A SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CONDENSED FROM NICOLAY & HAY'S ABRAHAM LINCOLN: AHISTORY
BY
JOHN G. NICOLAY
NEW YORK The Century Co. 1904
PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS SON "TAD."
Published October, 1902
THE DEVINNE PRESS.
CONTENTS
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
Politics—Speech in Congress on the Mexican War—SecondSession of the
Thirtieth Congress—Bill to Prohibit Slavery in the Districtof
Columbia—Lincoln's Recommendations ofOffice-Seekers—Letters to
Speed—Commissioner of the General Land Office—DeclinesGovernorship of
Oregon
CHAPTER VII
Repeal of the Missouri Compromise—State FairDebate—Peoria
Debate—Trumbull Elected—Letter to Robinson—TheKnow-Nothings—Decatur
Meeting—Bloomington Convention—PhiladelphiaConvention—Lincoln's Vote
for Vice-President—Frémont and Dayton—Lincoln'sCampaign
Speeches—Chicago Banquet Speech
CHAPTER VIII
Buchanan Elected President—The Dred ScottDecision—Douglas's
Springfield Speech, 1857—Lincoln's AnsweringSpeech—Criticism of Dred
Scott Decision—Kansas Civil War—Buchanan AppointsWalker—Walker's
Letter on Kansas—The Lecompton Constitution—Revolt ofDouglas
CHAPTER IX
The Senatorial Contest in Illinois—"House Divided againstItself"
Speech—The Lincoln-Douglas Debate
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