Lincoln, Hon. G. B., of Brooklyn, 110, 113, 234.
Lincoln, Mrs., 165, 293, 301.
Lincoln, President, account of Emancipation Proclamation, 20, 76, 83,
85, 90, 269, 307;
his sadness, 30;
love of Shakspeare, 49;
memory, 52;
appreciation of poetry, 59;
“Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?” 60;
opinion concerning Assassination, 62;
“Latin” quotation, 78;
exceptionable stories, 80;
on Wall Street gold speculators, 84;
closing sentence, 89;
“promised his God,” &c., 90;
his matured judgment upon the act of Emancipation, 90;
simplicity and humility, 95;
his first dollar, 96;
Amnesty Proclamation, interview with Hon. Robert Dale Owen, 98;
account of capture of Norfolk, 104, 210;
exhausted patience illustrated, 106, 108;
wounded Marylander, 109;
as surveyor, 111;
“new clothes,” 113;
axes, 113, 289;
never read a novel, 114;
interview with Rev. Dr. Vinton, 117;
telegram to friends at Chicago Convention, 120;
reception of nomination, (1860,) 121;
temperance principles, 125;
“sugar-coated,” 126;
the signing of public documents, 128;
speech to foreign minister, 128;
on office-seekers, 129, 145, 276;
borrowing the army, 130;
Sunday-school celebration, 130;
regard for children, 132;
“the baby did it,” 133;
pardon cases, 40, 43, 133, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 250, 296,
319;
Five Points’ Sunday-School, 133;
at Henry Ward Beecher’s church, 134;
relations with Cabinet, 135;
Secretary Cameron’s Report, 136;
General Patterson, 137;
Secretary Cameron’s retirement, 138;
interview with P. M. Wetmore, (N. Y.,) 140;
sensitiveness, 144, 145;
“thin skinned,” 145;
willingness to receive advice, 146;
“canvassed hams,” 148;
indifference to personal appearance, 148;
Nicolay and Hay, 149;
“Nasby Letters,” 151;
relief found in story-telling, 152;
Greeley, 152, 153;
newspaper reading, 154;
newspaper “gas,” 155;
newspaper “reliable,” 156;
Chicago “Times,” 156;
“ingenious nonsense,” 158;
“husked out,” 158;
letter to Lovejoy Monument Association, 160;
Massett, 160;
Christian Commission, 162;
renomination, 162;
apparition, 164;
Mrs. Lincoln, 164, 293, 301;
speech to committee from Baltimore Convention, and William Lloyd
Garrison, 167;
Mrs. Cropsey, 168;
and soldiers, 169;
reprieves, 171;
a handsome President, 174;
idiotic boy, 176;
Andersonville prisoners, 178;
retaliation, 178;
Fessenden, 182;
McCulloch, 184;
religious experience, 185–188;
rebel ladies, 189;
Col. Deming, 190;
creeds, 190;
Newton Bateman, 192;
slavery, 194;
prayer, 195;
epitaph suggested, 196;
Bible presentation, 197;
Caroline Johnson, once a slave, 199;
Sojourner Truth, 201–203;
Frederick Douglass, 204;
memorial from children, 204;
New Year’s Day, 1865, 205;
“walk de earf like de Lord,” 209;
Rebel Peace Commissioners, 212;
“slave map,” 215;
Kilpatrick, 216;
personal description, 217, 323;
opinion on the war, 219;
text applied to Fremont, 220;
reappointment of Fremont, 222;
California lady’s account of a visit at “Soldiers’ Home,” 223;
on “trees,” 224;
“school of events,” 225;
McClellan, 130, 143, 227, 255;
Peace Convention, 229;
Henry Ward Beecher, 230;
popularity with the soldiers and people, 231;
portraits, 46, 231;
Lieutenant Cushing, 232;
last inaugural, 234;
his election to the legislature in 1834, 234;
never invented a “story,” 235;
first political speech, 236;
contest with Douglas, 237;
affection for his step-mother, 238;
reply to anti-slavery delegation from New York, 239;
reply to a clergyman, 239;
concerning Gov. Gamble of Missouri, 242;
on Seward’s “poetry,” 242;
betrothal of Prince of Wales, 243;
honesty as a lawyer, 245;
“attorney of the people,” 245;
“little influence with this administration,” 246;
reply to Stanton’s detractor, 246;
the German lieutenant, 246;
General Grant’s “whiskey,” 247;
no personal vices, 247;
serenade speeches, 248;
his own war minister, 249;
illustration from “Euclid,” 249;
“pigeon-hearted,” 250;
“minneboohoo,” 251;
Hannibal’s wars, 253;
reports of committees, 253;
Brigadier-Generals, 254, 260;
twelve hundred thousand rebels in the field, 255;
Assessor Gilbert, 255;
on canes, 256;
hogshead illustration, 256;
on Missouri Compromise, 257;
“Statute of Limitations,” 257;
Blondin crossing Niagara, 257;
reply to attacks, 258;
Chicago “Democratic Platform,” 259;
death of John Morgan, 259;
case of Franklin W. Smith, 259;
“royal” blood, 261;
reading the Bible, 262;
thinking of a man down South, 263;
presentiment of death, 263;
the wards of the nation, 264;
Lincoln and Stanton, 265;
as a flat-boatman, 267;
Louisiana negro, 268;
Stonewall Jackson, 268;
reply to Kentuckians, 269;
letter to General Wadsworth, 270;
extract from speech in Congress, 271;
“browsing around,” 272;
the negro porter, 272;
Rev. Dr. Bellows and Surgeon-General Hammond, 274;
the election of President the people’s business, 275;
appointment of chaplains, 277;
appreciation of humor, 278;
“public opinion baths,” 281;
“on the Lord’s side,” 282;
going down with colors flying, 282;
opinion of General Grant, 283;
interview with Messrs. Colfax and Ashmun, evening of assassination,
284;
at City-Point hospital, 287;
Lincoln and the rebel soldier, 288;
last interview with Secretary Seward, 290;
his dream, 292;
last afternoon, 293;
Lincoln and Willie Bladen, 294;
“you don’t wear _hoops_,” &c., 297;
Grist illustration, 298;
his duel, 302;
interview with Judge Mills and ex-Gov. Randall, (Wis.,) 305;
Lincoln and Rev. J. P. Gulliver, 309;
shedding of blood, the remission of sins, 319;
Lincoln and the drummer-boy, 319;
consideration of the humble illustrated, 321;
“may you live a thousand years, and always be the head of this
great nation,” 322;
Herndon’s analysis of character, 323;
indifference to ceremony, 326;
final criticism of the painting, 353;
farewell words, 354.
Lincoln, Robert, 45, 300.
Lincoln, “Tad,” 44, 91, 92, 293, 300.
Lincoln, “Willie,” 44, 116.
Lovejoy, Hon. Owen, 14, 17, 18, 20, 47, 57, 157.