Lincoln (181 page)

work habits of,
97
,
99
,
142
–46,
149

physical appearance:

beard grown by,
258
–59

Brady photograph of,
238

bust of,
270

clothing of,
146

Douglas contrasted with,
214
–15

first photograph of,
115
–16

at Gettysburg Address,
463
–64

Hayes’s description of,
274

Herndon’s description of,
115
–16

illness of,
446
,
465
,
467
,
568
,
572
,
575

Marfan syndrome and,
680
n

observers’ descriptions of,
115
–16,
274
,
358
,
382
,
387
,
446
,
500
,
572

painting of,
252

physical strength of,
40
–41,
46

self–sketch by,
237

plots against:

assassination of,
597
–99

Baltimore assassination plot,
277
–79

death threats and,
547
–50,
577
,
593
–94

kidnap plots,
548
–50,
586
–88

political career:

break with Whigs,
190
–91

cabinet crisis,
399
–406

cabinet selected,
261
–67

economic development as viewed by,
233
–35

elected to Congress,
113
–15

emancipation decision,
362
–69

first political campaign,
42
–43

first state dinner,
288

foreign policy,
321
–22,
413
–15

habeas corpus suspended by,
299
,
303
–304,
305
,
416
,
437
,
441
–43

if–not–reelected memorandum,
529
–30

Indian affairs,
392
–95

as possible presidential candidate,
235
,
236

Radicals’ criticism of,
331
–33,
342
,
424
–425

reconstruction,
470
–74,
484
,
487
–88,
509
,
561
–65,
582
–83,
589

secession crisis,
260
–61,
268
–69

as state legislator,
53
–54,
58
–59,
60
–64,
75
–78

slavery:

colonization favored by,
165
–67

Dred Scott decision and,
200
–202

extension of, to new territories,
180
–81,
188

Frémont’s antislavery proclamation and,
314
–17

pessimism about,
187
–88

proslavery conspiracy theory of,
207
–9

racial views of,
633
n
–
34
n

suffrage issue and,
59

speeches:

“better angels,”
283
–84

Clay eulogized,
165
,
177
,
189
,
343

Cooper Union,
237
–40

on Dred Scott decision,
201
–2

in 1836 campaign,
59
–60

in 1844 campaign,
116

in 1848 campaign,
129
–30,
131

in 1854 Douglas debates,
173
–78

in 1856 campaign,
193
–94

in 1858 campaign,
214
,
215
–17

in 1859 campaign,
233
–35

1860 New England addresses,
240
–41

after 1864 election,
546
–47

first efforts at public speaking,
32

first inaugural,
282
–84

first political,
36
–37,
46

Gettysburg Address,
304
,
460
–66,
471

“house divided,”
206
–9,
232
,
240

“liberty and union,”
192

lyceum,
80
–83,
94
,
118
,
611
n

in Peoria,
216

on Polk and Mexican War,
123
–24

as popular lecturer,
164
–65

second inaugural,
565
–68

speaking style,
131
–32,
174
,
178

during Springfield–Washington journey,
275
–77

Taylor eulogized,
164
–65

victory speech,
581
–84,
588

voice of,
238
,
464

youth:

boyhood home revisited,
116

boyhood of,
25
–32

duel episode,
75
–76,
91
–92

elected militia captain,
44

first New Orleans trip,
34
–35

flatboat episode,
38
–39

formal education,
23
,
28
–33

history studied by,
31

Kentucky vacation,
88
–89

kicked by horse,
26

patented device of,
156

as postmaster,
50
–51

reading loved by,
30
–31,
47
–49,
99

self–education,
48
–49

store debt of,
54
,
96

as store owner,
47
,
49
–50

as surveyor,
51
–52,
57

wild turkey incident,
25

Lincoln, Abraham (grandfather),
20
,
21

Lincoln, Edward (son),
107
,
109
,
121
,
130
,
131
,
141
,
427

death of,
153
–54,
337

Lincoln, Hannah Slater (ancestor),
21

Lincoln, John (ancestor),
21

Lincoln, John (great uncle),
21

Lincoln, Josiah (uncle),
21

Lincoln, Levi,
132

Lincoln, Mary Todd (wife),
91
,
92
,
101
,
120
–21,
133
,
140
,
141
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171
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184
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215
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241
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251
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265
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279
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280
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288
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289
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358
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392
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446
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491
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514
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518
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519
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533
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537
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544
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571
,
581

at Army review,
433
–34

background and personality of,
84
–85,
107
,
270
–71

in carriage accident,
448
–49,
572

Chase disliked by,
427
,
459
,
476

childbirth and,
153
–54

City Point visit and,
571
–73

congressional investigation of,
324
–25

death threats and,
547
,
548

dinner parties of,
198
–99

domestic life of,
108
–9

Edward’s death and,
153
–54

1864 election and,
475

financial misconduct of,
540
,
570
,
648
n

as First Lady,
309
,
311
–12,
335
–36

Grant disliked by,
515

Herndon’s relationship with,
160
,
401

hospital visit by,
513

house remodeled by,
197
–98

Lincoln’s assassination and,
593
,
595
,
597
–99

Lincoln’s correspondence with,
130
–31

Lincoln’s courtship of,
86
–88,
90
,
93

Lincoln’s election as president and,
270
–72

Lincoln’s first meeting with,
85

Lincoln’s relationship with,
95
,
158
–59

Lincoln’s secretaries and,
429

on Lincoln’s stubbornness,
270

mental state of,
158
–59,
427
–28,
475
,
572
–73,
579

New York visited by,
197
,
271
–72

Ord incident and,
572
–73

parenting and,
108
–9,
159
,
462
–63

politics and,
109
,
158
,
192
,
427
–28

Russell’s description of,
311
–12

Seward and,
427

spiritualists consulted by,
427
–28

Springfield–Washington journey and,
273
–75

Sumner and,
476
,
565
,
584

temper of,
108
,
158
–59,
312
–13,
594

as theatergoer,
569
–70

White House social life and,
407
,
459
,
475
–76

Wikoff and,
324
–25

Willie’s death and,
336
–38,
427

Lincoln, Mordecai (great–grandfather),
20
–21

Lincoln, Mordecai (uncle),
21
–22

Lincoln, Nancy Hanks (mother),
19
–20,
22
–23,
57
,
118

death of,
26
–27,
116

Lincoln, Robert Todd (son),
108
,
121
,
130
,
159
,
198
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240
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254
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271
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309
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448
,
449
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482
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551
,
592