| Acceptance, Lincoln's letter of, | 157 |
| Adams, Charles Francis, | 354 |
| ——, John Quincy, | 144 |
| Address, first inaugural, | 170 |
| ——, second inaugural, | 89 |
| Admitted to the bar, | 65 |
| Advice to young lawyers, | 70, 82 |
| Alley, John B., | 54, 175, 216 |
| Amendment, thirteenth, adopted, | 337 |
| Ancestry of Lincoln, | 15 |
| Anderson, General Robert, | 231, 308 |
| Anecdotes of Lincoln, | 29, 49, 69, 74, 81, 95, 128, 133, 141, 159, 161, 164, 175, 178, 220, 222, 226, 234, 259, 278, 280, 290, 310, 330, 343, 360 |
| Anger, Lincoln's, | 54 |
| Appearance, Lincoln's, | 48 |
| Argument, Lincoln's method of, | 79, 86, 96, 100, 125 |
| Arrival at Washington, Lincoln's, | 169 |
| Assassination conspiracy, | 168 |
| —— of Lincoln, | 311 |
| Atheism, story of Lincoln's, | 376 |
| Autobiography, Lincoln's, | 59 |
| Bailache, William H., | 170 |
| Baker, Edward D., | 54, 83, 134, 137, 169 |
| Bar, early practice at, | 65, 66, 83 |
| Bateman, Dr. Newton, | 158, 388 |
| Bates, Edward, | 181, 298 |
| Beecher, Henry Ward, | 190 |
| Berry and Lincoln, | 34, 63 |
| Bible, Lincoln's admiration for, | 387 |
| Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, | 20 |
| Bixby, letters to Mrs., | 51 |
| Black Hawk War, | 65, 229 |
| Blair, Francis P., | 187 |
| ——, Montgomery, | 181, 187, 191 |
| Bloomington Convention, | 105, 149 |
| Books, Lincoln's early, | 56 |
| Boone, Daniel, related to Lincoln, | 16 |
| Booth, John Wilkes, | 311 |
| Boutwell, George S., | 216 |
| Boyhood of Lincoln, | 21, 24, 60, 93 |
| Brown, John, | 322 |
| Browning, Orville H., | 39, 134, 170 |
| Bryant, William Cullen, | 124 |
| Buchanan Cabinet, disloyalty of, | 165 |
| —— sends emissary to Lincoln, | 162 |
| Buell, General, | 252 |
| Bull Run, battle of, | 236 |
| Burns, Lincoln's love of, | 288 |
| Burnside, General, | 262 |
| Butler, General B. F., | 273, 294, 323, 333 |
| Cabin in which Lincoln was born, | 19 |
| Cabinet, dissensions of, | 186, 235, 356 |
| ——, selection of, | 174, 179, 193 |
| Calhoun, John, | 35, 63 |
| Cameron, Simon, | 193, 220, 238, 325 |
| Campaign of, Presidential, 1860, | 155 |
| Campaigning, Lincoln's method of, | 96, 133 |
| Campaigns, plans of military, | 249 |
| Campbell, John A., | 272 |
| Canal, isthmus, | 334 |
| Candidate for Congress, | 137 |
| —— for Legislature, | 129 |
| —— for President, | 158 |
| —— for Senate, | 146, 150 |
| Capacity for labor, Lincoln's, | 279 |
| Capital, removal of Illinois State, | 135 |
| Cartter, Judge, | 175, 360 |
| Cartwright, Peter, | 138 |
| Cass, General, | 231 |
| Chandler, A. B., | 53 |
| Character, Lincoln's, | 14, 91, 370, 396 |
| Chase, Salmon P., | 174, 204, 210, 216, 243, 340, 356 |
| Chicago Convention (1860), | 158 |
| Chief-Justice, Chase appointed, | 216 |
| Children, Lincoln's, | 46, 287 |
| ——, Lincoln's love of his, | 46 |
| Choate, Joseph H., | 125 |
| Christian Commission, | 390 |
| Church, Lincoln's attendance at, | 370 |
| Circuit, following the judicial, | 67, 83 |
| Clergy, opposition of Springfield, | 387 |
| Coffey, Titian J., | 184, 297 |
| Coles, Edward, Governor, | 315 |
| Colfax, Schuyler, | 153, 182, 310, 330 |
| Colonization, Lincoln advocates negro, | 333 |
| Confusion in government, | 186, 233 |
| Congress, speeches in, | 98, 145 |
| Congressional campaign, | 137 |
| —— experience, Lincoln's, | 139 |
| Conners, Senator, | 55 |
| Contraband question, the, | 323 |
| Convention, Bloomington, | 156 |
| ——, Decatur, | 26, 149 |
| ——, Illinois State (1860), | 156 |
| —— of 1860, National, | 27, 158 |
| Cooper Institute speech, | 86, 124, 321 |
| Courage, Lincoln's, | 272 |
| Creed, Lincoln's, | 391 |
| Dana, Charles A., | 227, 364 |
| Davis, David, | 67, 83, 193, 369, 379 |
| ——, Henry Winter, | 187 |
| ——, Jefferson, | 140, 231 |
| Death, Lincoln's, | 313 |
| Debate, Lincoln's first, | 96 |
| —— with Douglas, | 86, 100, 110, 114 |
| Debt, Lincoln's, | 33 |
| Decatur Convention, | 149 |
| Defeat by people, Lincoln's only, | 130 |
| Democracy, Lincoln's, | 345 |
| Dennison, William, | 193, 242 |
| Depew, Chauncey M., | 85, 93, 281, 361 |
| Diplomacy, Lincoln's ability in, | 342, 346, 351 |
| Diplomatist, definition of, | 342 |
| Disloyalty in Buchanan's Cabinet, | 233 |
| Dodge, William E., | 368 |
| Douglas, Stephen A., | 40, 74, 83, 86, 100, 107, 114, 122, 134, 151, 169, 320, 380 |
| Dreams, Lincoln's, | 308 |
| Duel, Lincoln's, | 42 |
| Earnings, Lincoln's first, | 24 |
| Eckert, General, | 53, 227 |
| Education, Lincoln's, | 58, 91 |
| Edwards, Ninian W., | 40 |
| Election declared, Lincoln's, | 166 |
| ——, Presidential, of 1860, | 161 |
| Electoral vote counted, | 166 |
| Emancipation accomplished, | 335 |
| ——, Lincoln's ideas of, | 319 |
| —— proclamation, | 183, 329, 335, 394 |
| Emerson, Ralph Waldo, | 396 |
| Emigration of Lincoln family, | 17 |
| England, diplomatic relations with, | 347, 351 |
| Essay, Lincoln's first, | 94 |
| Ethics, Lincoln's legal, | 70 |
| Experience, Lincoln's legislative, | 135 |
| ——, —— Congressional, | 139 |
| Farewell to Springfield neighbors, | 47 |
| Faults, Lincoln's, | 395 |
| Fees, Lincoln's, | 45, 72 |
| Fenton, Reuben E., | 173 |
| Fessenden, William Pitt, | 214, 361 |
| Field, Munsell B., | 213 |
| First dollar, Lincoln's, | 24 |
| —— lawsuit, Lincoln's, | 65 |
| Fish, Hamilton, | 350 |
| Flatboat, Lincoln's, | 32 |
| Foreign policy, | 346 |
| Fortune, Lincoln's, | 45 |
| France, diplomatic relations with, | 348 |
| "Freeport Doctrine," Douglas's, | 107, 120 |
| Frémont, General John C., | 246 |
| Frémont, Mrs., | 247 |
| Fry, General James F., | 88, 221, 344 |
| Fugitive-slave law, | 323 |
| Garrison, William Lloyd, | 290 |
| Genius, Lincoln's military, | 232, 249, 269 |
| Gentry, Mr., | 25 |
| Gentryville, Indiana, | 21, 25, 94 |
| Gettysburg speech, | 86, 89 |
| Giddings, Joshua R., | 140 |
| Gilmer, John A., | 181 |
| God, belief in, | 370 |
| Governorship of Oregon, offered, | 137 |
| Graham, Menton, | 62 |
| Grammar, Lincoln's first, | 63 |
| Grant, General, | 177, 232, 245, 252, 253, 260, 300, 308 |
| Greeley, Horace, | 92, 284, 332 |
| Green, General Duff, | 162 |
| Gurley, Rev. Dr., | 313, 370 |
| Hahn, letter to Governor, | 337 |
| Halleck, General, | 191, 251 |
| Hanks, Dennis, | 26 |
| ——, John, | 23, 27, 32 |
| ——, Nancy, Lincoln's mother, | 18, 22 |
| Harris, Senator, | 311 |
| Hay, Colonel John, | 88, 284, 311, 381 |
| Hayti, recognition of, | 328 |
| Herndon, W. H., | 33, 108, 372 |
| Holloway, Commissioner of Patents, | 174 |
| Holmes's poems, Lincoln's love of, | 289 |
| Holt, Judge-Advocate-General, | 293 |
| Home, Lincoln's first, | 19 |
| ——, Lincoln's second, | 20 |
| ——, Lincoln's third, | 21 |
| ——, Lincoln's fourth, | 26 |
| ——, Lincoln's fifth, | 44 |
| ——, Lincoln's sixth, | 45 |
| —— life, Lincoln's, | 45, 227, 284 |
| Honesty, Lincoln's, | 34, 84, 371 |
| Hood's poems, Lincoln's love of, | 288 |
| Hooker, General Joseph, | 263 |
| "House divided against itself" speech, | 110 |
| Humor, Lincoln's, | 50, 93, 281, 344, 361 |
| Hunter, General David, | 247, 328 |
| Illinois Central Railroad, litigation with, | 72 |
| —— State Convention of 1860, | 156 |
| Inauguration, Lincoln's first, | 169 |
| ——, Lincoln's second, | 89 |
| Indiana, migration to, | 21 |
| Indiana, Revised Statutes of, | 56 |
| Infidelity, story of Lincoln's, | 376 |
| Invention, Lincoln's, | 32 |
| Jefferson, Joseph, reminiscences of, | 68 |
| Johnson, Reverdy, | 76 |
| Johnston, General Albert Sidney, | 231 |
| ——, John, Lincoln's step-brother, | 23, 30, 32, 382 |
| ——, Sally Bush, | 23, 30 |
| Judd, Norman B., | 154, 188 |
| Judicial procedure, early, | 66 |
| Julian, George W., | 174, 225 |
| Kasson, John A., | 223 |
| Kelso, Jack, | 95 |
| Kernan, Francis, | 296 |
| Kindness of heart, Lincoln's, | 279, 292, 296 |
| Lamon, Ward, | 310 |
| Land Office Commissionership, | 143 |
| Law-books, Lincoln's first, | 57, 64 |
| Law, how he came to study, | 56 |
| Lawyer, Lincoln becomes a, | 64 |
| Learning, Lincoln's love of, | 56, 78, 91 |
| Lee's surrender, | 307 |
| Legislature, candidate for, | 129 |
| Liberia, recognition of, | 328 |
| Lincoln admitted to the bar, | 65 |
| ——, ancestry of, | 15 |
| ——, anger of, | 54 |
| —— appointed postmaster, | 34 |
| ——, arrival in Washington of, | 169 |
| ——, assassination of, | 311 |
| ——, atheism of, story of, | 376 |
| ——, autobiography of, | 59 |
| ——, birthplace of, | 20 |
| ——, Black Hawk War, | 65, 229 |
| ——, boyhood of, | 21, 24, 60, 93 |
| ——, candidate for President, | 158 |
| ——, character of, | 14, 91, 370, 396 |
| ——, code of morals of, | 372 |
| ——, Congressional experience of, | 139 |
| ——, courage of, | 272 |
| ——, creed of, | 391 |
| ——, death of, | 313 |
| ——, debate of, with Douglas, | 40, 74, 83, 86, 100, 107, 114, 122, 134, 151, 160, 169, 320, 380 |
| ——, diplomacy of, | 342, 346, 351 |
| ——, duel of, | 42 |
| ——, education of, | 58, 91 |
| ——, election of, declared, | 166 |
| ——, farewell of, to neighbors, | 47 |
| ——, faults of, | 395 |
| ——, fees of, | 45, 72 |
| ——, first campaign of, for Legislature, | 129 |
| ——, first earnings of, | 24 |
| ——, first impressions of, of slavery, | 314 |
| ——, first inauguration of, | 169 |
| ——, first lawsuit of, | 65 |
| ——, first meeting of, with McClellan, | 71 |
| ——, first school of, | 61 |
| —— first suggested for President, | 153 |
| ——, foreign policy of, | 346 |
| ——, fortune of, | 45, 74 |
| ——, grandmother of, | 17 |
| ——, home life of, | 45 |
| ——, homes of, | 19, 20, 21, 26, 44, 45 |
| ——, honesty of, | 34, 84, 371 |
| ——, journey of, to New Orleans, | 25 |
| ——, kindness of heart of, | 279, 292, 296 |
| ——, last speech of, | 338 |
| ——, legal ethics of, | 70, 83 |
| ——, legal methods of, | 74, 79, 83, 86 |
| ——, legislative experience of, | 135 |
| ——, letter of, accepting Presidential nomination, | 157 |
| ——, "Lost Speech" of, | 106 |
| ——, love-affairs of, | 35, 37, 38, 40 |
| ——, love of, for his children, | 46, 53 |
| ——, ——, for learning, | 56, 78, 91 |
| ——, marriage of, | 44 |
| ——, memory of, | 93 |
| ——, method of argument of, | 79, 86, 96, 100, 125 |
| ——, military genius of, | 232, 249, 269 |
| ——, muscular strength of, | 28 |
| ——, nomination of, for Congress, | 138 |
| ——, notification of, of nomination to Presidency, | 156 |
| ——, oratory of, | 86, 116 |
| ——, Peoria speech of, | 91 |
| ——, personal appearance of, | 48 |
| ——, place in history of, | 13, 86, 91 |
| ——, plans of, for purchasing slaves, | 326 |
| ——, political career of, | 129 |
| ——, political sagacity of, | 344 |
| ——, popularity of, | 130 |
| ——, receives emissaries from rebel leaders, | 163 |
| ——, recommendations of, for office, | 142 |
| ——, religious views of, | 370, 381 |
| —— seeks Presidential nomination, | 155 |
| ——, sisters of, | 20, 26 |
| ——, speeches of, | 95, 97, 100, 114, 125, 133 |
| ——, Springfield speech of, | 104, 109 |
| ——, stature of, | 29 |
| ——, step-mother of, | 23, 30 |
| ——, superstitions of, | 309 |
| ——, surveying of, | 34 |
| ——, visit to Richmond of, | 271 |
| ——, weakness of, | 395 |
| Lincoln, Anna, | 17 |
| ——, Robert T., | 30, 46, 177, 310, 312 |
| ——, "Tad", | 287 |
| ——, Thomas, | 17, 21, 30, 375 |
| ——, Willie, | 277 |
| Liquor selling, Lincoln's, | 34 |
| Literary style, Lincoln's, | 86 |
| Locke, David R., | 36, 51 |
| Logan, Stephen T., | 35, 44, 69 |
| "Lost Speech," Lincoln's, | 106 |
| Louisiana, reconstruction of, | 339 |
| Love-affairs, Lincoln's, | 35, 38 |
| Lovejoy, assassination of, | 317 |
| Lyons, Lord, | 350 |
| Maltby, Captain, | 55 |
| Markland, General, | 189 |
| Marriage, Lincoln's, | 44 |
| Mason-Slidell affair, | 350 |
| McClellan's first meeting with Lincoln, | 71 |
| McClellan, General, | 197, 206, 238, 250 |
| McCulloch, Hugh, | 183, 214, 309, 340 |
| McCulloch, Mrs., | 283 |
| McDowell, General, | 237 |
| McKinley, William, | 342 |
| Meade, General George C., | 268 |
| Medill, Joseph, | 122 |
| Melancholy, Lincoln's, | 50 |
| Memory, Lincoln's, | 93 |
| Methods, Lincoln's legal, | 74, 79, 83 |
| ——, Lincoln's political, | 133 |
| Mexican question, | 354 |
| Migration to Illinois, | 26 |
| Military genius, Lincoln's, | 232, 249, 269 |
| Missouri Compromise, | 102, 146 |
| Monroe Doctrine, | 354 |
| Moral courage, Lincoln's, | 130 |
| Morals, Lincoln's code of, | 372 |
| Morgan, E. D., | 29 |
| Muscular strength, Lincoln's, | 28 |
| Negroes, enlistment of, | 325 |
| New Orleans, Lincoln's journey to, | 25, 32, 314, 318 |
| Nicolay, John G., | 90, 158, 199, 204, 214, 250, 379, 385 |
| Nominated for Congress, | 138 |
| Nomination, notified of Presidential, | 156, 380 |
| Office seekers, clamors of, | 164, 186, 279 |
| Offutt, Denton, | 32, 62, 129 |
| Oglesby, Richard J., | 26 |
| Oratory, Lincoln's, | 86, 125 |
| Oregon, offered governorship of, | 143 |
| Owen, Robert Dale, | 360 |
| Owens, Mary, | 38 |
| Pardon of soldiers, | 36, 52 |
| Patent case, Lincoln's, | 75 |
| Patronage, Lincoln's opinions about, | 143 |
| Peace Commissioners, | 355 |
| Peoria speech, Lincoln's, | 91 |
| Petroleum V. Nasby, | 36, 51, 280 |
| Philadelphia speech (1860), | 167 |
| Pinkerton, Allan, | 168 |
| Platform, Lincoln's first political, | 129 |
| Poem, Lincoln's favorite, | 379 |
| Poems, Lincoln's, | 94 |
| Poetry, love of, | 95, 287, 379 |
| Politician, definition of, | 342 |
| Political career, Lincoln's, | 129 |
| —— sagacity, Lincoln's, | 96, 133, 160, 171, 177, 199, 344 |
| Pomeroy, Senator, | 211 |
| Poore, Ben: Perley, | 289 |
| Popularity, Lincoln's, | 130 |
| Porter, Admiral, | 272 |
| Postmaster, Lincoln appointed, | 34 |
| Practice, Lincoln's law, | 74, 82 |
| Prayer, Lincoln's belief in, | 382 |
| Presbyterian Church, Springfield, | 46 |
| President, Lincoln elected, | 161 |
| Presidential nomination, Lincoln seeks, | 155 |
| Press, Lincoln's respect for, | 283, 289 |
| Proclamation, Emancipation, | 183, 329, 335, 394 |
| Property, Lincoln's, | 45 |
| Rails that Lincoln split, | 26 |
| Rathbone, Major, | 311 |
| Rebel leaders send emissary to Lincoln, | 162 |
| Recommendations for office, Lincoln's, | 142 |
| Relatives in Kentucky, | 16 |
| —— in Virginia, | 16 |
| Religious prejudice against, | 137 |
| —— views, Lincoln's, | 370 |
| Republican National Convention (1856), | 149, 156 |
| Rice, Governor, | 296 |
| Richmond, Lincoln visits, | 271 |
| Rutledge, Anne, | 37 |
| Sagacity, Lincoln's political, | 160, 171, 177 |
| School, Lincoln's first, | 61 |
| Scott, General, | 229, 235, 242 |
| Secession begins, | 161 |
| Senate, candidate for, | 146, 150 |
| ——, difficulty with, | 356 |
| Senatorial campaign, | 108, 146 |
| Seward, William H., | 181, 197, 204, 208, 236, 334, 337, 348, 351, 355 |
| Shakespeare, Lincoln's love of, | 288 |
| Shellabarger, Judge, | 222 |
| Sheridan, General, | 270, 339 |
| Sherman, General, | 232, 270, 235, 269, 300 |
| Shields, James, | 40, 42 |
| Short, James, | 33 |
| Sickles, General Daniel E., | 384 |
| Sisters, Lincoln's, | 20 |
| Slavery, Lincoln's first impressions of, | 25, 57, 314 |
| ——, first protest against, | 316 |
| ——, Lincoln's plan to abolish, in Washington, | 318 |
| Slaves, Lincoln's plans for purchase of, | 326 |
| ——, money value of, | 327 |
| Smith, Caleb B., | 182 |
| Social life in Washington, | 38, 227 |
| Speakership, candidate for, | 136 |
| Speech at Philadelphia, | 167 |
| ——, Lincoln's last, | 338 |
| ——, the "Lost", | 106 |
| Speeches, campaign, | 95, 133 |
| ——, first political, | 95 |
| —— in Congress, | 98, 144, 145 |
| —— in Legislature, | 97 |
| Speed, James, | 185 |
| ——, Joshua F., | 41, 96, 185, 375, 396 |
| Spiritualism, Lincoln's views of, | 376 |
| Springfield made capital of Illinois, | 135 |
| —— speech, Lincoln's, | 104, 109 |
| Stanton, Edwin D., | 183, 189, 218, 224, 244, 253, 290, 298, 309, 313 |
| ——, Lincoln's first meeting with, | 76 |
| Statesmanship? what is, | 342 |
| Stature, Lincoln's, | 29 |
| Stephens, Alexander H., | 145, 162, 355 |
| Step-mother, Lincoln's, | 23, 30 |
| Stevens, Thaddeus, | 52 |
| Stoddard, W. O., | 265 |
| Strength, muscular, Lincoln's, | 28 |
| Stuart, John T., | 64 |
| Study, Lincoln's habits of, | 58, 77, 91 |
| Stump oratory, Lincoln's, | 96, 104, 114, 125, 133 |
| Suffrage, negro, Lincoln's views on, | 337, 338 |
| Sumner, Charles, | 176, 216, 272, 334 |
| Sunday proclamation, Lincoln's, | 392 |
| Superstition, Lincoln's, | 309, 376 |
| Supreme Court, Chase's appointment to, | 216 |
| Surveying, Lincoln's, | 34 |
| Swett, Leonard, | 60, 84, 380 |
| Tact, Lincoln's, | 171, 285, 343, 361 |
| "Tad" Lincoln, | 287 |
| Taney, Chief-Justice, | 169 |
| Taylor, President, election of, | 142 |
| Teachers, Lincoln's, | 61 |
| Temperance, Lincoln's views on, | 380 |
| Theatre, Ford's, | 311 |
| Thomas, General, | 270 |
| Tod, Governor, | 214 |
| Todd, Miss Mary, | 40, 44, 47 |
| Tragedy in Lincoln family, | 17 |
| Trent affair, | 350 |
| Trumbull, Lyman, | 108, 148, 357 |
| Tuck, Amos, | 144, 176 |
| Usher, John T., | 183, 340 |
| Wade, Benjamin F., | 187 |
| Washburne, E. B., | 141, 148, 165, 169, 253 |
| Weakness, Lincoln's, | 395 |
| Webster, Daniel, | 140 |
| Weed, Thurlow, | 160, 171, 173, 181, 197, 382 |
| Weldon, Lawrence, | 80, 379 |
| Welles, Gideon, | 184, 196, 310 |
| Wentworth, Long John, | 75 |
| Whig party organized, | 136 |
| White, Horace, | 104, 118, 149 |
| Wilkes, Captain Charles, | 350 |
| Wilson, Henry, | 296 |
| Wit, Lincoln's, | 50, 91, 96 |
| Yates, Richard, | 103 |