congressional campaigns of, 139–43
debates with AL, 337, 491–92, 568–71
first debate with AL (Ottawa), 63, 484, 486–97
second debate with AL (Freeport), 484, 500–511
third debate with AL (Jonesboro), 484, 511–16
fourth debate with AL (Charleston), 484, 516–25
fifth debate with AL (Galesburg), 484, 530–34
sixth debate with AL (Quincy), 484, 534–37
seventh debate with AL (Alton), 484, 537–45
debating skills of, 371–74
“The Dividing Line between Federal and Local Authority: Popular Sovereignty in the Territories,” 565, 585
drinking of, 478–79
establishment of convention system, 110–11
on Freeport Doctrine, 504–5
Herndon on, 487
Illinois Central Railroad and, 528–29
as judge, 371, 442
on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 382–86, 388–89
magnetism of, 371
Mexican War and, 526–27
misrepresentation of AL’s speech, 499–500, 504
as opponent, 357, 370–71
paraphrasing, 729
popular sovereignty and, 376, 379, 382–84, 431, 433, 557, 566, 594, 707
as prosecutor, 133
racism, of 494, 525–26, 551–53, 568
on repeal of Missouri Compromise, 381–82
senate campaigns of, 390–406, 457–85, 554–57
sledge-hammer style of, 488–89
successor to, 458
temper of, 477
victory by, 546–50, 551–53
on white man, 569
wife of, 479–80. See also Kansas-Nebraska Act
Douglas, William A., 344
Douglass, Frederick, 369, 408, 421, 462, 506, 572, 634–35, 683
attacks on, 520–21
on AL, 521, 634
Downs, William, 19–20
Drake, Daniel, 183
Dred Scott vs. Sandford, 459, 513, 532
attacks on, 441
criticism of, 522
decision, 438–42, 464–69, 501, 503
second, 493, 510. See also Taney, Roger
Dresser, Charles N., 195, 218
Drummond, Thomas, 339, 340, 436
Drunkenness, 23, 54–55
AL on, 58–59
New Salem and, 58–59
of S.A. Douglas, 478–79
Dubois, Jesse K., 92–93, 97, 117–18, 202, 417, 451
as AL’s friend, 294, 336, 416, 437, 450, 516
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 608, 679
stories told by, 129
support of, 454, 545
Dudley, Thomas H., 610, 613–14
Dummer, Henry E., 89, 131
Duncan, Jason, 77, 199
as helpmate, 63
recollections of, 97
Duncan, Joseph, 122–24, 137, 152–53, 214, 223
Duncan, Thomas, 192
Dungey, William, 313–14
Dunham, Josiah, 618
Dunn vs. Carle, 348–49
Durely, Williamson, 236
Dutton, John, 42
Early, Jacob M., 106, 133
Earp, Daniel, 335
Eastman, Zebina, 393–96, 402, 408
Edmonds, George, 353
Edwards, Albert S., 179, 181, 205, 334
Edwards, Benjamin S., 185, 425, 454, 630
Edwards, Mrs. Benjamin S., 176, 196, 203
Edwards, Cyrus, 133, 296–97, 299, 302, 306, 334, 355, 398
Edwards, Elizabeth, 174–76, 180–82, 203, 207–8
marriage of, 177
remarks by, 195
Edwards, Julia, 180
Edwards, Matilda, 181–83
Edwards, Ninian W., 106, 161, 174, 175, 177, 181, 216, 254, 255, 273–74, 454
on AL, 130, 195
on convention, 129
Edwards, Thomas S., 58, 343
“Effie Afton” case, 337–38
Eggleston, Edward, 30, 32
books by, 40
Eighth Judicial Circuit (Illinois): accommodations and personal comfort on, 325–26
cases, 325
judges, 321, 323, 326–27
lawyers, 397
life on, 322–32
Elkin, David, 19–20, 25, 133–34
Elliot, Jonathan, Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, 583
Ellis, Abner Y., 54, 55, 206
campaigns with AL, 82, 97
plays loaned to AL, 65
remarks by, 86, 97–98
Ellison, James, 313
Elmore, Jemima, 80
Elmore, Johnson, 78
Emancipation, AL’s bill for, in Washington, 288–93
in Great Britain, 291–92
Embree, Elisha, 299, 304
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 340–41, 360
Emery, James S., 418
English, Revel W., 192
Enos, Pascal P., 450
Evans, George, 739
Evansville (Indiana) Journal, 694
Evarts, William M., 355, 605, 624
Everett, Edward, 112, 123, 597, 662
Ewing, James S., 317
Ewing, Thomas, 295, 298
General Land Office
Commission and, 299–307
outrage at, 306
Ewing, William Lee Davidson, 50, 93, 119, 159, 215, 297
reputation of, 137–38
as Speaker of the Illinois House, 143, 162–64
Farewell speech (Springfield), 759
Farnsworth, John F., 506, 522, 620, 737
Fell, Jesse W., 83, 89, 223, 376–77, 422
AL and, 558, 573, 648
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 610
AL’s speeches, 225–26
remarks by, 258–59
Fenn, Ira J., 232–33
Ferguson, John, 86
Fessenden, William Pitt, 373–74, 464, 574–75, 729
AL and, 629, 645, 746
candidacy of, 604, 606, 618
on secession, 674
Ficklin, Orlando B., 251–52, 284, 293, 423
cases of, 335–36
comments by, 317
on debates, 522–23, 526–27
Field, Alexander P., 121, 152, 163, 381
Field, David Dudley, 248, 252, 356, 619, 625
Field, Henry M., 591
Fifer, Joseph, 509
Fillmore, Millard, 283, 425, 428, 457, 517, 531, 547, 549, 604, 706, 725
political campaigns of, 433, 609, 643
supporters of, 428–31, 509, 659, 661–62, 682
First Presbyterian Church, (Springfield) 359. See also Christian religion and doctrines
Fish, Hamilton, 583, 625, 629
Fishback, William P., 610
Fisher, Archibald, 341
Fisher, Sidney George, 690–91
Fithian, William H., 94, 154, 155, 161–63
as AL’s colleague, 314, 673
Fitzhugh, George, 461, 571
Flint, Abel, System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying, 79
Fogg, George G., 582, 590, 593, 605, 668, 740
AL and, 617–18, 641, 655
on cabinet appointments, 724, 727, 734–35, 737, 744, 753
Seward and, 604
Follett, Foster and Company, 571, 649
Foote, Henry, 287–88
Ford, Allen N., 231, 234, 240, 271, 300
Ford, Thomas, 93, 116, 121, 200, 236–37, 341–42, 400
Forney, John W., 360, 371
Forquer, George, 105–6, 108, 111, 386
Foster, Stephen S., 636, 649
Fraim, William, 342
Francis, Simeon, 95, 123, 124, 135, 142, 176, 194, 218, 294, 307, 454, 663
Free Press (Pittsfield, Illinois), 369
Free Soil Party, 280–84, 434
formation, 280
platform, 281
presidential candidates, 280–84
Free Soilers, 2
32
Freeport, Illinois: AL debates Douglas at, 500–511
Freeport Doctrine, 504–5, 513, 536, 565
denunciation of, 540
Frémont, John C., 547, 572, 573, 610, 663, 678, 744
nomination of, 421–35
Frick, A.G., 686
Friend, Isaac, 12
Friend, Polly Hanks, 4
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 357, 380–81, 477, 502–3
amendments, 423
enforcement of, 693–94, 705
modifications of, 747
opposition to, 427, 490, 502, 564, 635
runaways and, 384, 396
support for, 514
Fulton (Illinois) Telegraph, 166
Gage, George, 391
Galena (Illinois) Jeffersonian, 395–96
Gales, Joseph, 289
Galesburg, Illinois: AL debates Douglas at, 530–34
Galloway, Newton, 313
Galloway, Samuel, 495, 541, 560, 570–71, 593
AL and, 595, 649, 673
Galphin, George, 739–40
Gardiner, George A., 739
Garrison, William Lloyd, 124–26, 289, 421, 452
abolitionism and, 631, 632
on debates, 505
Gates, Tom, 544
Gay, Sydney Howard, 292, 638
General Land Office, commissionership of: AL and, 296–308
Butterfield and, 296–307
Ewing, T., and, 299–307
Gentry, Allen, 43, 44, 57
Gentry, James, 43, 44
Gentry, John, 46–47
Gentry, Joseph, 42, 45
Gentry, Matthew, 246–47
Geohegan, Denton, 6
German, Christopher S., 659
German-Americans, 412–13, 563–64, 613, 680
Gibson, Robert, Treatise on Practical Surveying, 79
Giddings, Joshua R., 260, 263, 276, 280, 610, 634–35, 637, 715–16, 737
AL’s presidential campaign and, 627, 681
on antislavery, 284–94, 303–4, 396–97, 408–9, 525
campaigns of, 408
on debates, 506
Seward and, 605–6, 612
Gillespie, Joseph, 17, 71, 150, 162–63, 240, 296, 299, 302–3, 558
as AL’s friend, 351, 361, 392, 398, 403–4, 408, 425, 430, 461, 719, 758
on anti-slavery, 411
cases of, 322
on debates, 509–11
Gilmer, John A., 708, 710, 722–24
Globe Tavern, 218–20, 262–63
Glover, Joseph O., 484, 488, 494
Godbey, Russell, 61, 91
Godkin, E.L., 373
Goggin, William L., 639
Goings, Melissa, 342
Gollaher, Austin, 18, 26
Goodell, William, 462, 635
Goodrich, Grant, 327, 339, 436
Goodrich, John Z., 619, 670
Goodwin, Ichabod, 744
Gordon, Noah, 24
Gordon, Mrs. Noah, 47
Gott, Daniel, 288, 303, 660, 661
Gourley, James, 201, 210, 222, 225, 236
Graham, Ellen, 77
Graham, Mentor, 79, 98, 171
mentor to AL, 65–66, 77, 101
as schoolteacher, 59–60, 63
Graham, Sarah, 98
Graham, William A, 724–25
Grass, Daniel, 34, 44
Gray, Thomas, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, 65
Great Britain, 277
slavery abolition in, 291–92
Great Canal Scrip Fraud, 399
Greeley, Horace, 51, 71–72, 248, 263, 276, 277, 280, 288, 366, 458, 475, 575, 622, 627, 648, 655, 665, 681, 696, 744
AL and, 579, 587, 596–97, 661
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 607, 612, 614, 618, 623, 625, 681
attacks on, 645–46
conduct of, 548
on debates, 487, 555–56
as editor, 465, 583
on emancipation, 290
opposition to AL’s 1858 senate bid, 446, 452, 453, 454
support of, 448, 451–53
Green, Beriah, 636
Green, Bowling, 60, 81, 88, 98, 100, 149, 161
court sessions by, 86–87
stimulated AL’s interest in law, 86
surrogate father to AL, 86–87
Green, Duff, 273, 299, 713
Green, Israel, 555–56
Green, J. Parker, 349
Green, Nancy (Mrs. Bowling), 100, 170
Greene, Lynn M., 63, 88
Greene, William G., 5, 8–9, 32, 70, 75–76, 81, 86–87, 88, 89
AL remarks to, 67
helped AL with grammar, 63, 79
remarks by, 99, 100
as store assistant, 60–61
Greensburg (Indiana) Republican, 554
Gregg, David L., 236–37
Gregg, William L., 714
Gridley, Asahel, 162, 424
Gridley, Eleanor, 196, 207
Gridley, Samuel, 368
Grier, George M., 645
Grier, Robert C., 464–65
Grierson, Francis, 9
Grigsby, Aaron, 44, 45, 46
Grigsby, Charles, 46
Grigsby, Elizabeth Ray, 16, 46
Grigsby, James, 8, 16, 31, 46, 48
Grigsby, Nancy, 48
Grigsby, Nathaniel, 8, 12, 14, 26, 34, 37, 45, 46, 47
Grigsby, Redmond, 14
Grigsby, Reuben, 46
Grigsby, William E., 8, 46–47
Grimes, James W., 635, 682, 696–97
Grimshaw, Jackson, 411, 548, 579–80, 602
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602
Grimshaw, William, History of the United States, 36
Griswold, William D., 608
Grosscup, Peter S., 611
Guthrie, James, 725
Gwin, William M., 505
Haines, Elijah M., 580
Haines, James, 347
Hale, James T., 714
Hale, John P., 287, 288, 737
Hall, G. Stanley, 173
Hall, James, 94
Hall, Jim, 220
Hall, John J., 8, 206
Hall, Wesley, 42, 44
Hall, Willard P., 268
Halstead, Murat, 422–23, 603, 613, 619, 621, 623, 624
Hamilton, R.J., 355
Hamilton, Thomas, 667
Hamlin, Hannibal, 279, 283, 618, 625, 626, 629, 633, 646–47, 654, 660, 662, 713, 720, 721, 722, 729, 743, 744, 746
predictions of, 670
as vice-president-elect, 686, 726–27, 742
Hammond, James H., 530, 571, 689, 692
Hampton, Moses, 261
Hanks, Billy, 3
Hanks, Charles, 49, 667
Hanks, Dennis, 4, 5, 6–7, 9–10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 21, 29, 31, 42, 45, 47, 132
on “half-faced camp,” 22, 24
move to Illinois, 48
on pioneer customs, 23
relationship with AL, 25, 44
remarks by, 33, 39
Hanks, Harriet (Chapman), 201, 204, 207
Hanks, John, 3, 11, 12, 34–35, 37, 42, 55, 598, 599, 667
move to Illinois, 48, 49
as riverman, 52–53, 56–57
Hanks, Joseph Jr., 6, 20
Hanks, Lucey (grandmother), 2, 11, 12, 13
Hanks, Nancy. See Lincoln, Nancy Hanks
Hanks, Polly, 4
Hanks, Sophie, 9, 11, 14, 26, 29, 42, 45, 84
Hanna, William H., 553–54
Hanscom, Simon P., 568–69, 601, 605, 653
AL and, 654, 656, 668–69, 672
Hardin, John J., 5, 71, 93, 119, 182, 192, 194, 262, 263, 264, 268, 274, 448
biographical sketch of, 214
political campaigns of, 213–18, 231–37
remarks by, 174
as representative, 115–16, 121
reputation of, 218
Hardin, Mrs. John J., 93, 184
Hardin, Martin D., 214
Hardin, Martinette, 98, 182, 187, 201
Harding, George, 339–41
Harding, Jacob, 392
Harlan, James, 369, 464, 747
Harmon, Oscar F., 673
Harper’s Magazine, 565, 583, 585
Harriott, James, 345
Harris, Gibson W., 231–32, 241–43
as AL’s clerk, 311, 315, 328, 329, 346, 348, 353
on circuit, 326
recollections of, 249
Harris, Thomas L., 211–12, 217
death of, 555, 574
on debates, 532, 542
political campaigns of, 271–72, 374–75, 390
resolution, 490
Harrison, George M., 71
Harrison, Peachy Quinn, 560
Harrison, William Henry, 125, 276, 485, 560, 595, 628, 720
political victories of, 160–61
presidential candidacy of, 148–61, 653
war record of, 148, 159–60
Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, 446, 628
Hartford (Connecticut) Evening Press, 742
Harvey, James E., 650, 661
Haskin, John B., 644
Hatch, Ozias M., 448, 450, 545
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 677
as Illinois Secretary of State, 651–52
Hawkins, Matilda, 46
Hawley, Joseph, 638
Hawthorn vs. Wooldridge, 132
Hay, C.D., 411, 593
Hay, John, 129, 153, 184, 200, 244, 272, 748
recollections of, 317–18
as secretary, 652, 685, 703, 720
Hay, Milton, 57, 133, 198, 206, 210, 212, 225, 593, 594, 652
Haycraft, Samuel, 668
Hayes, Rutherford B., 568
Hayne, Robert Y., 418, 458, 461
Hazel, Caleb, 18–19
Healy, George P.A., 658–59
Hecker, Frederick, 417, 432
Helm, Emilie Todd, 3
Henderson, Thomas J., 165–66, 392, 419–20
Henderson, William H., 298, 307
Henry, Anson G., 78, 141, 161, 299–300, 454, 550
as AL’s friend, 183, 297, 549
politics and, 133–36, 294–95
Herbert, Philemon T., 418
Herndon, Archer, 160, 230
Herndon, Elliot, 353
Herndon, J. Rowan, 35, 47, 73, 75–76, 82, 83
Herndon, William H., 10, 12, 13–15, 28, 30, 54, 101, 104, 131, 175, 176, 181, 185, 186, 194, 197, 200–208, 210–13, 222, 224, 236, 239, 247, 249, 254, 268, 271, 275, 279, 292, 295, 300, 327, 328, 335, 348, 353–54, 360, 389, 395, 403, 434, 435, 437, 438, 442, 444–45, 449, 465, 467, 486, 495–96, 513, 514, 548, 582, 604, 610, 696, 756
on abolitionism, 525
AL advice to, 52, 269–70
on AL’s defeat, 549, 553
as AL’s friend, 452–53, 559, 578, 685, 719, 757–58
AL’s law partnership with, 89, 229–30, 310–11, 319–21, 333–34, 338, 560
on AL’s speeches, 387–88
on Bloomington Convention, 415–16
on cabinet appointments, 736
on campaigns, 425–26
on debates, 529, 541, 545–46
on Douglas, S.A., 487
editorials by, 95, 413–14
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