Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
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Confederacy and, 232–233
Jefferson and, 162–167, 239
Lincoln, Abraham, and, 230–231, 242–243
self-evident truths in, 6–8, 164
signers of, 1–2, 89
on slavery, 116–118, 125–126, 135–136
The Declaration of Independence (Trumbull, John), 156
Delany, Martin, 288
Delaware, 223–224, 255
Democracy, 2, 5, 17
Democratic convention (1864), 253–254
Democratic Party, 2, 45, 95, 217
banks and, 70
convention of, 176–179
Illinois, 128–138
slavery and, 98
Whigs and, 46–49, 69–71, 78–84
Dickens, Charles, 159
District of Columbia, 50, 97
“The Dividing Line Between Federal and Local Authority: Popular Sovereignty in the Territories,” 142
Don Juan (Byron), 261–262
Donald, David Herbert, 175
Douglas, Stephen, 7, 45, 70, 98, 217
characteristics of, 108
politics and, 108–110, 114, 123, 128–138, 141–142, 176–180
speeches of, 107–108, 124–125, 145, 165
See also Lincoln-Douglas debates
Douglass, Frederick, 133, 167
Eighth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, 75
Election of 1824, 45
Election of 1864, 250–255
Elements of Geometry (Euclid), 76–77
Elements of Military Art and Science (Halleck), 214
Elliot’s Debates, 152, 227
Ellsworth, Elmer, 212, 257, 281
Emancipation Proclamation, 224–228, 237–238, 249, 263, 271, 289, 300
Erie Canal, 46–47
Euclid, 76–77, 100
Eulogies
Clay, Henry, 99–101, 117, 189, 242
Taylor, Zachary, 106
Everett, Edward, 178, 188, 240–241, 243
Father of his country (pater patriae), 25–28, 33–34, 44, 46, 140, 146, 184, 267
Fawkes, Guy, 169
Federalist (Hamilton, Alexander; Jay, John; Madison, James), 209–210
Federalist Party, 45, 90, 96, 185
Fillmore, Millard, 107, 122, 185
Florida, 187
Ford’s Theater, 294
Fort Monroe, 222
Fort Pickens, 197
Fort Stedman, 285
Fort Sumter, 197–198, 281
Founding fathers, 6–9, 90, 270, 281–282
legacy of, 3–5, 115–118, 135–137
as “natural” aristocrats, 44
political institutions and, 64–65
presidential election of 1860 and, 142–148, 154
principles of, 229
France, 84
Frankfort Commonwealth, 276
Franklin, Benjamin, 26, 95, 147, 155–156, 160–163
Fredericksburg, debacle of, 218, 238
Free Men, 122
Free Soil Party, 93–94, 98, 121–122, 173
Freedom, 7, 243–244
Freeport, 132, 134
Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 93
Frémont, John C., 122, 180, 222–223, 251, 255
French Revolution, 126, 262
Galesburg, 137
Garrison, William Lloyd, 49, 99–100
Generosity, lessons about, 28–29
Gentry, Allen, 39
George III, 138, 163
Georgia, 155, 193, 232–233
German Americans, 172
Gettysburg, 238–240, 247
Gettysburg Address, 241–246, 256, 261, 280
God, 117, 143, 163–164, 191–192
divine will and, 273–276
experience with, 268–269
the Father, 8, 24, 267–270, 282–284, 296
lessons about, 29–30, 55, 59, 74
purpose of, 271, 276–277
writing and, 271
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 184
Gordon, Nathaniel, 220–221, 280
Grant, Ulysses, 179, 298
in command, 248–249, 264, 277–278
victories of, 215, 238, 248, 262–263, 286
Great Britain, 39
Great Lakes, 46–47
Great Winnebago Chieftain. See Cameron, Simon
Greeley, Horace, 128, 148, 172, 224–225
Grigsby, Aaron, 23
Grigsby, Sarah, 15, 16, 23, 41, 59, 256
Guerrilla war, 126
Gulliver’s Travels (Swift), 58
Gurney, Eliza (Kirkbride, Eliza), 261, 272–276, 283
Gurney, Joseph, 271–272
Hahn, Michael, 290
Haiti, 220
Halleck, Henry, 214
Hamilton, Alexander, 26, 158, 233
death of, 96
duels of, 68
politics and, 45, 85, 95–96, 147, 184
Hamilton, Eliza, 83
Hamlin, Hannibal, 181, 252
Hampton Roads Conference, 264–265
Hanks, Dennis (Lincoln’s cousin), 14–15, 21
Hanks, John (Lincoln’s cousin), 21, 39
Hanks, Lucey (Lincoln’s maternal grandmother), 34–35
Hanks, Nancy. See Lincoln, Nancy
Hardin, John, 78–79, 81
Harpers Ferry, 167
Harper’s Magazine, 141–142, 145
Harrison, William Henry, 69, 71, 93, 106, 174
Hay, John, 181–184, 204, 258, 271
Helm, Emilie, 258
Hemings, Sally, 34, 159
Henning, Fanny. See Speed, Fanny Henning
Henry, Patrick, 226–227, 294
Henry V (Shakespeare), 52
Herndon, William, 121, 301
as friend, 48, 188, 257
as law partner, 34–35, 42, 75–78
recollections of, 79, 106–107, 157–158
Hill, Samuel, 56
History, living, 13–14, 35, 64
Hobbes, Thomas, 77
Hodges, Albert G., 276–277, 280
Holmes, John, 161, 194
“Holy Willie’s Prayer” (Burns), 59
Honesty, 28–29, 33
Hooker, Joseph, 213–215
Houdon, Jean-Antoine, 83
House of Representatives, US, 49–50, 108
Hunter, Robert, 289
Illinois, 75, 78–79, 112, 113–116, 149, 174
capitol of, 48
central, 23, 46
Democratic Party of, 128–138
legislature, 120–121, 128
lynchings in, 4–5, 62–63, 65
militia of, 39
northwestern, 3
politics in, 44–50, 69–71
Republican Party of, 129, 166, 174–175
rivers of, 47–49
state of, 37–38, 44
“the System” in, 47–49, 71
See also Young Men’s Lyceum
Illinois election of 1854, 120–121
Illinois House of Representatives, 43, 61
Illinois River, 38–39
Illinois State Bank, 68
Indiana, 16, 18–19
Indians of Northwest, 39–40
Iowa, 109, 122
Irving, Washington, 26
Islam, 53
Israel, 54
Jackson, Andrew (Old Hickory), 26, 156–157, 182, 293
conspiracy theory of, 46
as president, 45, 46, 49, 68–69, 92, 236–237
temperament of, 45–46, 62, 63, 125, 206
Jackson, James, 155–156
Jacksonians, 45
See also Democratic Party
Jaffa, Harry, 123
James I, 169
Jay, John, 209, 234
Jefferson, Thomas, 7, 26, 137, 194, 267
correspondence of, 159–162
Declaration of Independence and, 162–167, 239
descendants of, 35
diffusion theory of, 161–162
Lincoln, Abraham, and, 156–166
politics and, 2, 44, 116, 158
triad of rights by, 143
Jesus, 53–54, 59
metaphors for, 269–270
saying of, 279–280
Jews, 126
Johnson, Andrew, 217, 227, 252, 278, 288, 298
Johnston, John (Lincoln’s stepbrother), 23–24, 106
Johnston, Joseph E., 295
Johnston, Sarah Bush. See Lincoln, Sarah Bush
Judaism, 53
Judd, Norman, 174–175
Kansas, 109, 115, 168–169, 249
slavery and, 127–128
as state, 187, 255
Kansas State Capitol, 168
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 110–118, 120, 126–128
Kentucky, 90, 94, 185, 223, 255
farms in, 17–18
land ownership in, 18
neutral, 216, 222
schools in, 16
King Andrew, 46
King James Bible. See Bible
Kirkbride, Eliza. See Gurney, Eliza
Know-Nothings. See American Party
Knox, William, 59
Lafayette, Gilbert du Montier, 25–26, 153
Lake Michigan, 46–47
Lamartine, Alphonse de, 84
Latin, 28, 44, 241–242
Learning, 16–17, 19–20
Lecompton Constitution, 127, 130, 141–142, 148, 176
Lee, Robert E, 287, 289
Leutze, Emanuel, 250
The Liberator (Garrison), 49
Liberia, 220, 288
Liberty, 230–231, 242–243
case for, 143–144, 230–231
champions of, 6, 33–34, 84, 99–101
genius of, 32
political institutions and, 61–64
Union and, 32–33
Liberty Party, 80, 92–93, 173
Life of General Francis Marion (Weems), 65
The Life of Washington (Weems), 7, 33
chapters of, 31–34
purpose of, 27–31, 59, 96
Lincoln, Abraham, 286–287, 297–301
appearance and characteristics of, 19, 21–22, 40, 205–206
assassination and death of, 257, 293–295
beard of, 178–179, 206
cabinet of, 180–184, 204–205
during childhood and youth, 1, 3–4, 13–24, 37
children and family of, 24, 81
chords, usage of, 192
courtship and marriage of, 41–43, 71–75, 228
Declaration of Independence and, 230–231, 242–243
depression, fatalism, grief and, 41–42, 48, 72–74, 76
education of, 3–4, 16–17, 40–41, 76–77
humor and jokes of, 42, 57–58, 66, 76, 111, 113–114, 140, 163, 175–176, 204, 208, 296
inauguration of, 180, 230
Jefferson and, 156–166
lectures of, 140
letters and writings of, 8, 40–141, 56, 60–61, 68–69, 153, 184–187, 276–277
midlife of, 107
names and, 270–271
paternity and heredity of, 14, 34–35
poetry and, 59–61
riddles, storytelling and, 15, 20–23, 204, 258–259, 270
rube/boob persona of, 43–44, 75, 107, 113, 119, 133, 174, 214
sadness and sentiments of, 206
skills of, 203–205
support for, 217–218
on value of hard work, 14–15, 19, 30
words and, 206–209
Lincoln, Abraham (paternal grandfather of the president), 13, 256
Lincoln, Edward (president’s son), 81, 105–106, 257
Lincoln, Mary Todd (president’s wife), 120, 258
characteristics of, 71–72, 74, 188, 260–261
courtship and marriage to, 71–75, 228
recollections of, 76
Lincoln, Nancy (president’s mother), 14, 34–35
death of, 15, 17, 30, 41, 59, 256
Zebedee riddle and, 15, 20, 22
Lincoln, Robert (president’s son), 81
Lincoln, Sarah (president’s sister). See Grigsby, Sarah
Lincoln, Sarah Bush (president’s stepmother), 38, 273
marriage of, 16
on stepson, 16–17, 19–21, 23, 55, 187–188
Lincoln, Tad. See Lincoln, Thomas
Lincoln, Thomas (president’s deceased brother), 16
Lincoln, Thomas (president’s father), 7, 38, 55, 165, 236, 255, 268
characteristics of, 21, 34–35
during childhood and youth, 13–14
death of, 24
on labor, 18–19
remarriage of, 16
on son, 18–21, 149
storytelling and, 21, 267
work of, 15, 17–18, 30
Lincoln, Thomas (president’s son), 81, 270
Lincoln, William (president’s son), 81, 260, 270
Lincoln-Douglas debates, 149
of 1857, 124–126
of 1858, 111, 128–138
Cooper Union, 144–148, 151–154, 158, 171, 233–234, 280
joint, 131–138
in Peoria, 112–113, 116–118, 135, 151, 158, 165, 261, 280, 298
during presidential election of 1856, 121–122
in Springfield, 112, 113–116
Lincolnisms, 113–114
Little Napoleon. See McClellan, George
Livingston, Robert, 162
Locke, David Ross (Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby), 208
Log Cabin Campaign, 70–71, 107, 174
Logan, Stephen, 75–76, 87
Louisiana, 91, 146
focus on, 289–290
plan, 290–291, 299
Louisiana Purchase (1803), 80
Louisiana Territory, 91, 109
Lovejoy, Elijah, 62–63, 65, 167
Lovejoy, Owen, 121
Lynchings
abolitionists on, 65–66
in Illinois, 4–5, 62–63, 65
mobs and, 4–5, 62–63
in states, 4–5, 62–63
Macbeth (Shakespeare), 60
Madison, Dolley, 83
Madison, James, 2, 95, 152, 154, 156, 209–210, 227, 233
death of, 3
as president, 44, 85, 157, 185
on slavery, 2–3, 5, 223
Maine, 91
“Man of Audacity,” 22–23
Manufacturing, 95, 211
Marion, Francis, 65
Martineau, Harriet, 2, 45–46
Marx, Karl, 244
Maryland, 223
elections in, 122, 255
voting in, 2, 17–18
See also McCulloch v. Maryland
Mason, George, 26
Matheny, James, 55–56
Matteson, Joel, 120, 128
McClellan, George (Little Napoleon), 205, 213, 254
as general, 213, 215, 255
as presidential candidate, 254–255
McCormick, Cyrus, 140, 197, 205
McCulloch v. Maryland, 125
McCullough, Fanny, 257
McCullough, William, 257, 281
McDowell, Irvin, 212
McIntosh, Francis, 62
McLean, John, 122
Meade, George, 238–239
Mexican War, 85, 122, 185, 247
Mexico, 80, 82–83, 264
Michigan, 47–48, 122
Militia Act of 1792, 202, 250
Minnesota, 187
Minnesota Territory, 123
Mississippi, 4, 62, 65, 146, 187, 238–239, 247
Mississippi River, 38–39, 47
Missouri, 4, 62, 223, 255
line, 96–97, 130
state of, 91, 111
Missouri Compromise, 5, 99, 123
repeal of, 105, 110–118
restoration of, 112
Mob, 67
lynchings, 4–5, 62–63
violence, 62–63, 67
Monroe, James, 44–45, 92, 157
Moore, Thomas, 159
Morris, Gouverneur, 147, 154
characteristics and qualities of, 233–234
Preamble to the Constitution and, 233–235
Morris, Robert, 154
Morrison, Toni, 205
“Mortality” (Knox), 59
Mount Vernon, 27, 83
Napoleon, 62, 63–65, 67, 84, 215
Napoleon III, 169, 264
Napoleonic Wars, 126
National Democrats, 132
Nebraska, 109
See also Kansas-Nebraska Act
Necessity, 115, 116
Negroes, 38, 58, 114–115
views regarding, 73
voting of, 125
Nevada, 255
New Jersey, 31, 255
See also Battle of Trenton
New Mexico, 83, 96–97, 106–107
slavery and, 130, 220
as territory, 109, 193
New Orleans, 38–39
See also Battle of New Orleans
New Salem, 38–39
New York, 46–47, 122, 163
Cooper Union debates of, 144–148, 151–154, 158, 171, 233–234, 280
manumission of, 161
See also Erie Canal
New York Evening Post, 133
New York Tribune, 128, 148, 208, 244
Nicolay, John G., 181, 271
North Carolina, 155, 203
Northwest Ordinance, 18, 118, 136, 142–143, 262–263
application of, 37–38, 113
confirmation of, 146, 152
mistake about, 115–116
Northwest Territory, 18
Notes on State of Virginia (Jefferson), 137, 158
Nullification Crisis of 1832, 96, 99, 186
Offutt, Denton, 38–39, 183
Ohio, 122
Old Hickory. See Jackson, Andrew
The Old Soldier, 70
Oregon, 187
Orwell, George, 241
Ottawa, 132, 134
Our American Cousin (play), 294
Owens, Mary, 42–43, 44, 72, 74, 126
Paine, Thomas, 7, 156, 273
characteristics of, 58–59
death of, 52
narrative of, 51–53, 54
writings of, 51–59, 77, 267–269
Papers (Madison, James), 154
Parker, Theodore, 167
Pater patriae. See Father of his country
Perceval, Spencer, 293
“The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions,” 3–4
Petersburg, 285–286
Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby. See Locke, David Ross
Pierce, Franklin, 107, 108, 110, 214
Pierce, Henry, 140–141
Plutarch, 201
Political institutions
founding fathers and, 64–65
liberty and, 61–64
Politics, 296
abolitionists and, 49–50, 101
as career, 39, 43–50, 67, 78–87, 203
Clay, Henry, and, 80–81, 89–94
Douglas and, 108–110, 114, 123, 128–138, 141–142, 176–180
Hamilton and, 45, 85, 95–96, 147, 184
in Illinois, 44–50, 69–71
Jefferson and, 2, 44, 116, 158
Long Nine of, 48
principles and, 119–120
reelection, 252–256
Seward and, 144–145, 172, 175
Shields and, 120, 128