Johnston).

Second wife of Thomas Lincoln.
Marriage to Thomas, I:117; her
transformation of the Lincoln
home, 118; appearance, 118; affec-
tion for Abraham Lincoln, 119;
church membership, 127; farewell
visit of her stepson, Abraham Lin-
coln, 447.

Lincoln, Sarah (Jones) wife of Mor-
decai, 1:25.

Lincoln, Thomas, father of the pres-
ident, at birth of his son, I:7; his
youth and early manhood, 9-13;
marriage to Nancy Hanks, 66 seq.;
his farms in Kentucky, 73 seq.; a
judge of horses, 88; migration to
Indiana, 112 seq.; second marriage,
117; church membership, 127; re-
moval to Macon County, Illinois,
138; to Coles County, 152; death,
447.

Lincoln, Thomas, great-uncle of the
president, testimony concerning the
name, Abraham Lincoln, I:8.
Lincoln, Thomas, infant brother of
Abraham, I:105.

Lincoln, Thomas, of Milltown, In-
diana, I:36.

Lincoln, Thomas or "Tad," son of
Abraham and Mary, I:326.
Lincoln, Waldo, I:25, 34, 52, 60.
Lincoln, William Wallace, son of
Abraham and Mary, I:326.
Lincoln-Douglas Campaign, list of

speaking dates of both candidates,
I:500.

Lindsey, George, I:92.
Littlejohn, A. N. II:221.
Little Mount Church, I:105.
Little Pigeon Church, I:127.
Little Zion Association of Baptist
Churches, 1:129.

Loba, Rev. Jean F., II:303.
Locke, David R., II:405.
Lockwood, Hon. Samuel D., on the
impracticability of cook stoves,
I:263.

"Locofoco Democrats," I:202.
Logan, Stephen T., I:194; his voice,
282; II:384; candidate for Con-
gress, 1:293; partnership with Lin-
coln, 300; became Republican, 418;
at Lincoln's funeral, II:364.
Longfellow, Henry W., I1:448.
"Long Nine," I:205; denounced by
Governor Ford, 210; removed capi-
tal to Springfield, 232.

Long Run Baptist Church, I:28 seq.,
33.

Long Run, Ky., I:29 seq.
Longstreet, believed Lee blundered at
Gettysburg, II:183.

"Lost Speech" of Lincoln at Bloom-
ington in 1856, 1:357 seq.
Louisiana Purchase and slave terri-
tory, 1:327.

Lovejoy, Rev. Elijah P., killed by
mob at Alton, I:208, 270, 289.
Lovejoy, Owen, 1:331, 357; II:82,
118, 133.

Lowden, Hon. Frank O., I:311.
Lowell, James Russell, and Biglow
Papers, 1:288, 445; II:377, 455.
Lunt, George, I:298.

Lynn, Rev. Benjamin, I:73.
Lystra, an abandoned Utopia, 1:192.

Macmillan's Magazine II:222.
MacVeagh, Hon. Wayne, II:196.
Madison, Dolly, (Mrs. James),
II:409.

Mahan, John, I:59.

Manassas, battle of. See Bull Run.
Marble, Manton, II:286.

Markens, Isaac, II:200, 223.

Marriage bonds in the Virginia and
Kentucky law, 1:18.

Marshall, John H., I:433.
Marshall, Samuel, Lincoln's letter to,
I:265.

Martin, J. M., Defense of Lincoln's
Mother, I:16.

Mason, James, II:115 seq.
Matheney, James H., I:347.

Matheny, N. W., issued Lincoln's
marriage license, I:265.
Mather, Otis M., I:104.
Mathews, T. L., I:313.

Matson slave trial, I:335.
Matteson, Joel A., I:346.
McAfee, General Robert, I:481.
McClellan, General George B., vice-
president of Illinois Central Rail-
road, 1:308; II:88; appointed_by
Lincoln to command Army of Po-
tomac, 88 seq.; treatment of Gen-
eral Scott, 92; succeeds General
Scott, 94; in command after defeat
of Pope, 102; concern for the
family silver, 103; left Pope "to get
out of his own scrape," 104; Lin-
coln's disapproval, 105; battle of
Antietam, 126; Lincoln's patience
with, 253; his final removal from
command, 169; candidate for pres-
idency, 287 seq.; Lincoln's pledge
in case of election, 305.
McClernand, John A., I:280.
McClintock, John, II:221.
McClure, Alexander H., II:391.
McCormick, Andrew, I:205.

McCormick, Cyrus, and the reaper,
I:267.

McGinty, Ann, I:67.

McGready, Rev. James, 1:157 seq.
McGreggor, Thomas B., I:127.
McIlvaine, A. R., I:283.

McIlvaine, Miss Caroline, I:143.
McIntire, Roswell, II:254.
McIntire, Thomas, I:73.
McKendree College, I:198.
McNamar, John, did not vote at New
Salem, I:161-163; may have as-
sisted Lincoln in first circular of
candidacy. 170; a successful mer-
chant, 183-185; departure from
New Salem, 190; return to New
Salem, 213; his marriages, 219;
purchaser and occupant of the
Rutledge farm, 219; Herndon's in-
formant as to Ann Rutledge, 219;
evicted Ann Rutledge's mother,
221 death, 218; an honest and
economical man, 220.
McNamar, John, Sr., I:213.
McNeeley, Thomas W., I:168.

119 seq.

Merriman, Dr. E. H., and his poem,
I:252.

Merryman, John, II:274.

Merwin, Rev. James B., II:450.
Methodist Church and slavery, I:103.
Methodists, the Lincolns not, I:16.
Metzker, James Preston, I:310.
Mexican War, opposed by Lincoln,
I:284.

Middleton, Thomas, I:92.

Midwife, or "granny-woman," I:7.
Mike's Run, West Virginia, I:41.
Mike's Run, West Virginia, birth-
place of Nancy Hanks, I:64.
"Milk-sick," I:114, 138.

Mill Creek farm of Thomas Lincoln,
I:75.

Mill, John Stuart, II:117.
Mill Springs, Il:123.
Miller, Mary Ann.

Mary Ann (Miller).

See Rutledge,

Miller, Nancy. See Cameron, Nancy
(Miller).

Milton, Charles, I:76.

Ministers and slavery, I:102.

Minnesota, Union ship sunk by
Merrimac, II:119.

Minor, Rev. N. W., II:364.

Missouri Compromise, I:271; repeal
of, 329.

Missouri Democrat, I:436.
Missouri Harmony, I:196.
Mitchell, Rev. O. J., commissioner of
emigration, II:138.

Mitchell, Robert, 1:54.
Monitor, and Merrimac, II:119 seq.
Moody, Dwight L., I:85.
Morgan, Governor E. D., I:471.
Morris, Rebecca. See Lincoln, Rebec-
ca (Flowers) Morris.

Morse's Life of Lincoln, II:203.
Morse, Prof. S. F. B., II:288.
Morton, Governor Oliver, II:272.
Mudd, Luke, I:35.

Mudd, Mary. See Lincoln, Mary Mudd.