Broadwell, Norman, 392–93
Bromwell, Henry P.H., 428, 517, 555
Brooks, E.G., 647
Brooks, Noah, 38, 427, 434, 598–99, 669
Brooks, Preston, 372, 418, 674–75
Bross, William, 502, 600
Brown, Albert Gallatin, 505
Brown, Alfred M., 12
Brown, Christopher Columbus, 199
Brown, George T., 398, 412, 416, 430, 455
editorials by, 418
Brown, J. Henry, 658–59
Brown, James, 543, 551
Brown, John, 367, 574–76, 586, 589, 631, 632, 705
fate of, 594, 651
references to, 655
Brown, John Howe, 657
Brown, Joseph E., 705
Brown, Reuben, 49
Browne, Thomas C., 195
Browning, Eliza, 169, 173
Browning, Orville H., 94, 120–21, 169, 179, 182–83, 223, 253, 303, 609, 624, 658
as AL’s friend, 421, 436, 580, 599–600, 653, 754
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 611, 618, 643
lawsuit by, 338
on MTL, 176, 197–98
Browning, Robert, 567
Browning vs. the City of Springfield, 338
Brumfield, Nancy Lincoln (aunt), 3, 13
Brumfield, William, 3
Bryant, Anthony, 250
Bryant, Jane, 250–52
Bryant, John H., 405
Bryant, William Cullen, 67, 128, 404, 583–84, 587, 606, 733, 734
on cabinet appointments, 731, 737
as editor, 627, 650, 675
Elegant Extracts, or Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations, 255
Thanatopsis, 255
Buchanan, James, 421, 425–26, 480, 729
administration of, 275, 423, 430, 431, 450, 454, 457–58, 464–65, 468, 480, 492, 494, 504, 507, 508, 530, 535, 538, 542, 552, 561, 666–67, 678, 680, 694, 711, 713, 729, 740, 742, 745, 754–55, 758
corruption of, 604, 612, 681, 682
Douglas, S.A., campaign against, 445–56
elections of, 433–34, 459–60
national support for, 455
opponents of, 445, 449, 458
response to secession, 707–8
supporters, 428, 429
U.S. Supreme Court and, 464–65
Buckmaster, Samuel, 192
Buffalo (New York) Commercial Advertiser, 642
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, 65
Bunn, John W., 229, 230, 253, 333, 377
Bunyan, John, Pilgrim’s Progress, 36
Burba, E.R., 21
Burleigh, William H., 638
Burlingame, Anson, 280, 446–48, 455, 458, 597, 625, 670
Burlington (Iowa) State Gazette, 545
Burlington (Vermont) Free Press, 465
Burner, Daniel Green, 76, 97
Burner, David, 65
Burner, Isaac, 76, 87
Burns, Robert, 64, 210, 333, 353
The Cotter’s Saturday Night, 65
Holy Willie’s Prayer, 84
Busey, S.H., 347–48
Butler, Elizabeth Rickard, 182, 187, 197
Butler, William, 49, 98, 120, 176, 232, 295, 300
as AL’s friend, 130–31, 145–46, 192
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 607
Butterfield, Justin, 137–38, 296
General Land Office commission and, 296–307
Byron, Lord, 64, 245–46, 391
Lara, 158
Cabanis, Charles P., 53
Cabot, Eliza, 348
Cain, Lemach, 443
Calhoun, John, 78–79, 106–7, 108, 109, 122, 144, 146, 149, 237, 266, 273, 636
AL’s debates with, 225–26, 375–76
attacks on, 235–36, 370
on land speculation, 116–17
political campaigns of, 136–37, 139
Calhoun, John C., 258
Calvinism, 40, 84. See also Christian religion and doctrines
Cameron, Simon, 356, 572, 579, 581, 593, 607, 609, 610, 643, 648, 662–63, 719, 722, 726, 739, 743
candidacy of, 572, 595–96, 613–17, 619, 622, 625
as potential cabinet member, 726–37, 755; 726–27
and telegram, 671
Campbell, Alexander, 216, 553
Campbell, David B., 236–37, 330
Campbell, William B., 693
Camron, John M., 76, 83, 97, 98
Canisius, Theodore, 563–64
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602
Cantrall, Charles, 313
Capen, Charles L., 436
Capps, Ebenezer, 115
Capps, Elizabeth, 128, 211, 220
Carey, Henry C., 731
Carlin, Thomas, 146–47, 162, 163
Carman, Caleb, 53, 57, 76, 168
Carpenter, William, 109, 110
Carr, Clark E., 53, 427
Cartter, David K., 624, 673
Cartwright, Peter, 49, 75, 102, 386, 560
political campaign of 1846, 235–40
Casey, Joseph, 615, 616–17, 662, 726
Cass, Lewis, 69, 70–71, 275, 281, 282, 378, 386
on debates, 512, 521
political campaigns of, 277–79, 283, 284, 444
on slavery, 505
waffling of, 278–79
Casseday, George W., 314
Catholics, 5–6, 18, 126, 226–27, 604. See also Christian religion and doctrines
Caton, John Dean, 91–92, 328
Cavarly, Alfred W., 92, 226
Central Illinois Gazette (Champaign), 556, 570
Chambers, William M., 517–18
Chancey vs. Jackson, 355
Chandler, Charles, 80
Chandler, William E., 617
Chandler, Zachariah, 464, 684, 696, 744
Channing, William Ellery, 367
Chapman, Augustus H., 10, 28, 757
Chapman, Harriet Hanks, 201, 204, 207
Chapman, Maria, 525
Charleston (South Carolina) Manifesto, 715
Charleston, Illinois: AL debates Douglas at, 516–25
Chase, Salmon P., 253, 290, 368, 564, 572, 581, 582, 602, 634, 643, 683, 711, 722, 724, 732–33, 735–36, 743
AL and, 537–38, 541, 558–59, 569–70, 642
cabinet post for, 719–20, 728, 737–39
candidacy of, 592–93, 595–96, 597, 619, 622–24
nomination of, 421
Chesnut, James, 691–92
Chester County Times (West Chester, Pennsylvania), 573
Chicago (Illinois) Congregational Herald, 472
Chicago (Illinois) Democrat, 399, 402, 423, 556, 578
Chicago (Illinois) Herald, 365–66, 664
Chicago (Illinois) Journal, 270, 302, 387, 391, 474
on Douglas, S.A., 491
editorials, 458, 472
Chicago (Illinois) Press and Tribune, 393, 448, 467–69
articles, 448, 451, 473, 484, 570, 573, 578
on debates, 489–90, 495, 497–502, 514, 522–23, 544, 552–54, 571
editorials, 458, 472, 483, 565, 580–81, 648, 673, 675, 703
letters to, 456
Chicago (Illinois) Staats-Zeitung, 413
Chicago (Illinois) The Free West, 393
Chicago (Illinois) Times, 365, 369, 384, 402, 439, 442, 452, 466–67, 472, 474
on African Americans, 489
articles, 632
on debates, 494, 497–501, 533, 535, 537, 543
editorials, 483–85
Chicago Convention (1860): AL’s victory at, 619–26, 628, 633
Indiana delegates at, 608–11
Pennsylvania and New England delegates at, 611–19
platform of, 611–13
Seward at, 601–8
Chicago River and Harbor Convention, 420
Child, David Lee, 638
Child, Lydia Maria, 604, 634
Chiniquy, Charles, 314
Choate, Rufus, 411
Christian religion
and doctrines, 23, 84–85
bible, exclusion of, 228
bible societies, 57
Jesus, 39, 463, 471
Lincoln, T., on, 19–20
practices of, 57–58. See also specific religions and doctrines
AL, 19–20, 239
Bible, 19–20, 26, 36, 38–41, 83, 187, 443
Book of Proverbs, 38
on Christianity, 19–20, 239
doctrine of damnation, 84
Genesis, 38
lack of faith, 83–84
mimicking ignorant preachers, 40–41
New Testament, 38
offended by Calvinism, 84
Old Testament, 38, 443
Psalms, 38
sermons, 40
skepticism about Christianity, 83–85
spiritualism, 5
unorthodox views, 85
views on atheism, 238–39
views on Scriptures, 239
Cincinnati (Ohio) Commercial, 479, 508, 533, 554, 567, 685, 703
editorials, 627
Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer, 565, 568
Cincinnati (Ohio) Gazette, 505, 555–56
Clark, Thomas D., 17
Clarke, Charles James Fox, 58
Clarke, James Freeman, 368
Clarkson, James A., 530
Clary, Bill, 61–62
Clary’s Grove Boys, 58, 75, 92
Black Hawk War, 67
supported AL, 62
wrestling challenge, 58, 61–62
Clay, Cassius M., 285, 526, 583, 587, 622, 700
AL and, 643
candidacy of, 623, 625
on debates, 541, 571
Clay, Clement C., 505
Clay, Henry, 30, 73, 76, 92, 107, 176, 215, 271, 273, 274, 409, 456, 538, 542, 543, 568, 573, 587, 649, 650, 720, 756
admiration for, 73, 457, 481, 540, 572
authority of, 493
betrayal of, 666
biography of, 36
as candidate for Congress, 59, 75
character type of, 639
cognomen of, 599
death of, 224, 357, 370
language of, 502
presidential candidacy of, 148–61, 224–29, 256, 273–80, 558
principles of, 667
progenitor of, 639
on slavery, 123, 125, 126, 510, 636, 651
speeches by, 756
teachings of, 418
Clay, James B., 543
Cleveland, Chauncey F., 422, 642
Cleveland, E.S., 744
Cleveland (Ohio) Campaign Plain Dealer, 632
Clinton (Illinois) Central Transcript, 451
Clopton, David, 710
Clough, Allen B., 352–53
Clover, Elizabeth Edwards, 180–81
Cobb, Howell, 268
Cochrane, John, 632
Cocke, William M., 261
Codding, Ichabod, 124, 393–94, 408, 417
Cogdal, Isaac, 101
Colfax, Schuyler, 200, 422, 448, 495, 564, 655
on cabinet appointments, 739–41
reports by, 661
Collamer, Jacob, 298, 299, 304, 506, 559, 602, 618, 623
Colonization, 366, 368, 380
Columbus Ohio Statesman, 566
Compromise of 1820. See Missouri Compromise
Conant, Alban Jasper, 274, 658
Concord (New Hampshire) Independent Democrat, 593
Concord New Hampshire Statesman, 628
Congressional Taylor Club, 275
Connecticut, AL campaigns in, 588–91
Conner, Alexander H., 620
Constable, Charles, 251–52, 274
Constitutional Union Party, 597
Conway, Martin F., 645
Conway, Moncure, 368, 567, 638
Cook, Burton C., 400, 754
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602
Cooper Union speech, 582–94
Corneau, Sarah, 206
Corruption, as issue in 1860 campaign, 627–28, 681–82
in Illinois, 399–400
in New York; 604–5
Seward and 604–5
Corwin, Thomas, 280–81, 466, 481, 564, 587, 673, 707, 747
as attorney, 739
as congressman, 746
speeches by, 527
Corwine, Robert G., 739
Covode, John, 448, 604, 613, 730, 745
Cowls, Ann, 315
Cowls, Thomas, 315
Cowper, William: Charity, 255–56
poems, 36, 64–65
On Receipt of My Mother’s Picture, 26
Crafton, Greek, 560
Crawford, Andrew, 31, 32
Crawford, Elizabeth, 16, 23, 34–35, 45
Crawford, George, 740
Crawford, Josiah, 16, 34
books owned by, 36, 37
hired AL, 42
Crittenden, John J., 213, 273, 294, 549, 682, 697, 712–18, 747, 753–54
on debates, 542–44
intervention by, 548
as senator, 568
warnings by, 662, 665
Crittenden Compromise, 697, 712–18, 722, 746, 753–54
Cuba, annexation of, 512
Cullom, Shelby, 237, 403
Cunningham, Joseph O., 416
Curran, John Philpot, 251–52
Curtin, Andrew G., 607, 614, 625, 662, 664, 665, 671, 709, 731
Curtis, Benjamin R., 441
Curtis, George William, 612, 646
Curtis, Samuel R., 707
Cushing, Caleb, 554
Cuyler, Theodore L., 721
Dall, Caroline, 10, 199, 757
Danenhower, William, 549, 558
Davis, David, 32, 89, 93, 95, 116, 145, 147, 155, 179, 185, 198, 208, 214, 222–23, 225, 226, 235, 253, 271, 294, 297, 302, 305, 306, 355, 356, 393, 397, 424, 505, 523, 547, 548, 579, 603, 607, 624, 647, 660, 661, 744
as AL’s colleague, 329–31, 352, 354, 364, 411, 599
as AL’s friend, 578
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 608–11, 613–19, 626, 643–44, 662–63, 670–72, 679
attacks on, 456
biographical sketch of, 323
on circuit, 325, 326–27, 334, 336
on debates, 509, 517–18, 545–46, 553–55
home of, 417
as judge, 321, 323, 324, 326–27, 328–29, 330, 332, 438
observations of, 138, 228, 321, 407–8
political campaigns of, 160
recollections of, 139, 338–39, 349, 403–4
recommendations by, 726, 735, 741
Davis, Garrett, 662
Davis, George T.M., 119, 193
Davis, Henry Winter, 698, 722, 723, 744–45, 746, 747, 751–52
Davis, Jefferson, 414, 433, 505, 625, 689, 752
Davis, Levy, 355
Davis, Oliver, 199, 602
Davis, Samuel C., 559–60
Davis, Timothy, 618
Day, Frederick S., 400
Dayton, William L., 422, 423, 426, 601–2, 604, 607, 623, 639
candidacy of, 431, 614, 680
Dean, Frederick I., 210
Debates: Baker, E.D., 150–52
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 376–90
slavery, 260, 376–90
AL, 63–64, 65–66
1840 presidential debates, 149–52
with Calhoun, 225–26, 375–76
with Douglas, S.A., 337, 491–92, 568–71
first Douglas, S.A.’s (Ottawa), 63, 484, 486–97
second Douglas, S.A.’s (Freeport), 484, 500–511
third Douglas, S.A.’s (Jonesboro), 484, 511–16
fourth Douglas, S.A.’s (Charleston), 484, 516–25
fifth Douglas, S.A.’s (Galesburg), 484, 530–34
sixth Douglas, S.A.’s (Quincy), 484, 534–37
seventh Douglas, S.A.’s (Alton), 484, 537–45
garbling of, 497–500
with May, 226–27
pro-tariff, 225–27
on religion, 238–39
slavery, 260,
376–90
Decatur Editors’ Convention, 411–15
Decatur (Illinois), 115, 118
Defoe, Daniel, Robinson Crusoe, 36
Defrees, John D., 608–9, 611, 709, 729, 740, 744
DeHaven, Samuel, 342
Delahay, Mark W., 519, 570, 577, 594, 596
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 610
Delano, Columbus, 737
Delaware, AL campaigns in, 277
Democrat (Galesburg, Illinois), 497
Democratic Union (Alton, Illinois), 192
Democrats, 36–37, 240, 539
antislavery, 363
articles against, 95–96, 102, 105–12, 135–67
attacks against, 141
Illinois, 364
National, 455
national support for Buchanan and, 455
of Seventh District, 235–40
support of AL by, 81
Denio, Cyrenius B., 455
Dennison, John, 744
Dennison, William, 569, 744
Denton, George W., 341
Denton, James, 341
Depew, Chauncey, 209
DeSouza, Charlotte Rodrigues, 206
Detroit (Michigan) Free Press, 716
Dewey, Chester P., 491, 496–97, 523, 546
on debates, 515–17, 555
Dickerson, Henry, 354
Dickey, John, 260, 290
Dickey, T. Lyle, 364, 397, 417, 424, 430, 548
AL and, 430, 456–57
on debates, 542–44
support of, 454
Dickinson, Daniel S., 422
Dilworth, Caleb J., 343
Dilworth, Thomas, New Guide to the English Tongue, 36
Dilworth & Campbell, 342
District of Columbia. See Washington, D.C.
“The Dividing Line between Federal and Local Authority: Popular Sovereignty in the Territories” (S.A. Douglas), 565, 585
Dix, John A., 755
Dixon, Archibald, 752
Dixon, James, 265, 447, 605, 639, 641, 744
Dixon (Illinois) Republican and Telegraph, 508
Doane, George Washington, 684
Dodson, Jesse, 73
Dole, William P., 611
Donnohue, Dillard C., 608
Doolittle, James R., 635
Dorsey, Azel, 31
Douglas, Adele Cutts, 479, 506
Douglas, H. Ford, 507, 541, 636–37
Douglas, John M., 435–36
Douglas, Stephen A., 38, 58–59, 76, 134, 141, 149–52, 154–55, 164, 173, 175, 225, 233, 237, 293, 344, 363–65, 377–78, 387, 408, 411–12, 417–18, 421, 425, 428, 429, 435–36, 437, 439–44, 447, 485, 486, 558–61, 583–84, 586, 588–89, 592–93, 595, 597, 609, 626, 629, 634–34, 637, 639, 640, 656–57, 659, 663, 666–69, 672, 677–78, 680, 683–84, 691, 692, 709, 711, 714, 716, 723, 729, 738, 740, 758
1858 campaign of, 328, 557
allies of, 329, 625
on AL’s speech, 568
articles written by, 133, 565, 585
behavior of, 459–60
campaign against Buchanan by, 445–56
campaigns of, 565, 635–36, 650–51, 671, 676
Chicago (Illinois) Journal, 491
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