A SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I


Ancestry—Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks—Rock SpringFarm—Lincoln's
Birth—Kentucky Schools—The Journey toIndiana—Pigeon Creek
Settlement—Indiana Schools—Sally BushLincoln—Gentryville—Work and
Books—Satires and Sermons—Flatboat Voyage to NewOrleans—The Journey
to Illinois

CHAPTER II


Flatboat—New Salem—Election Clerk—Store andMill—Kirkham's
"Grammar"—"Sangamo Journal"—TheTalisman—Lincoln's Address, March 9,
1832—Black Hawk War—Lincoln ElectedCaptain—Mustered out May 27,
1832—Re-enlisted in Independent Spy Battalion—FinallyMustered out,
June 16, 1832—Defeated for the Legislature—Blacksmithor Lawyer?—The
Lincoln-Berry Store—Appointed Postmaster, May 7,1833—National Politics

CHAPTER III


Appointed Deputy Surveyor—Elected to Legislature in1834—Campaign
Issues—Begins Study of Law—Internal ImprovementSystem—The
Lincoln-Stone Protest—Candidate for Speaker in 1838 and1840

CHAPTER IV


Law Practice—Rules for a Lawyer—Law and Politics:Twin
Occupations—The Springfield Coterie—FriendlyHelp—Anne Rutledge—Mary Owens

CHAPTER V


Springfield Society—Miss Mary Todd—Lincoln'sEngagement—His Deep
Despondency—Visit to Kentucky—Letters toSpeed—The Shields
Duel—Marriage—Law Partnership with Logan—HardinNominated for
Congress, 1843—Baker Nominated for Congress,1844—Lincoln Nominated
and Elected, 1846

CHAPTER VI


First Session of the Thirtieth Congress—MexicanWar—"Wilmot
Proviso"—Campaign of 1848—Letters to Herndon aboutYoung Men in