CHAPTER I. His father and mother. - History of Thomas Lincoln and his family a necessary part of Abraham Lincoln's biography. Thomas Lincoln's ancestors. - Members of the family remaining in Virginia. - Birth of Thomas Lincoln. - Removal to Kentucky.-Life in the Wilderness. Lincolns settle in Mercer County. — Thomas Lincoln's father shot by Indians. Widow and family remove to Washington County. - Thomas poor. - Wanders into Breckinridge County.- Goes to Hardin County. Works at the carpenter's trade.-Cannot read or write. - Personal appearance. Called "Linckhorn," or "Linckhern."-Thomas Lincoln as a carpenter. Marries Nancy Hanks. Previously courted Sally Bush. Character of Sally Bush. The person and character of Nancy Hanks. — Thomas and Nancy Lincoln go to live in a shed. — Birth of a daughter. They remove to Nolin Creek. - Birth of Abraham. - Re- moval to Knob Creek. - Little Abe initiated into wild sports. His sad- ness. Goes to school. -Thomas Lincoln concludes to move. - Did not fly from the taint of slavery. - Abraham Lincoln always reticent about the history and character of his family. - Record in his Bible. Thomas Lincoln builds a boat. — Floats down to the Ohio. - Boat capsizes. Selects a location. Walks back to Knob Creek for wife and children. - Settles between the two Pigeon Creeks. - Gentryville. Selects a site. Lincoln builds a half-faced camp. Clears ground and raises a small crop. - Dennis Hanks. - Lincoln builds a cabin.-State of the country. Indiana admitted to the Union. - Rise of Gentryville. Character of the The milk-sickness. - Death of Nancy Hanks Lincoln. - Funeral discourse by David Elkin. - Grave. Tom Lincoln marries Sally Bush. — Her M goods and chattels. — Her surprise at the poverty of the Lincoln cabin. · tryville as a centre of business."— Abe and other boys loiter about the village. Very temperate. "Clerks" for Col. Jones. Abe saves a drunken man's life. - Fond of music. - Marriage of his sister Nancy. Extracts from his copy-book. His Chronicles. - Fight with the Grigs- bys. Abe "the big buck of the lick."-"Speaking meetings at Gentryville. - Dennis Hanks's account of the way he and Abe became so learned. Abe attends a court. — Abe expects to be President. — Going to mill. — Kicked in the head by a horse. - Mr. Wood.-Piece on tem- perance. On national politics.-Abe tired of home. Works for Mr. Gentry. — Knowledge of astronomy and geography. - Goes to New Orleans. Counterfeit money. - Fight with negroes. Scar on his face. Abe's return from New Orleans. - Sawing planks for a new house. The milk-sickness. - Removal to Illinois. - Settles near Decatur.— Abe leaves home. Subsequent removals and death of Thomas Lincoln. · Abe's relations to the family. Works with John Hanks after leaving home. Splitting rails. Makes a speech on the improvement of the Sangamon River. Second voyage to New Orleans. -- Loading and departure of the "Sticks" on New Salem dam. Abe's contrivance to get her off. - Model in the Patent Office. Arrival at New Orleans. Negroes chained. — Abe touched by the sight. Returns on a steamboat. The site of New Salem. The village as it existed. The first store. - Num- Lincoln appears a second time at New Salem. Pilots a boat to Beardstown. Country store. "Clary's Grove Boys." -Character of Jack Armstrong. He and Abe become intimate friends. Abe's popularity. - Love of peace. — Habits of study. — Waylaying strangers for information. - Pilots the steamer Offutt's business gone to ruin. The Black Hawk War. Black Hawk crosses the Mississippi. - Deceived by his allies. - The governor's call for His magnanimity. - Care of his men. - Dispute with a regular officer. coln's efficiency as an officer. - Amusements of the camp. Lincoln re-enlists as a private. - Independent spy company. of the war. Capture of Black Hawk. Release.Death. Grave. George W. Harrison's recollections. Duties of the spy company. Company disbanded. - Lincoln's horse stolen. They start home on foot. The volunteers from Sangamon return shortly before the State election. · Abe a candidate for the Legislature. Mode of bringing forward candidates. Parties and party names. - State and national politics. — Mr. Lincoln's position. — Old way of conducting elections. Mr. Lincoln's first stump- speech. "A general fight." Mr. Lincoln's part in it. - His dress and appearance. Speech at Island Grove. His stories. A third speech. — Agrees with the Whigs in the policy of internal improvements. His own hobby. - Prepares an address to the people. - Mr. Lincoln defeated. The firm of Lincoln & Results of the canvass. An opening in business. company. Retires to the country. Bowlin Greene. Mr. Lincoln's James Rutledge. — His family.—Ann Rutledge. —John McNeil. Is engaged to Ann. His strange story. The loveliness of Ann's person and char- acter. - Mr. Lincoln courts her. They are engaged to be married. - Await the return of McNeil. - Ann dies of a broken heart. — Mr. Lincoln goes crazy. Bennett Able and family.—Mary Owens. - Mr. Lincoln falls in love with Mr. Lincoln takes his seat in the Legislature. Schemes of internal improve- Struggle to amend the Constitution. - The "black code." - Death databas |
