letters to B.F. James, 74;
elected to Congress, 1846, 75;
service and speeches in Congress, 76-90;
votes for Wilmot Proviso, 79;
presidential elector in 1840 and 1844, 80;
favors General Taylor for President, 80-83;
letters about Taylor's nomination, 80-82;
letters to Herndon, 81-83;
speeches for Taylor, 83;
bill to prohibit slavery in District of Columbia, 86;
letters recommending office-seekers, 87-89;
letter to W.H. Herndon, 90, 91;
letter to Speed, 91, 92;
letter to Duff Green, 92;
applies for commissionership of General Land Office, 92;
defends Butterfield against political attack, 92;
refuses governorship of Oregon, 93;
indignation at repeal of Missouri Compromise, 94, 95;
advocates reëlection of Richard Yates to Congress, 96;
speech at Illinois State Fair, 96;
debate with Douglas at Peoria, 96-99;
agreement with Douglas, 99;
candidate for United States Senate before Illinois legislature, 1855, 99;
withdraws in favor of Trumbull, 100;
letter to Robertson, 100, 101;
speech at Bloomington convention 1856, 103;
vote for, for Vice-President 1856, 104;
presidential elector 1856, 105;
speeches in campaign of 1856, 105;
speech at Republican banquet in Chicago, 106, 107;
speech on Dred Scott case, 110-112;
nominated for senator, 118, 119;
"House divided against itself" speech, 119, 120, 127, 128;
Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, 121-125;
defeated for United States Senate, 125;
analysis of causes which led to his defeat, 126, 127;
letters to H. Asbury and A.G. Henry, 127;
letter to A.L. Pierce and others, 130, 131;
speech in Chicago, 131, 132;
letter to M.W. Delahay, 132;
letter to Colfax, 132, 133;
letter to S. Galloway, 133;
Ohio speeches, 133, 134;
criticism of John Brown raid, 134, 135;
speeches in Kansas, 136, 137;
Cooper Institute speech, 137-140;
speeches in New England, 140;
letter to T.J. Pickett, 145;
candidate for presidential nomination 1860, 145;
letters to N.B. Judd, 145, 146;
nominated for President 1860, 149-151;
speech at Decatur convention, 153, 154;
daily routine during campaign, 158, 159;
letters during campaign, 159;
elected President, 160;
his cabinet program, 161-163;
letter to Seward offering cabinet appointment, 163;
offers Bates and Cameron cabinet appointments, 163;
summons Chase to Springfield, 163;
withdraws offer to Cameron, 163;
editorial in Springfield "Journal," 164;
offers cabinet appointments to Gilmer, Hunt, and Scott, 164;
letters to W.S. Speer and G.D. Prentiss, 164, 165;
correspondence with Alexander H. Stephens, 165, 166;
letter to Gilmer, 166;
letter to Washburne, 166, 167;
writes his inaugural, 167, 168;
journey to Washington, 168-174;
farewell address at Springfield, 169;
speeches on journey to Washington, 169-171;
consultation with Judd, 173;
night journey to Washington, 173, 174;
visits of ceremony, 179, 180;
first inauguration of, 180-182;
inaugural address, 180-182;
calls council to consider question of Sumter, 182, 183;
signs order for relief of Sumter, 184;
answer to Seward's memorandum of April 1 1861, 187;
instructions to Seward 1865, 187;
notice to Governor Pickens, 188;
issues call for 75,000 volunteers, 192;
assumes responsibility for war measures, 195;
opinion against dispersing Maryland legislature, 198, 199;
authorizes Scott to suspend writ of habeas corpus, 199;
action in Merryman case, 200;
institutes blockade, 205;
calls for three years' volunteers, 206;
appoints Charles Francis Adams minister to England, 211;
modifies Seward's despatch of May 21, 212;
his immense duties, 212, 213;
calls council of war, 215;
message to Congress, July 4 1861, 218-220;
postpones decision about slaves, 222, 223;
receives news of defeat at Bull Run, 229;
letter to Hunter, 235;
letter to Frémont, 237, 238;
letter to Browning, 238-240;
sends Cameron to visit Frémont, 242;
letter to General Curtis about Frémont, 242, 243;
draft of despatch about Trent affair, 247, 248;
welcomes McClellan to Washington, 250;
orders retirement of General Scott, 253;
memorandum to McClellan, 253;
his grasp of military problems, 255, 256;
memorandum after battle of Bull Run, 256;
interest in East Tennessee, 256, 257;
personally urges on Congress the construction of railroad
in East Tennessee, 257, 258;
letter to Buell, 258, 259;
telegrams and letters to Buell and Halleck, 262-264, 268, 269;
places Halleck in command of Department of the Mississippi, 271;
calls councils of war, 288, 289;
General War Order No. 1, 290;
Special War Order No. 1, 291;
letter to McClellan about plan of campaign, 291;
interview with Stanton, 293, 294;
interview with McClellan, 295;
President's General War Orders No. 2 and No. 3, 295;
receives news of fight between Monitor and Merrimac, 296;
relieves McClellan from command of all troops except
Army of the Potomac, 298;
orders McDowell to protect Washington, 299;
letter to McClellan, 299, 300;
letter to McClellan, 303, 304;
visit to General Scott, 306;
assigns General Pope to command of Army of Virginia, 306;
orders Burnside and Halleck to reinforce McClellan, 307;
letter to governors of free States, 307, 308;
accepts 300,000 new troops, 308;
letters to McClellan, 308;
visit to Harrison's Landing, 308;
appoints Halleck general-in-chief, 309;
his dispassionate calmness in considering McClellan's conduct, 311;
asks McClellan to use his influence with Pope's officers, 313;
places McClellan in command of defenses of Washington, 313;
orders reinforcements to McClellan, 316;
telegram to McClellan, 316;
visit to Antietam, 316, 317;
directions and letter to McClellan, 317-319;
removes him from command, 319;
letter to Bancroft, 321;
reference to slavery in message to Congress, December 3 1861, 321, 322;
offers Delaware compensated abolishment, 322, 323;
special message of March 6 1862, proposing joint
resolution favoring gradual abolishment, 323, 324;
letter to McDougall, 324;
interview with delegations from border slave States, 324, 325;
signs bill for compensated emancipation in District of Columbia, 326;
letter to Chase about Hunter's order of emancipation, 327;
proclamation revoking Hunter's order, 327, 328;
second interview with border State delegations in Congress, 329-331;
conversation with Carpenter about emancipation, 331, 332;
reads draft of first emancipation proclamation to cabinet, 331, 332;
tells Seward and Welles of his purpose to issue
emancipation proclamation, 332;
letter to Reverdy Johnson, 334;
letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, 334, 335;
letter to Horace Greeley, 335-337;
interview with Chicago clergymen, 337-339;
issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, 339-341;
annual message of December 1 1862, 341, 342;
issues final emancipation proclamation, January 1 1863, 342-346;
letter to A.G. Hodges, 346, 347;
letters about arming negroes, 350;
speech about Fort Pillow massacre, 351, 352;
interview with Frederick Douglass, 352;
letter to Governor Seymour, 356;
action in case of Vallandigham, 358, 359;
suspends privilege of writ of habeas corpus, 360;
attitude toward Knights of the Golden Circle, 361;
appoints Burnside to command Army of the Potomac, 363;
telegram to Burnside, and letter to Halleck about Burnside, 365;
letter to Burnside, 366;
relieves Burnside and appoints Hooker to succeed him, 366;
letter to Hooker, 366-368;
criticism on Hooker's plan of campaign, 368;
continued belief in Hooker, 370;
instructions to Hooker, 370, 371;
telegrams to Hooker, 371;
appoints Meade to command Army of the Potomac, 372;
urges Meade to active pursuit of Lee, 375;
letter to Meade, 375, 376;
Gettysburg address, 376, 377;
letter to Grant, 384, 385;
orders Rosecrans to advance, 385, 386;
note to Halleck, 388;
telegram to Rosecrans, 388;
orders reinforcements to Rosecrans, 388;
signs bill making Grant lieutenant-general, 393;
address on presenting his commission, 393, 394;
letter to Grant, 396;
under fire, 403;
letter to Sherman, 412, 413;
appoints military governors for Tennessee, Louisiana,
Arkansas, and North Carolina, 419;
his theory of "reconstruction," 419;
message to Congress, July 4 1861, 419;
letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, 420, 421;
circular letter to military governors, 421, 422;
letter to Governor Shepley, 422;
letter to General Banks, 423;
references to reconstruction in message to Congress,
December 8 1863, 424;
amnesty proclamation, December 8 1863, 424;
letter to General Banks, 424, 425;
letters to General Steele, 427, 428;
letters to Johnson, 428, 429;
letter to Drake and others, 430-432;
revokes Frémont's proclamation freeing slaves, 432;
letter to General Schofield, 433;
directs Stanton to issue order regulating raising
of colored troops, 434, 435;
letter to H.W. Hoffman, 435, 436;
Democrats and Frémont Republicans criticize
his action on slavery, 437, 438;
relations with his cabinet, 438, 439;
attitude toward Chase, 439-441, 444;
letter to Chase, 441;
letter to F.A. Conkling and others, 443;
sentiment in favor of his reëlection, 443, 444;
letter to Washburne about second term, 444;
letters to General Schurz, 444, 445;
instructions to office-holders, 445;
speeches during campaign, 445;
renominated for President, 447, 448;
refuses to intimate his preference for Vice-President, 448, 449;
indorsement on Nicolay's letter, 448, 449;
reply to committee of notification, 450;
letter accepting nomination, 450, 451;
his attitude toward the French in Mexico, 451, 452;
opposition to, in Congress, 454;
on Davis's reconstruction bill, 454-456;
proclamation of July 8 1864, 456;
accepts Chase's resignation, 457;
nominates David Tod to succeed him, 457;
substitutes name of W.P. Fessenden, 457, 458;
correspondence with Greeley, 458-460;
criticized because of Niagara conference, 460, 461;
draft of letter to C.D. Robinson, 461;
indorsement on Jaquess's application to go South, 462;
answer to Raymond's proposition, 463;
interview with John T. Mills, 464, 465;
memorandum, August 23 1864, 466;
speech on morning after election, 469, 470;
popular and electoral votes for, 470;
summing up of results of the election, 470;
suggests key-note of Morgan's opening speech before Baltimore convention, 471;
message to Congress, December 6 1864, 471, 472, 476-478;
answer to serenade, 474, 475;
opinion on ratification of Thirteenth Amendment, 475;
two constitutional amendments offered to the
people during his administration, 476;
gives Blair permission to go South, 478;
letter to Blair in reply to Jefferson Davis, 481;
sends Major Eckert to meet peace commissioners, 482;
instructions to Seward, 483;
instructions to Grant, 483;
goes to Fortress Monroe, 484;
conference with peace commissioners, 484, 485;
pressure upon him to dismiss Montgomery Blair, 487, 489;
personal regard for the Blairs, 488;
letter to Stanton, 488;
lecture to cabinet, 489;
requests resignation of Blair, 489;
nominates Chase for chief justice, 490, 491;
opinion of Chase, 490, 491;
offers attorney-generalship to Holt and Speed, 491;
offers cabinet appointment to Governor Morgan, 492;
appoints Hugh McCulloch Secretary of the Treasury, 492;
indorsements on Usher's resignation, 492;
his plans for the future, 492, 493;
submits to cabinet draft of joint resolution offering
the South $400,000,000, 493;
his second inauguration, 493-496;
the second inaugural, 494-496;
letter to Weed, 497;
his literary rank, 497;
last public address, 498;
despatch to Grant, March 3 1865, 503, 504;
at City Point, 506;
telegraphs Grant, "Let the thing be pressed," 511;
visit to Richmond, 517, 518;
interviews with John A. Campbell, 519;
gives permission for meeting of Virginia legislature, 519;
regret of army for, 529;
return to Washington, 530;
last cabinet meeting, 531, 532;
14th of April, 532, 533, 536-540;
danger from assassination, 533, 534;
interest in the theater, 536;
attends Ford's Theater, 536, 537;
death of, 538-540;
his death prevents organized rejoicing at downfall of rebellion, 544;
mourning for, 544-548;
feeling of radicals at death of, 545;
funeral ceremonies of, in Washington, 545, 546;
funeral journey to Springfield, Illinois, 546, 547;
burial at Springfield, 547, 548;
his character and career, 549-555;
his place in history, 555

Lincoln, Abraham, grandfather of the President,
emigrates from Virginia to Kentucky, 3, 4;
killed by Indians, 4

Lincoln, Edward Baker, son of President Lincoln, birth of, 69;
death of, 69

Lincoln, Isaac, settles on Holston River, 5

Lincoln, Josiah, uncle of the President,
goes to fort for assistance against Indians, 4

Lincoln, Mary, aunt of the President, 4

Lincoln, Mary Todd, wife of the President, engagement to Lincoln, 63, 64;
writes "Lost Townships" letters, 66;
marriage to Lincoln, November 4, 1842, 68, 69;
children of, 69;
death of, 69;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168;
drive with her husband, April 14 1865, 532;
invites friends to attend Ford's Theater, 536;
attends theater with her husband, 538;
at Lincoln's death-bed, 539

Lincoln, Mordecai, uncle of the President
defends homestead against Indians, 4;
inherits his father's lands, 4

Lincoln, Nancy, aunt of the President, 4

Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, mother of the President,
marries Thomas Lincoln, June 12, 1806, 5;
teaches her husband to sign his name, 5;
birth of daughter, 5;
birth of Abraham, son of, 6;
death of, 9

Lincoln, Robert Todd, son of the President,
Secretary of War, minister to England, birth of, 69;
public services, 69;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168;
on Grant's staff, 517;
with his father April 14 1865, 532;
at Lincoln's death-bed, 540

Lincoln, Samuel, ancestor of the President, emigrates to America, 3

Lincoln, Sarah, sister of the President, born, 5;
goes to school, 6

Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston. See Johnston, Sarah Bush

Lincoln, Thomas, father of the President, 3;