PAGE. PART FIFTH. SPEECHES. Speech delivered at the Republican State Convention, at Springfield, June 17, 1858.. .153 in Reply to Mr. Douglas, at Chicago, July 10, 1858. 161 แ at Springfield, July 17, 1858. .180 at Galesburgh, October 7, 1858. ..198 at Quincy, October 13, 1858.. ..217 in Reply to Mr. Douglas, at Alton, October 15, 1858. .230 .253 at the Cooper Institute, New-York, February 27, 1860.. .306 ..326 ..336 Sketch of the life of Hon. HANNIBAL HAMLIN, Republican Candidate for Vice-President.... Letters of Acceptance.. ...349 355 LIFE AND SPEECHES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. PART FIRST. EARLY HISTORY. ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born February 12, 1809, then in Hardin, now in the recently formed county of Larue, Kentucky. His father, Thomas, and grandfather, Abraham, were born in Rockingham county, Virginia, whither their ancestors had come from Berks county, Pennsylvania. His lineage has been traced no farther back than this. The family were originally quakers, though in later times they have fallen away from the peculiar habits of that people. The grandfather, Abraham, had four brothers; Isaac, Jacob, John, and Thomas. So far as known, the descendants of Jacob and John are still in Virginia. Isaac went to a place near where Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, join, and his descendants are in that region. Thomas came to Kentucky, and, after many years, died there, whence his descendants went to Missouri. |