recognized, ii. 18.

Lincoln, Abraham,

his ignorance concerning his ancestry i. [1];

sensitive regarding it, [1], [2];

his own statements, [2], [6];

anxious to appear of respectable stock, [2];

his genealogy as established later, [3]-[6];

his reputed illegitimacy, [7];

his birth, [8];

his references to his mother, [8];