The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln

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Author

Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

Title

The early life of Abraham Lincoln: containing many unpublished documents and unpublished reminiscences of Lincoln's early friends

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)

Subject

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Childhood and youth

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57555

Release Date

July 20, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EARLY LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN CONTAINING MANY UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS AND UNPUBLISHED REMINISCENCES OF LINCOLN’S EARLY FRIENDS
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF THE LINCOLN FAMILY.—THE LINCOLNS IN KENTUCKY. — INVENTORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S ESTATE. [2] —NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. — THOMAS LINCOLN’S BOYHOOD AND YOUNG MANHOOD.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.—HIS EARLY EDUCATION AND FRIENDS.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE LINCOLNS LEAVE KENTUCKY.—THEY SETTLE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA—CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THEIR NEW HOME. — A NEW HOME IN INDIANA. — ABRAHAM BECOMES A LABORER.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. EARLY EDUCATION.—BOOKS ABRAHAM READ.—THE JONES GROCERY STORE.—LIFE ON THE RIVER. — INFLUENCE OF THE RIVER LIFE.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. LINCOLN’S REPUTATION IN INDIANA.—REMINISCENCES OF HIS ASSOCIATES.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. AMUSEMENTS OF LINCOLN’S LIFE IN INDIANA.—HIS FIRST SORROWS. — EARLY SORROWS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE LINCOLNS LEAVE INDIANA.—THE JOURNEY TO ILLINOIS.—ABRAHAM LINCOLN STARTS OUT FOR HIMSELF. — FROM INDIANA TO ILLINOIS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. FIRST INDEPENDENT WORK.—FIRST APPEARANCE IN SANGAMON COUNTY.—VISIT TO NEW ORLEANS IN 1831. — LINCOLN’S POPULARITY IN SANGAMON. — AN EXCITING ADVENTURE. — A SECOND ADVENTURE. — NEW ORLEANS IN 1831.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. LINCOLN SETTLES IN NEW SALEM.—HE BECOMES A GROCERY CLERK.—HIS POPULARITY IN NEW SALEM. — IN CHARGE OF DENTON OFFUTT’S STORE. — THE CLARY’S GROVE BOYS. — LINCOLN STUDIES GRAMMAR.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. LINCOLN’S FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE VOTERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY.—HIS VIEWS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SANGAMON.—THE MODESTY OF HIS CIRCULAR.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. OUTBREAK OF SACS AND FOXES.—LINCOLN VOLUNTEERS AND IS MADE A CAPTAIN.—INCIDENTS OF HIS SERVICE AS CAPTAIN.—STILLMAN’S DEFEAT. — LINCOLN A CAPTAIN.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. LINCOLN AN INDEPENDENT RANGER.—MAJOR ILES’S REMINISCENCES OF THE CAMPAIGN.—END OF THE-BLACK HAWK WAR. — LINCOLN AND HIS COMPANY ENTER MICHIGAN TERRITORY.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. ELECTIONEERING IN 1832 IN ILLINOIS.—LINCOLN DEFEATED OF ELECTION TO THE ASSEMBLY.—BUYS A STORE. — LOOKING FOR WORK. — DECIDES TO BUY A STORE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. BERRY AND LINCOLN TAKE OUT A TAVERN LICENSE AND HIRE A CLERK.—LINCOLN BEGINS TO STUDY LAW. — BERRY AND LINCOLN GET A TAVERN LICENSE. — THE FIRM HIRES A CLERK.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. LINCOLN IS APPOINTED POSTMASTER.—HE LEARNS SURVEYING, AND IS APPOINTED DEPUTY SURVEYOR.—THE FIRST WORK HE DID IN HIS NEW PROFESSION.—WHAT HE EARNED. — A NEW OPENING. — SURVEYING WITH A GRAPEVINE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. BUSINESS REVERSES.—LINCOLN FOR THE SECOND TIME A CANDIDATE FOR THE LEGISLATURE.—IS ELECTED. — THE KINDNESS SHOWN LINCOLN IN NEW SALEM. — LINCOLN’S ACQUAINTANCE IN SANGAMON COUNTY IS EXTENDED.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. LINCOLN FINALLY DECIDES ON A LEGAL CAREER.—HIS FIRST SESSION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ILLINOIS. — THE ILLINOIS ASSEMBLY OF 1834.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. LINCOLN’S FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH ANN RUTLEDGE.—THE STORY OF THEIR LOVE. — ANN RUTLEDGE’S ENGAGEMENT TO JOHN McNEILL. — ANN’S ENGAGEMENT TO LINCOLN.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE.
23. 23.APPENDIX. — I. MEMORANDA FOR LINCOLN’S GENEALOGY. — II. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GRAHAM AND HIS REMINISCENCES OF LINCOLN’S PARENTS. — DR. GRAHAM’S STATEMENT. — III. A LEAF FROM LINCOLN’S EXERCISE-BOOK, USED IN 1824. HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED. (See page 78 .) — IV. THE OLDROYD LINCOLN COLLECTION.
24. 24.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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