CHAPTER I.

BOYHOOD AND EARLY MANHOOD.

Preliminary--Birth of Abraham Lincoln--Removal from Kentucky--At Work--Self Education--Personal Characteristics--Another Removal --Trip to New Orleans--Becomes Clerk--Black Hawk War--Engages in Politics--Successive Elections to the Legislature--Anti-Slavery Protest--Commences Practice as a Lawyer--Traits of Character-- Marriage--Return to Politics--Election to Congress 13