The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President

UNDER the Act of Assembly, due in great part to Mr. Lincoln's exertions, the removal of the archives and other public property of the State from Vandalia to Springfield began on...

THOMAS LINCOLN was something of a waterman. In the frequent changes of occupation, which had hitherto made his life so barren of good results, he could not resist the temptation...

IN 1844 Mr. Lincoln was again a candidate for elector on the Whig ticket. Mr. Clay, as he has said himself, was his "_beau-ideal_ of a statesman," and he labored earnestly and a...

IT was now but a few weeks until Mr. Lincoln was to become the constitutional ruler of one of the great nations of the earth, and to begin to expend appropriations, to wield arm...

THE majority of Mr. Lincoln's biographers--and they are many and credulous--tell us that he _walked_ from New Salem to Vandalia, a distance of one hundred miles, to take his sea...

ON the 11th of February, 1861, the arrangements for Mr. Lincoln's departure from Springfield were completed. It was intended to occupy the time remaining between that date and t...

ALTHOUGH primarily responsible for all that had taken place in Kansas, Mr. Douglas appeared to be suddenly animated by a new and burning zeal in behalf of the Free-State party i...

WE have seen already, from one of his letters to Mr. Herndon, that Mr. Lincoln was personally quite willing to be a candidate for Congress the second time. But his "honor" forba...

IN the winter of 1858-9, Mr. Lincoln, having no political business on hand, appeared before the public in the character of lecturer, having prepared himself with much care. His...

THE results of the canvass for the Legislature were precisely such as had been predicted, both by Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Rutledge: he had been defeated, as he expected himself; and...

LIKE most other public men in America, Mr. Lincoln made his bread by the practice of his profession, and the better part of his fame by the achievements of the politician. He wa...

IN the spring of 1832, Mr. Offutt's business had gone to ruin: the store was sold out, the mill was handed over to its owners, Mr. Offutt himself departed for parts unknown, and...

MR. LINCOLN predicted a bloody conflict in Kansas as the immediate effect of the repeal of the Missouri restriction. He had not long to wait for the fulfilment of his prophecy:...

IT was not until May 9 and 10 that the Republican State Convention of Illinois met at Decatur. Mr. Lincoln was present, and is said to have been there as a mere "spectator." He...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born on the twelfth day of February, 1809. His father's name was Thomas Lincoln, and his mother's maiden name was Nancy Hanks. At the time of his birth, they...

FOLLOWING strictly the chronological order hitherto observed in the course of this narrative, we should be compelled to break off the story of Mr. Lincoln's love-affairs at New...

THE volunteers from Sangamon returned to their homes shortly before the State election, at which, among other officers, assembly-men were to be chosen. Lincoln's popularity had...

ON the west bank of the Sangamon River, twenty miles north-west of Springfield, a traveller on his way to Havana will ascend a bluff one hundred feet higher than the low-water m...

ABE and Gentry returned from New Orleans some time in June, 1828, having been gone not quite three months. How much longer he remained in the service of Gentry, or whether he re...

THE reader is already familiar with the name of James Rutledge, the founder of New Salem, and the owner in part of the famous mill on the Sangamon. He was born in South Carolina...

Thomas Lincoln builds a boat.--Floats down to the Ohio.--Boat capsizes.--Lands in Perry County, Indiana.--Selects a location.--Walks back to Knob Creek for wife and children.--M...

Mr. Lincoln not a candidate for re-election.--Judge Logan's defeat.--Mr. Lincoln an applicant for Commissioner of the Land Office.--Offered the Governorship of Oregon.--Views co...

Mr. Lincoln takes his seat in the Legislature.--Schemes of internal improvement.--Mr. Lincoln a silent member.--Meets Stephen A. Douglas.--Log-rolling.--Mr. Lincoln a candidate...

Capital removed to Springfield.--Mr. Lincoln settles there to practise law.--First case.--Members of the bar.--Mr. Lincoln's partnership with John T. Stuart.--Population and con...

The struggle in Kansas.--The South begins the struggle.--The North meets it.--The Missourians and other proslavery forces.--Andrew H. Reeder appointed governor.--Election frauds...

Birth.--His father and mother.--History of Thomas Lincoln and his family a necessary part of Abraham Lincoln's biography.--Thomas Lincoln's ancestors.--Members of the family rem...

Results of the canvass.--An opening in business.--The firm of Lincoln & Berry.--How they sold liquor.--What Mr. Douglas said.--The store a failure.--Berry's bad habits.--The cre...

Offutt's business gone to ruin.--The Black Hawk War.--Black Hawk crosses the Mississippi.--Deceived by his allies.--The governor's call for troops.--Abe enlists--Elected captain...

Mr. Douglas opposes the Administration.--His course in Congress.--Squatter sovereignty in full operation.--Mr. Lincoln's definition of popular sovereignty and squatter sovereign...

Mr. Lincoln in his character of country lawyer.--Public feeling at the time of his death.--Judge Davis's address at a bar-meeting.--Judge Drummond's address.--Mr. Lincoln's part...

Meeting of the Republican State Convention.--Mr. Lincoln present.--John Hanks and the rails.--Mr. Lincoln's speech.--Meeting of the Republican National Convention at Chicago.--T...

Mr. Lincoln writes and delivers a lecture.--The Presidency.--Mr. Lincoln's "running qualities."--He thinks himself unfit.--Nominated by "Illinois Gazette."--Letter to Dr. Canisi...

Abe's return from New Orleans.--Sawing planks for a new house.--The milk-sickness.--Removal to Illinois.--Settles near Decatur.--Abe leaves home.--Subsequent removals and death...

Mr. Lincoln a candidate for elector in 1844.--Debates with Calhoun.--Speaks in Illinois and Indiana.--At Gentryville.--Lincoln, Baker, Logan, Hardin, aspirants for Congress.--Su...

Difficulties and peculiarities of Mr. Lincoln's position.--A general review of his character.--His personal appearance and habits.--His house and other property.--His domestic r...

The volunteers from Sangamon return shortly before the State election.--Abe a candidate for the Legislature.--Mode of bringing forward candidates.--Parties and party names.--Sta...

Departure of the Presidential party from Springfield.--Affecting address by Mr. Lincoln to his friends and neighbors.--His opinions concerning the approaching civil war.--Discov...

James Rutledge.--His family.--Ann Rutledge.--John McNeil.--Is engaged to Ann.--His strange story.--The loveliness of Ann's person and character.--Mr. Lincoln courts her.--They a...

The site of New Salem.--The village as it existed.--The first store.--Number of inhabitants.--Their houses.--Springfield.--Petersburg.--Mr. Lincoln appears a second time at New...

Bennett Able and family.--Mary Owens.--Mr. Lincoln falls in love with her.--What she thought of him.--A misunderstanding.--Letters from Miss Owens.--Mr. Lincoln's letters to her...