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