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. -Works for Mr.
Knowledge of astronomy and geography. Goes to New
Counterfeit money. Fight with negroes. - Scar on his face.
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Abe's return from New Orleans.-Sawing planks for a new house. - The
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
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chained. Abe touched by the sight. Returns on a steamboat.
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Lincoln appears a second time at New Salem. - Clerks at an election.
Pilots a boat to Beardstown. - Country store. - Abe as "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
"Talisman" up and down the Sangamon.

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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-
coln's company declines to form. - Lincoln under arrest. - Stillman's
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. Captain
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.
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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. - His
own hobby. - Prepares an address to the people. — Mr. Lincoln defeated.
-Received every vote but three cast in his own precinct.
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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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company. Retires to the country. -Bowlin Greene. Mr. Lincoln's
attempt to speak a funeral discourse. - John Calhoun. - Lincoln studies
surveying. Gets employment. - Lincoln appointed postmaster. - How
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
infidelity. It is burnt by Samuel Hill.

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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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Bennett Able and family. - Mary Owens. - Mr. Lincoln falls in love with
her. What she thought of him. - A misunderstanding. - Letters from
Miss Owens. Mr. Lincoln's letters to her. Humorous account of the
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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.
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sympathy with extremists. — Suspension of specie payments.—Mr. Lin-
coln re-elected in 1838. — Candidate for Speaker. — Finances. — Utter
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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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Capital removed to Springfield. — Mr. Lincoln settles there to practise law.
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.
Mr. Lincoln reveals to Mary the state of his mind. She releases him.
- A reconciliation. - Every thing prepared for the wedding. - Mr. Lin-
coln fails to appear. 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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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. — Ile runs away from Springfield. — He is requested to "follow
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up" Mr. Douglas. - Speech at Peoria.
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.
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