Liberia,
recognized, see vol. ii.
Lincoln, Abraham,
his ignorance concerning his ancestry, see vol. i.;
sensitive regarding it;
his own statements;
anxious to appear of respectable stock;
his genealogy as established later;
his reputed illegitimacy;
his birth;
his references to his mother;
his childhood;
befriended by his step-mother;
his education;
early reading;
early attempts at humorous writing;
storytelling;
youthful exploits;
let out by his father;
helps his father settle in Sangamon County, Ill.;
works for himself;
his trip to New Orleans for Offut;
impressed with slavery;
in Offut's store;
fights Armstrong;
later friendship with Armstrong;
borrows a grammar;
his honesty;
loses situation;
involved in border quarrels;
his temperance considered eccentric;
careless habits of dress;
in the country groceries;
coarseness of speech;
his sympathetic understanding of the people;
his standards dependent on surroundings;
enlists in Black Hawk war;
chosen captain;
his services.
_Frontier Politician_.
Announces himself a candidate for the legislature;
a "Clay man";
his campaign and defeat;
enters grocery store, fails;
pays off debt;
studies law;
postmaster at New Salem;
settles account with government;
surveyor;
elected to legislature;
borrows money to ride to capital;
his career in legislature;
love affair with Ann Rutledge;
his gloom;
its inexplicable character;
affair with Mary Owens;
again a candidate, his platform;
calms excitement in campaign;
his fairness;
his retort to Forquer;
elected as one of "Long Nine";
favors unlimited internal improvements;
acknowledges his blunder;
his skill as log-roller;
gains popularity in county;
protests against anti-abolition resolutions;
admitted to bar, settles in Springfield;
partnership with Stuart;
studies debating;
political ambitions;
shows evidences of high ideals;
incidents of his canvass in 1838;
opposes repudiation, in legislature;
reflected in 1840, unsuccessful candidate for speaker;
jumps out of window to break a quorum;
in campaign of 1840;
his courtship of Mary Todd;
fails to appear on wedding day;
married;
character of his married life;
quarrels with Shields;
later ashamed of it;
improves prospects by a partnership with Logan;
later joins with Herndon;
his competitors at the bar;
considers law secondary to politics;
his legal ability;
a "case lawyer";
his ability as jury lawyer;
refuses to conduct a bad case;
on Whig electoral ticket in 1844;
later disillusioned with Clay;
fails to get nomination to Congress;
alleged understanding with Baker and others;
renews candidacy in 1846;
nominated;
elected, his vote.
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