Douglas, 86, 195;
indelicacy charge refuted, 258;
safety-valve of L., 332-333;
enjoyment of "Orpheus C. Kerr," 334;
at cabinet meetings, 336;
soldiers' humor appreciated by L., 399-400;
humorists liked by L., 467-468
PRIVATE LIFE:
ancestry, 1-5;
L's own account, 32-33;
birth, 1,4;
illegitimate parentage legend, 4;
Lincoln family in Kentucky, 4;
removal to Indiana, 5-6;
in Indiana, 6-19;
reminiscences by Dennis Hanks, 7-9;
death of his mother, 10;
love for his mother, 5, 10, 21;
tribute to her influence, 11;
his father remarries, 11;
affection for step-mother, 11, 119, 123, 124, 263;
moves to Macon Co., Ill., 21, 33;
his father's possessions, 21;
death of father, 22;
L. helps build log cabin, 23;
splitting rails, 23;
flatboat voyages down the Mississippi, 23-24;
settles in New Salem, 24-26, 33;
patent for navigation device, 24-26;
athletic skill, 27-29;
first meeting with Smoot, 29;
meets Governor Yates, 30;
love of story-telling, 30-31;
home life, 31, 113, 115;
autobiography, 32-34;
struggle with poverty, 45, 47, 69-71, 209, 225;
love for Anne Rutledge, 49-52;
close of his boyhood and youth, 52-54;
New Salem a desolate waste, 54;
moves to Springfield, 33, 69-70;
struggles of a young lawyer, 69-84;
meeting with Speed, 69;
shares his home, 70, 88;
in state politics, 85-96;
Mary Todd's satirical article, 93;
love affairs with Matilda Edwards and Mary Todd, 94-95;
derangement, 95;
goes to Kentucky with Speed, 96;
marriage to Mary Todd, 95, 96;
lives at Globe Tavern, 96;
purchases Dressar home, 96;
enters national politics, 97-108;
back in Springfield, 109;
simplicity of home life in Springfield, 110;
income from law practice, 110;
property owned, 111;
his children, 111-112;
L. as husband and father, 113;
marriage unhappy, 112-117;
did his own marketing, 114;
visits Chicago, 117;
regard for relatives, 119;
purchases home for father, 119
letters to step-brother, 120-123;
idol of his step-mother, 123-124;
wealth, not desired by L., 125;
L. as a lawyer, 125-146;
careless about money, 130;
keeping partnership accounts, 133;
anecdote about his wealth, 216;
summer home during presidency, 401;
home life in Whi