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;