---- sagacity, Lincoln's, 96, 133, 160, 171, 177, 199, 344 Pomeroy, Senator, 211 Poore, Ben: Perley, 289 Popularity, Lincoln's, 130 Porter, Admiral, 272 Postmaster, Lincoln appointed, 34 Practice, Lincoln's law, 74, 82 Prayer, Lincoln's belief in, 382 Presbyterian Church, Springfield, 46 President, Lincoln elected, 161 Presidential nomination, Lincoln seeks, 155 Press, Lincoln's respect for, 283, 289 Proclamation, Emancipation, 183, 329, 335, 394 Property, Lincoln's, 45 Rails that Lincoln split, 26 Rathbone, Major, 311 Rebel leaders send emissary to Lincoln, 162 Recommendations for office, Lincoln's, 142 Relatives in Kentucky, 16 ---- in Virginia, 16 Religious prejudice against, 137 ---- views, Lincoln's, 370 Republican National Convention (1856), 149 (1860), 156 Rice, Governor, 296 Richmond, Lincoln visits, 271 Rutledge, Anne, 37 Sagacity, Lincoln's political, 160, 171, 177 School, Lincoln's first, 61 Scott, General, 229, 235, 242 Secession begins, 161 Senate, candidate for, 146, 150 ----, difficulty with, 356 Senatorial campaign, 108, 146 Seward, William H., 181, 197, 204, 208, 236, 334, 337, 348, 351, 355 Shakespeare, Lincoln's love of, 288 Shellabarger, Judge, 222 Sheridan, General, 270, 339 Sherman, General, 232, 270, 235, 269, 300 Shields, James, 40, 42 Short, James, 33 Sickles, General Daniel E., 384 Sisters, Lincoln's, 20 Slavery, Lincoln's first impressions of, 25, 57, 314 ----, first protest against, 316 ----, Lincoln's plan to abolish, in Washington, 318 Slaves, Lincoln's plans for purchase of, 326 ----, money value of, 327 Smith, Caleb B., 182 Social life in Washington, 38, 227 Speakership, candidate for, 136 Speech at Philadelphia, 167 ----, Lincoln's last, 338 ----, the "Lost", 106 Speeches, campaign, 95, 133 ----, first political, 95 ---- in Congress, 98, 144, 145 ---- in Legislature, 97 Speed, James, 185 ----, Joshua F., 41, 96, 185, 375, 396 Spiritualism, Lincoln's views of, 376 Springfield made capital of Illinois, 135 ---- speech, Lincoln's, 104, 109 Stanton, Edwin D., 183, 189, 218, 224, 244, 253, 290, 298, 309, 313 ----, Lincoln's first meeting with, 76 Statesmanship? what is, 342 Stature, Lincoln's, 29 Stephens, Alexander H., 145, 162, 355 Step-mother, Lincoln's, 23, 30 Stevens, Thaddeus, 52 Stoddard, W. O., 265 Strength, muscular, Lincoln's, 28 Stuart, John T., 64 Study, Lincoln's habits of, 58, 77, 91 Stump oratory, Lincoln's, 96, 104, 114, 125, 133 Suffrage, negro, Lincoln's views on, 337, 338 Sumner, Charles, 176, 216, 272, 334 Sunday proclamation, Lincoln's, 392 Superstition, Lincoln's, 309, 376 Supreme Court, Chase's appointment to, 216 Surveying, Lincoln's, 34 Swett, Leonard, 60, 84, 380 Tact, Lincoln's, 171, 285, 343, 361 "Tad" Lincoln, 287