| Letter from Ex-Secretary Usher. |
| Letter from A. K. McClure. |
| Memoir of Ward H. Lamon. |
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| CHAPTER I. |
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| EARLY ACQUAINTANCE. |
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| Prominent Features of Mr. Lincoln's Life written by himself | 9 |
| Purpose of Present Volume | 13 |
| Riding the Circuit | 14 |
| Introduction to Mr. Lincoln | 14 |
| Difference in Work in Illinois and in Virginia | 15 |
| Mr. Lincoln's Victory over Rev. Peter Cartwright | 15 |
| Lincoln Subject Enough for the People | 16 |
| Mr. Lincoln's Love of a Joke—Could "Contribute Nothing to the End in View" | 16 |
| A Branch of Law Practice which Mr. Lincoln could not learn | 17 |
| Refusal to take Amount of Fee given in Scott Case | 18 |
| Mr. Lincoln tried before a Mock Tribunal | 19 |
| Low Charges for Professional Service | 20 |
| Amount of Property owned by Mr. Lincoln when he took the Oath as President of the United States | 20 |
| Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln | 21 |
| Mrs. Lincoln's Prediction in 1847 that her Husband would be President | 21 |
| The Lincoln and Douglas Senatorial Campaign in 1858 | 22 |
| "Smelt no Royalty in our Carriage" | 22 |
| Mr. Lincoln denies that he voted against the Appropriation for Supplies to Soldiers during Mexican War | 23 |
| Jostles the Muscular Democracy of a Friend | 24 |
| Political Letter of 1858 | 26 |
| Prediction of Hon. J. G. Blaine regarding Lincoln and Douglas | 27 |
| Time between Election and Departure for Washington | 28 |
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| CHAPTER II. |
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| JOURNEY FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON. |
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| Mr. Lincoln's Farewell to his Friends in Springfield | 30 |
| At Indianapolis | 32 |
| Speeches made with the Object of saying Nothing | 33 |
| At Albany—Letter of Mr. Thurlow Weed | 34 |
| Loss of Inaugural Address | 35 |
| At Philadelphia—Detective and alleged Conspiracy to murder Mr. Lincoln | 38 |
| Plans for Safety | 40 |
| At Harrisburg | 40 |
| Col. Sumner's Opinion of the Plan to thwart Conspiracy | 41 |
| Selection of One Person to accompany Mr. Lincoln | 42 |
| At West Philadelphia—Careful Arrangements to avoid Discovery | 43 |
| At Baltimore—"It's Four O'clock" | 45 |
| At Washington | 45 |
| Arrival at Hotel | 46 |
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| CHAPTER III. |
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| INAUGURATION. |
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| Formation of Cabinet and Administration Policy | 48 |
| Opposition to Mr
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| THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH. |
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| The Gettysburg Speech | 169 |
| A Modesty which scorned Eulogy for Achievements not his Own | 170 |
| Mr. Lincoln's Regret that he had not prepared the Gettysburg |
| Speech with Greater Care | 173 |
| Mr. Everett's and Secretary Seward's Opinion of the Speech | 174 |
| The Reported Opinion of Mr. Everett | 174 |
| Had unconsciously risen to a Height above the Cultured Thought of the Period | 176 |
| Intrinsic Excellence of the Speech first discovered by European Journals | 176 |
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| How the News of Mr. Lincoln's Death was received by Other Nations | 176 |
| Origin of Phrase "Government of the People, by the People, and for the People" | 177 |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
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| HIS UNSWERVING FIDELITY TO PURPOSE. |
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| An Intrigue to appoint a Dictator | 180 |
| "Power, Plunder, and Extended Rule" | 181 |
| Feared Nothing except to commit an Involuntary Wrong | 182 |
| President of One Part of a Divided Country—Not a Bed of Roses | 182 |
| Mr. Lincoln asserts himself | 184 |
| Demands for General Grant's Removal | 184 |
| Distance from the White House to the Capitol | 185 |
| Stoical Firmness of Mr. Lincoln in standing by General Grant | 185 |
| Letter from Mr. Lincoln to General Grant | 186 |
| The Only Occasion of a Misunderstanding between the President and General Grant | 187 |
| Special Order Relative to Trade-Permits | 188 |
| Extract from Wendell Phillips's Speech | 189 |
| Willing to abide the Decision of Time | 190 |
| Unworthy Ambition of Politicians and the Jealousies in the Army | 191 |
| Resignation of General Burnside—Appointment of Successor | 192 |
| War conducted at the Dictation of Political Bureaucracy | 193 |
| Letter to General Hooker | 194 |
| Mr. Lincoln's Treatment of the Subject of Dictatorship | 195 |
| Symphony of Bull-Frogs | 196 |
| "A Little More Light and a Little Less Noise" | 198 |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
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| HIS TRUE RELATIONS WITH McCLELLAN. |
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| Mr. Lincoln not a Creature of Circumstances | 199 |
| Subordination of High Officials to Mr. Lincoln | 200 |
| The Condition of the Army at Beginning and Close of General McClellan's Command | 201 |
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| Mr. Lincoln wanted to "borrow" the Army if General McClellan did not want to use it | 202 |
| Mr. Lincoln's Opinion of General McClellan. A Protest denouncing the Conduct of McClellan | 203 |
| Mr. Lincoln alone Responsible to the Country for General McClellan's Appointment as Commander of the Forces at Washington | 204 |
| Confidential Relationship between Francis P. Blair and Mr. Lincoln | 205 |
| Mr. Blair's Message to General McClellan | |
