Lincoln, the Politician

by T. Aaron Levy

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Shaler, 116.

[2] Lamon, 7-8.

[3] Shaler, 107.

[4] Milburn, 65.

[5] Ranck, 181-2, 216.

[6] Collins, 1, 284.

[7] Drake, 211.

[8] Palmer,9. Drake, 208-209.

[9] Lamon, 16-17.

[10] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 639.

[11] McClure, 234.

[12] Nicolay and Hay, 1, 27.

[13] Rice, 193.

[14] Birbeck, 90.

[15] Smith, 1, 220.

[16] Smith Misc. Ind., 119.

[17] Cox, 30.

[18] Squirrel Hunters of Ohio, 298.

[19] Squirrel Hunters of Ohio, 288.

[20] Lamon, 15.

[21] Arnold, 20.

[22] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 596-597.

[23] Lamon, 17-18.

[24] Tarbell, 1, 43.

[A] Oldroyd, 533.

[25] Lamon, 36-37.

[26] Ibid., 68-69.

[27] Ibid., 69.

[28] Ibid., 37.

[29] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 688

[30] Whitney, 45-46.

[31] McClure, 167.

[32] Lamon, 40.

[33] Ibid., 36-40.

[34] Herndon, 1, 43.

[35] Tarbell, 1, 36.

[36] Spencer County, 313.

[37] Herndon, 1, 49-50. Lamon, 67.

[38] Lamon, 63.

[39] Ibid., 64-65.

[40] Lamon, 57, 123.

[41] Ibid., 71, 72.

[42] Tarbell, 1, 35, 36.

[43] Ford, 94-95.

[44] Lamon, 78.

[45] Ibid., 78-80.

[46] Herndon, 1, 67.

[47] Lamon, 89.

[48] History of Sangamon County, 211.

[49] Lamon, 90-94.

[50] Ibid. 93-94.

[51] Lamon, 154.

[52] Ross, 112. Lamon, 81-83.

[53] Herndon, 1, 98.

[54] Herndon, 1, 165-6.

[55] Lamon, 94-95.

[56] Ibid., 152-153.

[57] Herndon, 1, 115-116.

[58] Maltby, 33.

[59] Lamon, 96.

[60] Lamon, 101-102.

[61] Stevens, 277.

[62] Lamon, 111.

[63] Lamon, 109.

[64] Ibid., 122.

[65] Lamon, 123-124.

[66] Ibid., 125-126.

[67] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 108.

[68] History of Sangamon County, 53.

[69] Ibid.

[70] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 7.

[71] Lamon, 133.

[72] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 3.

[73] Ibid., 12.

[74] Ibid., 4.

[75] Ibid.

[76] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 4.

[77] Ibid.

[78] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 102-103.

[79] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 109. Tarbell, 1, 91.

[80] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 641.

[81] Herndon, 1, 111.

[82] Lamon, 148.

[83] Ibid.

[84] Ibid., 140.

[85] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 642.

[86] Lamon, 155-156.

[87] Ibid., 156.

[88] Lamon, 156.

[89] Ibid.

[90] Lamon, 127.

[91] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 67.

[92] Herndon, 1, 118.

[93] Lamon, 157.

[94] Herndon, 1, 155.

[95] Ibid.

[96] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 7.

[97] Herndon, 1, 158.

[98] Hand bill in possession of Dr. Jayne, Springfield, Ill.

[99] Lamon, 188.

[100] Oldroyd, 557.

[101] Herndon, 1, 171-2.

[102] Herndon, 1, 172.

[103] Tarbell, 1, 130.

[104] Herndon, 1, 163.

[105] Lamon, 195.

[106] Ibid., 196.

[107] Benton, 1, 22. Lamon, p. 195.

[108] Lamon, 197.

[109] House Journal of 1836-37, 680.

[110] Ibid., 367.

[111] Ford, 196.

[112] Nicolay & Hay, 138-139.

[113] Tarbell, 1, 137.

[B] Tarbell, 1, 138-9.

[114] Herndon, 1, 176.

[115] Tarbell, 1, 139.

[116] Lamon, 201.

[117] Tarbell, 1, 139.

[118] Tarbell, 1, 140, 141.

[119] Ibid., 141.

[120] Ibid., 142.

[121] Ibid.

[122] Lamon, 206.

[123] History of Sangamon County, 251.

[124] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 15.

[C] Lovejoy, 172.

[125] Herndon, 1, 178-9.

[126] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 9.

[127] Ibid., 10-11.

[128] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 12.

[129] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 13.

[130] Lamon, 230.

[131] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 158.

[132] Herndon, 1, 186.

[133] Lamon, 212.

[134] Lamon, 212.

[135] From Lincoln's Report for Finance Committee on Expediency of Purchasing all Unsold Lands of United States in Illinois, Jan. 23, 1839, 223.

[136] House Journal of 1839, 265.

[137] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 41.

[138] Lamon, 232.

[139] Lamon, 232.

[140] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 21.

[141] Ibid., 29-30.

[142] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 35.

[143] Ibid., 35-36.

[144] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 36.

[145] Lamon, 236.

[146] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 38.

[147] Ibid.

[148] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 39.

[149] Ibid., 40.

[150] History of Sangamon County, 252.

[151] Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society, 8, 224.

[152] Darbey, 447.

[153] Herndon, 1, 190.

[154] History of Sangamon County, 205.

[155] Arnold, 67-68.

[156] Lamon, 236.

[157] Lamon, 214.

[158] Ibid., 215.

[159] Ibid., 213-214.

[160] Ibid., 215.

[161] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 47.

[162] Lamon, 237-8.

[163] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 45.

[164] Herndon, 1, 202.

[165] Ibid., 217.

[166] Lamon, 255, 256.

[167] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 69.

[168] Ibid., 71.

[169] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 211.

[170] Lamon, 217.

[171] Lamon, 217.

[172] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 42.

[173] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 43.

[174] Ibid., 43-44.

[175] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 217-8.

[176] Lamon, 237.

[177] Lamon, 482.

[178] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 216.

[179] Ibid., 76.

[180] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 76.

[181] Ibid., 79.

[182] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 131-132.

[183] Herndon, 1, 253.

[184] Herndon, 1, 252.

[185] Ibid., 255.

[186] Lamon, 273.

[187] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 79.

[188] Ibid., 80.

[189] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 80.

[190] Tarbell, 2, 290.

[191] Greeley, 1, 152.

[192] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 140.

[193] Greeley, 1, 164.

[194] Greeley, 1, 166.

[195] Ibid., 158.

[196] Ibid.

[D] Johnson, 307.

[197] Tarbell, 2, 293.

[198] Ibid., 293-294.

[199] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 225.

[200] Lamon, 274.

[201] Ibid., 274-5.

[202] Greeley, 1, 167.

[203] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 236.

[204] Lamon, 275.

[205] Tarbell, 195-6.

[206] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 82.

[207] Ibid., 83.

[208] Ibid., 84.

[209] Tarbell, 1, 204.

[210] Lamon, 276-7.

[211] Cartwright, 192.

[212] Ibid., 245.

[213] Cartwright, 129.

[214] Ibid., 262.

[215] Herndon, 1, 259.

[216] Lamon, 278.

[217] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 236.

[218] Greeley, 1, 178.

[219] Herndon, 1, 260.

[220] Lamon, 281.

[221] Grant, 45.

[222] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 101.

[E] Ibid., 97.

[223] Ibid., 96.

[224] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 105.

[225] Ibid., 107.

[226] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 110.

[227] Herndon, 1, 266.

[228] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 112.

[229] Ibid.

[230] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 133.

[231] Ibid., 122.

[232] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 111.

[233] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 113.

[234] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 92.

[235] Ibid., 93.

[236] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 126.

[237] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 118.

[238] Ibid.

[239] Greeley, 1, 192.

[240] Tarbell, 1, 216.

[241] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 122.

[242] Lamon, 298.

[F] Herndon, 1, 273.

[243] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 139.

[G] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 143.

[244] Ibid., 140.

[245] Ibid., 139.

[246] Tarbell, 1, 217.

[247] Ibid., 2, 297-298.

[248] Tarbell, 2, 299.

[249] Ibid., 1, 128.

[250] Ibid., 224.

[251] Lamon, 309.

[252] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 283-284.

[253] Ibid., 286.

[254] Lamon, 308.

[255] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 286-287.

[256] Ibid., 287.

[257] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 287-288.

[258] Ibid., 288.

[259] Herndon, 1, 279.

[260] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 151-152.

[261] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 153-154.

[262] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 155.

[263] Tarbell, 2, 300-301.

[264] Lamon, 334.

[265] Herndon, 2, 31.

[266] Lamon, 335.

[267] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 171.

[268] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 173.

[269] Ibid., 175.

[270] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 176.

[271] Lamon, 341.

[272] Herndon, 2, 32.

[273] Ibid., 35.

[274] Ibid., 36.

[275] Lamon, 347.

[276] Greeley, 1, 229.

[277] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 346.

[278] Illinois State Historical Society, IV. 49.

[279] Herndon, 2, 37-8.

[280] Lamon, 349-350.

[281] Herndon, 2, 40-41.

[282] Herndon, 2, 39-40.

[283] Tarbell, 1, 275.

[284] Lamon, 354.

[285] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 181.

[286] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 184.

[287] Ibid.

[288] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 186-187.

[289] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 192.

[290] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 195.

[291] Ibid., 201.

[292] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 202.

[293] Martyn's Wendell Phillips, 136.

[294] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 186.

[295] Ibid., 203.

[296] Lamon, 358.

[297] Lamon, 359.

[H] Lamon, 359-360.

[298] Herndon, 2, 44-45.

[299] Tarbell, 2, 305.

[300] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 386.

[301] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 210.

[302] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 212.

[303] Ibid., 213.

[304] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 213-215.

[305] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 200.

[306] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 217.

[307] Ibid.

[308] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 217-218.

[309] Ibid., 218.

[310] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 218.

[311] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 215

[312] Ibid., 216.

[313] Transactions McLean Co., 3, 39.

[314] Lamon, 374-375.

[315] Herndon, 2, 47-48.

[316] Lamon, 372-373.

[317] Herndon, 2, 49.

[318] Transactions McLean Co., 3, 91.

[319] Tarbell, 1, 296.

[320] Lamon, 376.

[321] Lamon, 377-378.

[322] Nicolay & Hay, 2, 36-37.

[323] Herndon, 2, 56.

[324] Ibid.

[325] Lamon, 382.

[326] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 225.

[327] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 225.

[328] Ibid., 226.

[329] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 223.

[330] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 228.

[331] Ibid., 229.

[332] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 231.

[333] Gilmore, 9-104.

[334] Nicolay & Hay, 2, 118.

[335] Sheahan, 326.

[336] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 231.

[337] Sheahan, 319.

[338] Nicolay & Hay, 2, 120.

[339] Lamon, 390.

[340] Lamon, 390-391.

[341] Herndon, 1, 395.

[342] Ibid., 2, 63-64.

[343] Herndon, 2, 60.

[344] Herndon, 2, 65.

[345] Tarbell, 1, 305.

[346] Lamon, 397.

[347] Lamon, 397-398.

[348] Herndon, 2, 68.

[349] Lamon, 399.

[350] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 240.

[351] Lamon, 406.

[352] Lamon, 407.

[353] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 244.

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