ABRAHAM LINCOLN

A HISTORY

BY JOHN G. NICOLAY

AND JOHN HAY

VOLUME TWO

NEW YORK
PUBLIC
LIBRARY

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.

1890

ILLUSTRATIONS

VOL. II

ABRAHAM LINCOLN...

.Frontispiece

From an ambrotype taken for Marcus L. Ward (afterwards
Governor of New Jersey) in Springfield, Ill., May 20, 1860, two
days after Mr. Lincoln's nomination.

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GENERAL JOHN W. GEARY

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From a photograph taken, in 1866, by Draper and Husted.

From a painting by D. C. Fabronius, after a photograph by
Brady.

HOUSE IN WHICH JOHN BROWN WAS BORN, TORRINGTON, CONN. 208

From a photograph lent by Frank B. Sanborn.

From a daguerreotype taken about 1850, lent by Anson
Maltby.

THE WIGWAM AT CHICAGO IN WHICH LINCOLN WAS NOMINATED, 320

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. II

CHAPTER I. JEFFERSON DAVIS ON REBELLION
Civil War in Kansas. Guerrillas dispersed by Colonel
Sumner. General P. F. Smith supersedes Sumner.
Governor Shannon Removed. Missouri River Block-
aded. Jefferson Davis's Instructions on Rebellion.
Acting-Governor Woodson Proclaims the Territory in
Insurrection. Report of General Smith. John W.
Geary Appointed Governor. Inaugural Address. His
Military Proclamations and Measures. Colonel Cooke's
"Cannon" Argument. Hickory Point Skirmish. Im-
prisonment of Free State Men. End of Guerrilla War.
Removal and Flight of Governor Geary.

CHAPTER II. THE CONVENTIONS OF 1856

Formation of the Republican Party in Illinois. The
Decatur Convention. Action of the "Know-Nothing"
Party. Nomination of Fillmore and Donelson. Demo-
crats of Illinois Nominate William A. Richardson for
Governor. The Davis-Bissell Challenge. The Bloom-
ington Convention. Bissell Nominated for Governor.
Lincoln's Speech at Bloomington. The Pittsburgh Con-
vention. The Philadelphia Convention. Nomination
of Frémont and Dayton. The Philadelphia Platform.
Lincoln Proposed for Vice-President. The Cincinnati
Convention. The Cincinnati Platform. Nomination
of Buchanan and Breckinridge. Buchanan Elected
President. Bissell Elected Governor. Lincoln's Cam-
paign Speeches

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