Lincoln (180 page)

neutrality and,
299
–301,
316
–17

Kentucky Preceptor, The,
30

Kerr, Orpheus C.,
439

Key, John J.,
386
–87

Key, Thomas M.,
387

Keyes, Erasmus D.,
341
,
352

Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson,
489
,
549

King, Preston,
401
–2

King Lear
(Shakespeare),
336
,
569

Kinman, Seth,
552

Kirby–Smith, Edmund,
384
,
445
–46,
484

Kirkham, Samuel,
48

Kirkpatrick, William,
44

Knapp, Nathan M.,
242

Knights of the Golden Circle,
418

Knob Creek Farm,
22
–23

Know Nothings (Native American party),
127
,
170
,
171
,
172
,
173
,
174
,
180
,
181
–82,
183
,
189
,
190
,
212
,
228
,
236
,
246
–47,
255
,
262

Knox, William,
48

Koerner, Gustave,
202
,
242
,
245
,
249
,
325

Kossuth, Louis,
177

labor, Lincoln’s view of,
110
,
187
,
233
–35,
320

La Crosse
(Wis.)
Democrat,
549

Lamon, Ward Hill,
148
,
183
,
203
,
248
,
255
,
266
,
273
,
278
,
287
,
387
,
460
,
463
,
464
–65,
481
,
537
–38,
548
,
552

Lane, Henry S.,
249

Lane, James H.,
298
,
430
,
481

Last Full Measure
(Current),
14
n

“Last Leaf, The” (Holmes),
47
–48

Leah
(play),
569

Leale, Charles A.,
597
–98,
686
n

Lecompton Constitution,
207
,
209
,
221
,
223
,
225
,
232

Congress and, 203

1858 election and,
203
–4

Lee, Mrs. Robert E.,
359

Lee, Robert E.,
298
,
370
,
386
,
388
,
392
,
433
,
435
,
438
,
439
,
440
,
441
,
459
,
490
,
498
,
513
,
553
,
556
,
573
,
576
,
592
,
593

Johnston replaced by,
356

Maryland invasion and,
372
,
373
,
374

surrender of,
581
,
589

Lemmon
v.
The People,
208

Leopoldine, Princess of Baden,
390

Lessons in Elocution
(Scott),
31
,
569

Letters of President Lincoln on Questions of National Policy,
458

Levering, Mercy Ann,
84
,
88

Lewis, James T.,
531

Lewis, Joseph J.,
237

Libby Prison,
577

Liberator,
63
,
541
–42

Liberia,
166
–67,
320

Liberty party,
132
,
133
,
134
,
169

Lieber, Francis,
531
,
537

Life, Speeches and Public Services of Abram [sic] Lincoln, Together with a Sketch of the Life of Hannibal Hamlin
(anonymous),
253

Life of George Washington
(Weems),
31

Life of Lincoln
(Scripps),
253

Lincoln, Abraham:

ancestry of,
19
–21

biographies of,
14
,
237
,
253

birth of,
22

see also specific topics

character and personality:

alleged illegitimacy of,
605
n

ambition of,
15
,
20
,
94
,
161

Ann Rutledge romance,
55
–58,
67
,
68
,
608
n
–
9
n

aversion to cruelty,
27

ax feat of,
575

capacity for hard work,
149

decision–making style of,
285
–86

depression of,
27
,
57
,
94
,
102
,
163
–64,
371
,
514
,
517

dreams and nightmares of,
163
–64,
446
,
572

fatalism of,
15
,
337
,
354

father’s relationship with,
32
–33,
152

as “Honest Abe,”
149
,
244

humor, pranks and,
34
–35,
90
–93,
197
,
374
–75,
439
–40,
543
,
639
n

innovative weapons as interest of,
431
–432

Mary Owens’s romance with,
67
–69,
87

office seekers and,
285
,
311
,
391
–92

as “Old Abe,”
146
,
244
,
259

poetry loved by,
47
–48

poetry of,
15
,
30
,
35
,
116
,
118
,
447

pragmatism of,
15

as “Rail Splitter,”
244
–45

reason vs. emotion in,
66
,
82
–83,
118
,
269

religion and,
15
,
33
,
48
–49,
74
–75,
114
,
337
,
514
–15,
566
–68

ruthless streak of,
489
,
502

as “Spotty,”
128

storytelling and anecdotes of,
39
–40,
70
,
120
,
259
,
396
,
583

stubbornness of,
270

temper of,
520
–21

wealth of,
151
–52,
570
–71

women and,
55
–58,
67
–69,
87
,
608
n
–
609
n

work habits and office routine of,
149
,
310
–11,
390
–92

correspondence
:

Birchard public letter,
458
,
467

to Charles D. Robinson,
526
–27

Conkling public letter,
456
,
458
,
460
,
467
,
471

Corning public letter,
442
–43,
458
,
460
,
467

with John D. Johnston,
152
–53

“Lost Township” letter,
90
–91,
93

McClellan’s Harrison’s Landing letter to,
359
–60

with Mary Lincoln,
130
–31

publication of public letters,
458

“Sampson’s Ghost” letter,
93

“To Whom It May Concern” letter,
522
–523,
526
,
559

domestic life:

carriage rides,
570
,
593

home remodeling,
197
–98

Mary Lincoln as partner of,
107
–8,
158
–159

parenting,
108
,
159
,
309
–10

at theater,
459
,
569
–70

wedding of,
93
,
94

in White House,
309
–10

Willie’s death,
336
–37

law practice:

as cross–examiner,
150

early cases of,
72
–74

on Eighth Judicial Circuit,
104
–6,
146
–149,
150
,
158

in federal courts,
144

Herndon’s partnership with,
100
–103,
118
,
142
–46,
150
,
272

Hoyt case,
144
–45

income from,
73
–74,
104
,
105
,
142
,
148
,
151
–52,
154
,
156
,
168
–69,
230

Lemmon case,
208

Logan’s partnership with,
88
,
96
–100

McCormick case,
185
–87,
194
,
333

Matson case,
103
–4,
157
,
6
l5
n

Nance case,
103
,
157
,
615
n

Peachy Harrison case,
150
,
230
,
622
n

railroad cases,
154
–56,
168
–69,
185
–87,
194
,
196
–97,
622
n
–
23
n

skill of, in closing arguments,
151

Stuart’s partnership with,
70
–71,
73
–74,
86
,
95
–96

studies for,
14
,
41
,
47
,
53
,
55
,
64