TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT TODD LINCOLN THIS WORK IS DEDICATED IN TOKEN OF A LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM

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ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. I

TABLE OF CONTENTS VOL. I CHAPTER I. LINEAGE The Lincolns in

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

CHAPTER I LINEAGE

CHAPTER II INDIANA

CHAPTER III ILLINOIS IN 1830

CHAPTER IV NEW SALEM

CHAPTER V LINCOLN IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR

CHAPTER VI SURVEYOR AND REPRESENTATIVE

CHAPTER VII LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER VIII THE LINCOLN-STONE PROTEST

CHAPTER IX COLLAPSE OF THE SYSTEM

CHAPTER X EARLY LAW PRACTICE

CHAPTER XI MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XII THE SHIELDS DUEL

CHAPTER XIII THE CAMPAIGN OF 1844

CHAPTER XIV CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS

CHAPTER XV THE THIRTIETH CONGRESS

CHAPTER XVI A FORTUNATE ESCAPE

CHAPTER XVII THE CIRCUIT LAWYER

CHAPTER XVIII THE BALANCE OF POWER

CHAPTER XIX THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE

CHAPTER XX THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

CHAPTER XXI LINCOLN AND TRUMBULL

CHAPTER XXII THE BORDER RUFFIANS

CHAPTER XXIII THE BOGUS LAWS

CHAPTER XXIV THE TOPEKA CONSTITUTION

CHAPTER XXV CIVIL WAR IN KANSAS

END OF VOL. I.

Title: Abraham Lincoln: A History V1

Author: John G. Nicolay and John Hay

Edition: 10

Language: English

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