m H.,
law partnership with L., 71, 97-98;
letter of advice from L., 104-105;
quoted, 24-26, 48, 92, 95, 113, 114, 115, 116, 121, 132,
140, 154, 165, 166, 167-168, 178;
sympathy for L., 116;
abolitionist efforts, 165-169;
"Lincoln and Herndon" law sign, 264

Hitt, Robert R., 198

Holland, Josiah G., quoted, 11, 14-15, 76-77, 98, 111, 236,
268-269, 277-278, 283-284, 351, 371

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, L's fondness for his poetry, 466

Holt, Joseph,
appeals for Union, 321, 322;
possibility as secretary of war, 372;
candidate for attorney general, 552

Homestead law, opinion of L. on, 273

Hood, Thomas, L's fondness for his poetry, 466

Hooker, Joseph, 463;
visited by L. before Chancellorsville, 465;
interview with L. and promotion, 487-488;
"Fighting Joe Hooker," 488;
L's letter to, 489-490;
Hooker's comment, 492;
accused of drunkenness, 492;
Sumner's opinion of, 492;
self-confidence, 491-492;
unequal to responsibility, 497;
asked to be relieved, 498;
aids Grant in victories, 516

Hossack, John, 248

"House-Divided-Against-Itself" speech, quoted, 180, 426, 473

Howard, Senator, 368

Hoyne, Thomas, 237

Hoyt, Governor, 389

Hubbard, Gurdon S.,
quoted, 49;
works for Illinois and Michigan Canal, 49;
interview with L., 458-459

Hunter, David, attempts military emancipation, 447

Hunter, Robert M.T., Southern peace commissioner, 555-556

Iles, Elijah, service in Black Hawk War, 39

Illinois,
Lincoln family settles in, 21;
slavery sentiment, 65-66;
first to ratify 13th amendment, 554

Illinois and Michigan Canal, favored by Lincoln, 49

Indiana, early home of Lincoln, 6

Indianapolis, speech, on inaugural journey, 268

Indians,
hostile in Kentucky, 2;
execution refused by L., 453

Invention,
L's interest in history of, 118-119;
navigation device, 24-26

Jackson, Andrew, L. compared with, 413, 549

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall), 414;
death, 492

Jayne, William, quoted, 161

Jefferson, Joseph, quoted, 79

Jefferson, Thomas, 360;
L. ranked with, 549

Johnson, Andrew,
mentioned, 100, 585;
nominated for vice-president, 534;
sworn in, 557;
at L's death-bed, 591;
at funeral, 596

Johnson, Bradley, Confederate general,
raid of country around Washington, 536

Johnson, Oliver, visit to L., 468-469

Johnson, Reverdy, attorney in McCormick case, 173, 174, 176

Johnston, Albert Si