observations of, 454–56
protests by, 448
recollections of, 56–57, 198–99, 324, 328, 349, 358, 381, 392
remarks by, 24, 27, 55, 166, 292, 315–16, 367, 430–31, 433, 478
Hesler, Alexander, 657
Hickman, John, 614, 625, 730
Hicks, Thomas, 658–59
Higgins, Van H., 339
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 638
Hill, Benjamin H., 705
Hill, John, 112, 667
Hill, Parthena Nance, 91, 99, 170
Hill, Samuel, 75, 83–84, 100, 411, 667
Hilliard, Henry W., 691
Hills, E.O., 400
Hinton, Richard, 638
Hitt, Robert R., 337, 348, 489–90
on debates, 497–500, 523, 540–41
Hodder, Frank H., 198
Hogan, John, 121
Hogeboom, John T., 735
Holland, William M., 154
Holmes, Isaac, 263
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, The Last Leaf, 245
Hooper, Samuel, 619
Hope, Thomas M., 192, 538
Hosmer, James H., 347
Howard, James Quay, 649
Howe, Samuel Gridley, 368
Howe, Timothy O., 366
Howell, Joseph C., 403
Howells, William Dean, 2, 19, 648–49, 652
Hoyt, Charles, 392
Hubbard, Gurdon, 103, 618
Humphreys, Joseph, 254, 255
Hunt, Randall, 724
Hunt, Washington, 647, 660, 683
Hunter, David, 301
Hurd, Jacob S., 337
Hurd vs. The Rock Island Bridge Company, 337–38
Hurlbut, Stephen, 501
Hutchinson, John Wallace, 638
Hutchinson, Thomas, 684–85
Hyer, Tom, 603
Iles, Elijah, 135
Illinois, 6, 8–9, 48, 309
bar, 90
Black Hawk War and, 67–71
growth of, 309–10
mob violence and, 141, 150
northern vs. southern in, 102–3
political rallies in, 73–74
politics, 453
voting rights exclusion of blacks in, 103–4, 108–10
Whigs, 147–48, 150, 272–73
Illinois and Michigan Canal, construction of, 352, 488
completion of, 164–65, 309–10
legislation for, 82, 96, 101–3, 111, 137, 147, 164–65, 309–10, 397
revival of, 147
Illinois Antislavery Society, 122, 124
Illinois Central Railroad, 334–35, 336, 437, 528–29, 743
Illinois Central Railroad Company vs. Morrison and Crabtree, 335–36
Illinois Central Railroad vs. McLean County,
Illinois and Parke, 336, 435–38
Illinois Chronicle (Decatur), 412
Illinois Constitution, 252
Illinois Gazette (Lacon), 231, 240, 271, 556
Illinois General Assembly, 113, 477, 753
Eleventh, 143–47
internal improvements passed by, 72, 114–22, 143–45, 147–48
laws passed during 1819-1845, 96, 103–4
malapportioned, 486
new constitution banning black suffrage of, 103–4
outlawed interracial marriages and cohabitation, 102–3
pay hikes for, 121–22
protests against slavery, 122–27
reapportionment and, 101–3
Tenth, 122
U.S. House of Representatives and, 92, 93
Illinois Globe (Charleston), 265
Illinois House of Representatives, 546
Illinois Republican (Springfield), 133, 136–37, 548, 703
editor, 138–39
editorials, 139
Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 272, 359, 451, 475, 491, 574, 598, 626
AL and, 649, 667, 670, 704–5, 748, 750, 756–57
articles, 665–66, 707, 709–10
on debates, 507, 533, 537, 542, 544, 547
editorials, 415, 434, 438–39, 484, 582, 651
on Kansas-Nebraska Act, 364–65, 369, 386
“Negro Equality and Amalgamation,” 666. See also Sangamo Journal
Illinois State Library, 583
Illinois State Register (Springfield), 95, 137, 269, 386, 388, 392, 421, 452, 467, 475, 588, 750
on African Americans, 489
articles, 483, 485, 551, 632, 655, 663–64, 675–76
on debates, 515, 522, 541, 542–43, 547
editorials, 149–50, 152, 236–37, 240, 364–65, 433, 456
errors by, 532
letters to, 157
positions of, 370, 490
Illinois Supreme Court, 91, 131, 155, 186, 252
AL’s appearances before, 355
independence of, 493
Illinois Whig Central Committee, 295
Illinois Whigs, 408, 630
convention system, 147–48
elections of, 272–73
textbook, 150
Illinoisan (Jacksonville), 193–94
Indiana, 4, 6, 7–9, 16, 21
AL campaigns in, 228
delegates to Chicago Convention (1860), 608–11
Lincoln, T., in, 22–25, 50–51
presidential elections in, 608–11
social customs and environment, 23–24
Sparrow, B., in, 25
Sparrow, T., in, 25
AL’s childhood and youth, 7, 11
break up goose quarrel during, 61–62
butchering hogs during, 43
farm chores during, 44–45
as ferryman, 42–44
“half-faced camp” during, 22
hardships during, 22–25
at parties, 42
poverty during, 16–17, 22
relationship with girls, 41–42
as rented quasi-slave laborer, 42–48, 51
use of axe by, 24, 33
AL’s reading, writing, and study habits: in ABC school, 30–37
alphabet writing skills of, 35
astronomy and, 33
early schooling of, 18–19
Euclid’s geometry and, 34
father’s attitude toward, 28
memory skills, 35
reading newspapers, 35, 36–37
spelling skills, 32–33
studying by, 42
as voracious reader, 28, 30, 34–37
Indiana American (Indianapolis), 696
Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis), 474
Indianapolis (Indiana) Daily Journal, 666
Indians, American, 2–3, 67–71. See also Black Hawk War
Ingalls, Henry Laurens, 80
Ingalls, John J., 576
Iowa Citizen (Des Moines), 554
Isles, Elijah, 68
Iverson, Alfred, 278
Jackson, Andrew, 36, 109, 149, 151, 226, 278, 305, 470, 511, 756
Bank of the United States, 96
opponents of, 92, 445
reelection of, 73
Jackson Mississippian, 462
Jacksonville (Illinois), 115, 118, 128
Jacksonville (Illinois) Morgan Journal, 411–12
James, Benjamin F., 232
Jameson, John, 268
Jay, John, 638, 738
Jayne, Julia, 195, 404–5
Jayne, William, 198, 376, 673
Jefferson, Thomas, 35, 413, 531, 562, 566, 667, 688
Johnson, Andrew, 287, 693, 724
Johnson, Anna Eastman, 205
Johnson, Herschel V., 705
Johnson, John O., 446, 555
Johnson, Oliver, 636
Johnson, Reverdy, 356, 740
Johnson, Richard M., 109, 518
Johnston, Andrew, 241
Johnston, Daniel, 27
Johnston, Elizabeth (stepsister): marriage of, 29
move to Illinois, 48
Johnston, Harriet (niece), 29
Johnston, John D. (stepbrother), 8–10, 42, 44, 207
, 360
attended dances, 34
on flatboat, 52–53, 56
laziness of, 29
physical fight with, 46–47
relationship with AL, 28, 29, 33, 35
Johnston, Matilda (stepsister), 29, 31
Johnston, Sarah Bush. See Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston
Johnston, Thomas M.J., 658
Joliet (Illinois) Signal, 390, 408
articles, 432–33
Jonas, Abraham, 391
Jones, Catherine Bergen, 174–75
Jones, Edward, 175
Jones, James C., 541
Jones, John, 42
Jones, John Albert, 175
Jones, Thomas D., 659, 685, 756, 758
Jones, William, 36, 37, 44, 228
Jonesboro, Illinois: AL debates Douglas at, 511–16
Jordan, J.H., 519
Joy, James F., 336, 435–37
Judd, Adeline Rossiter, 223, 404
Judd, Norman B., 222, 337, 391, 400, 402, 403, 437, 443, 454, 553, 598, 610, 620, 621, 724, 741, 742, 753
AL and, 452, 454, 483–84, 545, 550, 552, 559, 599, 722
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 615, 623, 626
candidacy of, 524
consultations with, 404–5, 437, 500–501, 733
criticisms by, 655
quarrels with, 578–82
remarks by, 435–36, 472
Julian, George W., 288, 366, 715, 741
Jung, Carl, 249–50
Junkin, Benjamin F., 730
Kane, Elias Kent, 111
Kansas: AL campaigns in, 575–77
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 410, 441, 470, 533
attacks on, 363–74
debates on, 376–90
Illinois State Journal on, 364–65, 369, 386
introduction of, 363, 429, 459
New York Tribune on, 363–64, 368–69
opposition to, 384–85, 397–99, 421
passage of, 364
provisions, 460
referendum on, 374–75
supporters of, 505
Trumbull on, 377–78
Kasson, John A., 680
Keitt, Lawrence, 688
Kelley, William D., 641, 730
Kellogg, William D., 564, 668, 707–9, 742, 748
Kelso, Jack, 65, 86
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 556, 716, 754–55
Kenney, James, 65
Kentucky, 3–4, 7, 12, 16–18, 20–21
hunting grounds, 2
AL’s childhood and youth in, 17–18
birth of, 4
first seven years, 18–21
homes, 17–18
poverty during, 15–16
Killian, William, 344
King, Franklin, 232
King, J., 256
King, Jane, 206
King, Preston, 607, 625–26, 744
King, Rufus, 160
King, Turner R., 184, 203, 204, 295
King, William, 313
Kirkham, Samuel, English Grammar in Familiar Lectures, 63, 64
Kirkpatrick, William, 67
Knapp, Nathan M., 272–73, 562, 570
AL and, 597, 599, 601
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602
Knob Creek (Kentucky), 6, 8, 17–18, 20
Know-Nothing Party, 260, 378, 434, 642
allies of, 414–15, 618, 682–83
slogan of, 375
threats toward, 412
united, 407–8. See also American Party
Knox, William, 241
Koerner, Gustave, 92, 153–54, 165, 185, 190, 400–401, 411, 442, 754, 758
AL and, 599, 640, 696, 733, 741–42
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 609, 613
on debates, 497, 537
as lieutenant-governor, 432
recollections of, 331, 436
recommendations by, 451
Kreismann, Herman, 501, 593, 600, 670, 704, 728
Lamborn, Josiah, 149, 152, 157–58
Lamon, Ward Hill, 175, 211, 327, 329, 331–32
AL and, 379–80, 388, 456, 742
AL’s presidential campaign and, 602, 610
protests by, 339–80
land speculation, 138–39, 145–46
Calhoun on, 116–17
Lane, Ebenezer, 435
Lane, Henry S., 607, 608, 609, 614, 624, 625, 670–71, 735, 744–45
Lane, Joseph, 683
Lanphier, Charles, 266, 392, 399, 490
on debates, 532–33
Larkin, James, 47–48
Lawrence, George W., 614–15, 618
lawyers: advantages of, 88
appellate, 34–341
education of, 88, 89
trial, 315–22
Leavenworth (Kansas) Herald, 576–77
Lecompton (Kansas) Constitution, 445, 533
defeat of, 530
framers of, 492, 507–8
opposition to, 449, 460, 476, 486, 519, 542
rejection of, 504, 556
Lee, Archy, 464
Lee, William, 2
Leib, Charles, 661
Lemmon vs. the People, 463–64
Lemon, George, 365
Lewis, Joseph J., 573, 662
Lewis vs. Lewis, 439
Liberty Party, 232, 284
Lincoln, Abraham (AL): Civil War and, 62, 68
Character and Behavior:
—character: ambition, 2, 5, 73, 166–67, 173, 213
anger, 348–51
congeniality, 82–83, 327
courage, 68, 69–70
determination to keep promises, 169, 173
fairness, 62, 67, 70
generosity, 208–9
gratitude, 77
honesty, 627–28
humanitarian, 252–53
idealism, 5
ingenuity, 56, 67
integrity, 5, 60
intellectual abilities, 2, 5, 327
judgment and wisdom, 5
leadership, 5, 69–70
modesty, 361–62, 454
moral and self-reliant, 120
patience, 60
as peacemaker, 18, 61, 248, 312–13
personality, 53, 59, 317
popularity, 69–70, 237–39, 261–63
superstitious, 23–24
toughness, 67
wit, 53–56
—habits and behaviors: disliked gambling, 61
distrust of women, 173
on drunkenness, 58–59
introversion and solitude, 34
mannerisms, 427
old man archetype, 249–50
patronized prostitutes, 199
relations with men, 130–31
relations with women, 41–42, 97–98, 105, 130
sexuality, 198–201
social deficiencies, 174–75
tardiness, 48
temperance advocate, 31–32, 47, 216–17
treatment of animals, 31, 33
—physical description: appearance, 52, 74, 89, 153–54, 173, 319–20, 340–41, 584–85
dress, 74, 92
height, 41–42
voice, 361
—religion: 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
—sports and games: bowling, 260–61
broad jumping, 33
cards, checkers and chess, 68
fishing, 18, 23
foot racing, 33, 68
horsesho
es, 33
hunting, 18, 23, 33
jumping, 61
pastimes, 18
physical strength, 33
swimming, 68
wrestling, 33, 61–62, 68, 70
—storytelling: bawdy songs, 55
cockfight, 62
humor and jokes, 53–57, 60, 82–83, 261, 319, 327–29
like his father who excelled at, 5
repertoire, 69
Springfield, 129
talent, 317–19
—temperament: depression, 26–27, 101, 113, 246–47
suicide and, 14
Childhood and Youth:
—bereavement, 26–27
—family and forebears, 1–3, 7–8
relationship with father, 9–11
relationship with mother, 10, 13–14, 25–27
relationship with sister, 26, 44, 45–46
relationship with stepbrother, 28, 29
relationship with stepmother, 27–29, 37, 39, 42, 45
relationship with stepsisters, 29
—in Illinois, 8–9
move to, 48–51
—in Indiana, 7, 11
break up goose quarrel, 61–62
butchering hogs, 43
farm chores, 44–45
ferryman, 42–44
“half-faced camp,” 22
hardships, 22–25
at parties, 42
poverty during, 16–17, 22
relationship with girls, 41–42
as rented quasi-slave laborer, 42–48, 51
use of axe, 24, 33
—in Kentucky, 17–18
birth of, 4
first seven years, 18–21
homes, 17–18
poverty during, 15–16
Courtships:
—Owens, Mary: breakup of, 170–73
correspondence to, 169–70
courting, 168–73
description of, 168–69
incompatibility issues, 170–71
proposal to, 169, 171–72
wealth issues, 171–72
—Rickard, Sarah: courting, 187
marriage proposal, 187
rejection of marriage proposal, 187
—Rutledge, Ann: AL’s visits, 99, 199
character and behavior, 98–99
daughter of AL’s landlord, 98
death of, 100, 101
engagement to, 99, 212
illness, 99–100
mental condition after death of, 100–101
physical description, 98
—Todd, Mary: 1840 engagement, 176
AL’s mental breakdown, 182–84
attraction to Edwards, M., 181–83
avoidance of, 187
broken engagement, 181–84, 188–89
character, 173–84
courting, 173–84
cultivation and wit, 174
deficiencies with relationship, 174–76
depression and mental problems of, 179–80, 210–11
dissimilar backgrounds, 176
grievances with stepmother and family, 177–78
mental problems of other family members, 180
privileged childhood of, 176–77
reconciliation, 194
seduction of AL, 197–98, 200–201
sexuality, 198–201
took initiative with, 175–76
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