hired by Seward's supporters in Republican Convention, i. 167.
Illinois,
early settlers and society of, i. 17-30;
in Black Hawk war, 35, 36;
early politics in, 37-39, 50, 59, 60;
land speculation in, 41, 42, 53;
career of Lincoln in legislature of, 43-60;
the career of "Long Nine" in, 52-55;
internal improvement craze in, 53, 54;