----, nomination of, for Congress, 138 ----, notification of, of nomination to Presidency, 156 ----, oratory of, 86, 116 ----, Peoria speech of, 91 ----, personal appearance of, 48 ----, place in history of, 13, 86, 91 ----, plans of, for purchasing slaves, 326 ----, political career of, 129 ----, political sagacity of, 344 ----, popularity of, 130 ----, receives emissaries from rebel leaders, 163 ----, recommendations of, for office, 142 ----, religious views of, 370, 381 ---- seeks Presidential nomination, 155 ----, sisters of, 20, 26 ----, speeches of, 95, 97, 100, 114, 125, 133 ----, Springfield speech of, 104, 109 ----, stature of, 29 ----, step-mother of, 23, 30 ----, superstitions of, 309 ----, surveying of, 34 ----, visit to Richmond of, 271 ----, weakness of, 395 Lincoln, Anna, 17 ----, Robert T., 30, 46, 177, 310, 312 ----, "Tad", 287 ----, Thomas, 17, 21, 30, 375 ----, Willie, 277 Liquor selling, Lincoln's, 34 Literary style, Lincoln's, 86 Locke, David R., 36, 51 Logan, Stephen T., 35, 44, 69 "Lost Speech," Lincoln's, 106 Louisiana, reconstruction of, 339 Love-affairs, Lincoln's, 35, 38 Lovejoy, assassination of, 317 Lyons, Lord, 350 Maltby, Captain, 55 Markland, General, 189 Marriage, Lincoln's, 44 Mason-Slidell affair, 350 McClellan's first meeting with Lincoln, 71 McClellan, General, 197, 206, 238, 250 McCulloch, Hugh, 183, 214, 309, 340 McCulloch, Mrs., 283 McDowell, General, 237 McKinley, William, 342 Meade, General George C., 268 Medill, Joseph, 122 Melancholy, Lincoln's, 50 Memory, Lincoln's, 93 Methods, Lincoln's legal, 74, 79, 83 ----, Lincoln's political, 133 Mexican question, 354 Migration to Illinois, 26 Military genius, Lincoln's, 232, 249, 269 Missouri Compromise, 102, 146 Monroe Doctrine, 354 Moral courage, Lincoln's, 130 Morals, Lincoln's code of, 372 Morgan, E. D., 29 Muscular strength, Lincoln's, 28 Negroes, enlistment of, 325 New Orleans, Lincoln's journey to, 25, 32, 314, 318 Nicolay, John G., 90, 158, 199, 204, 214, 250, 379, 385 Nominated for Congress, 138 Nomination, notified of Presidential, 156, 380 Office seekers, clamors of, 164, 186, 279 Offutt, Denton, 32, 62, 129 Oglesby, Richard J., 26 Oratory, Lincoln's, 86, 125 Oregon, offered governorship of, 143 Owen, Robert Dale, 360 Owens, Mary, 38 Pardon of soldiers, 36, 52 Patent case, Lincoln's, 75 Patronage, Lincoln's opinions about, 143 Peace Commissioners, 355 Peoria speech, Lincoln's, 91 Petroleum V. Nasby, 36, 51, 280 Philadelphia speech (1860), 167 Pinkerton, Allan, 168 Platform, Lincoln's first political, 129 Poem, Lincoln's favorite, 379 Poems, Lincoln's, 94 Poetry, love of, 95, 287, 379 Politician, definition of, 342 Political career, Lincoln's, 129