Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. London: George Rutledge & Sons, 1890. American agents, E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. Reprint of the first edition, issued in 1844.
Second American edition of the same, with an introduction by Rev. George B. Cheever, D.D. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1845.
Third edition of the same, with an Appendix, containing an extended review from the North British Review of July, 1845. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1845.
Explanations. A sequel to Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. By the author of that work. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1846. From and after the sixth edition the explanations were added as a supplement to regular editions of Vestiges. The author's name, Robert Chambers, was not given in any edition of the Vestiges until the twelfth, which appeared after his death.
INDEX
- Abbatt, William, [235].
- Abbott, F. E., letter of Herndon to, [142], [337], [344].
- Abbott, Lyman, on Lincoln's religion, [228-231].
- Abolitionist, Lincoln not at beginning, [257];
- how he became one, [268].
- Advance, editorial in, [181].
- Agnostic, Lincoln said to have been an, [226], [229].
- Akers, Rev. Peter, anti-slavery preacher, [241].
- Anthon, Prof. Charles, [184].
- Antietam, Battle of, [269].
- Arnold, Hon. I. N., [122], [315], [331], [334].
- Astronomy, Lincoln's knowledge of, [33].
- Atheist, Lincoln was not, [225].
- Atkinson, Eleanor, interview with Dennis Hanks, [38].
- Atlantic Monthly, [281-282].
- Atonement as ground for universal salvation, [153].
- Bale, Abraham, Baptist preacher, [55].
- Baptists, in frontier communities, [34-45];
- Lincoln family essentially Baptist, [50].
- Barrett, J. H., author of Life of Lincoln, [25].
- Bartlett, D. W., author of Life of Lincoln, [25].
- Bartlett, Truman H., correspondence with Herndon, [264-267].
- Bateman, Newton, superintendent of Public Instruction in Illinois;
- his interview with Lincoln, [20];
- outline of life and service, [114-115];
- Holland's story of the interview, [114] seq.;
- controversy with Herndon, [121] seq.;
- virtually repudiates Holland interview, [123];
- corrects Lincoln's grammar, [124];
- his lecture on Lincoln, [125];
- what Lincoln probably said to him, [126];
- extract from lecture on Lincoln, [303], [328-329].
- Baxter, Richard, Lincoln's quotation, [289].
- Bayley, T. H., [263].
- Beecher, Edward, [67].
- Beecher, Henry Ward, [198-201], [288].
- Beecher, Mrs. Henry Ward, author of an honest but incredible story, [201].
- Bible, Lincoln's use of, [93];
- his lecture on, [159], [354];
- gift of colored people, [217], [276];
- knowledge of, [261-262].
- Bibliography, [368-390].
- Binns, Henry B., English biographer, [237].
- Biology, Lincoln's knowledge of, [170].
- Bishop, William, address on Lincoln, [160] seq.
- Black, Chauncey F., alleged author of Lamon's "Life of Lincoln," [26], [129].
- Black, J. C., [315].
- Books, read by Lincoln in youth, [47];
- read few in later years, [166].
- Boyd, Lucinda, quoted, [39].
- Brodie, Sir Benjamin, [170].
- Brooks, Noah, [327].
- Browning, O. H., [249].
- Browning, Mrs. O. H., [53].
- Bryan Hall meeting, [268].
- Buck, Solon J., on early Illinois, [57].
- Buckle, Henry T., author of "History of Civilization," [29].
- Burns, Robert, Lincoln's familiarity with, [150], [166], [263].
- "Burnt Book," Lincoln's, [146], [148], [152] seq., [320], [341], [346-347].
- Burton, John E., [184], [208].
- Bushnell, Horace, author of "Christian Nurture," [50], [288].
- Butterworth, Hezekiah, [49].
- Byron, Lincoln's use of, [263].
- Calhoun, John, loaned Lincoln books on surveying, [54].
- Calvinism, a permanent influence in life of Lincoln, [171], [197], [271].
- Carman, Dr. L. D., [242].
- Carpenter, Frank B., painter of Emancipation picture, [206], [276], [281], [285], [328], [334].
- Carr, Clark E., on Lincoln, [104-105].
- Cartwright, Peter, pioneer preacher, [55];
- candidate against Lincoln, [61];
- career, [63], [345].
- Case, Lizzie York, "There is no Unbelief," [290].
- Catholic, Lincoln not a, [231].
- Chambers, Robert, author of "Vestiges of Creation," [166-171].
- Channing, William E., Lincoln reads, [175-178], [288].
- Chapman, Ervin, "Latest Light on Lincoln," [48];
- on the Beecher incident, [199], [275], [286].
- Chase, Salmon P., account of Emancipation Proclamation, [283-284].
- Chiniquy, Rev. Charles, [188-197].
- Chittenden, L. E., [188-197].
- "Christian's Defence," see Smith, James.
- Christian Advocate, [241].
- Christian Leader, [183].
- Christian Register, [183].
- Church, Lincoln's esteem for, [240];
- why he did not join, [244] seq.
- Churches, Lincoln and the, [377].
- Cogdal, Isaac, on Lincoln's religion, [139], [287], [348-349].
- Colfax, Schuyler, [95].
- Collum, Shelby M., [67].
- Congregational ministers, petition and delegation to influence Emancipation Proclamation, [268-269].
- Cooper Union Address, [73], [262].
- Crawford, Andrew, teacher of Lincoln, [31], [33], [46].
- Creed, Lincoln did not formulate, [291];
- quotations used as basis of, [292-299];
- compiled from his own utterances, [300].
- Davis, David, on Lincoln's religion, [133], [248-249].
- Deming, Henry C., address on Lincoln, [93-94], [244], [330].
- Dempster, Rev. John, [268].
- Dickens, Charles, Lincoln's use of, [263].
- Disciples, so-called Campbellite church, [38].
- Dodge, Daniel Kilham, [261-262], [270].
- Dorsey, Abel W., teacher of Lincoln, [31].
- Douglas, Fred, [247].
- Douglas, Stephen A., [61], [73], [76], [104], [161], [263], [359].
- Douthit, Rev. Jasper, [238].
- Downey, David G., [199].
- Dreams, Lincoln believed in, [233-236].
- Dresser, Rev. Charles, [106].
- Edinburgh Review, [167].
- Edwards, Matilda, [52].
- Edwards, Ninian W., [76];
- testifies as to Lincoln's changed views, [164], [324], [359].
- Elkin, David, preaches at Nancy Lincoln's funeral, [34], [39], [41].
- Ellsworth, Col. Elmer, [128];
- Lincoln's letter to his parents, [292].
- Emancipation Proclamation, evolution of, [268-270], [281-286].
- English, Dr. J. B., [184].
- Farewell Address at Springfield, [84], [303-306].
- Fell, Jesse W., Lincoln writes biographical sketch for, [236];
- presents Lincoln books of Channing and Parker, [175], [321].
- Ford, Governor Thomas, on frontier preachers, [58-59];
- on "Long Nine," [82].
- Fowler, Bishop Charles H., [103]; [111] seq., [242], [253].
- Freemason, Lincoln not a, [242].
- Free-will Baptist, Thomas Lincoln not a, [37-38].
- Funerals, often deferred, [40-45].
- Geology, Lincoln's knowledge of, [170].
- Gesture, Lincoln's use of, [263].
- Gordon, Nathaniel, [293].
- Grady, Josiah, questions Lincoln's religion, [138].
- Graham, Mentor, teacher of Lincoln, [32], [51], [67], [68], [136];
- on Lincoln's "Burnt Book," [152] seq., [346-347].
- Grant, Ulysses S., [253-254].
- Green, Bowling, [54], [185].
- Greene, Gilbert J., [78-79]·
- Gurley, Rev. Phineas D., Lincoln's pastor in Washington, [87], [90], [244], [245], [325-326].
- Gurney, Eliza P., [88-90]; [294].
- Hanks, Dennis, on Lincoln's youth, [38], [49].
- Hanks, John, on Lincoln's impression of slavery, [96].
- Hannah, William H., on Lincoln's faith, [287].
- Harnett, Jonathan, [138], [349].
- "Harp, French," [246].
- Hay, John, author of "Life of Lincoln," [27].
- Hazel, Caleb, teacher of Lincoln, [30].
- Head, Rev. Jesse, [240].
- Herndon, W. D., discussed religion with Lincoln, [132], [148].
- Herndon, William H., author of "Life of Lincoln," [20], [24], [26], [27], [35];
- says Lincoln was a fatalist, [50];
- an infidel, [61-62];
- his visit to site of New Salem, [62];
- his lectures on Lincoln [62], [142-143];
- his partnership with Lincoln, [71];
- on Lincoln's letter to his father, [77];
- letter from Nicolay, [91];
- controversy with Bateman, [121] seq.;
- notes of his five interviews, [125];
- writes a life of Lincoln, [140-145];
- no friend of Mrs. Lincoln, [140];
- the Abbott letter, [142];
- his letter to Dr. Smith, [141];
- reply to Reed lecture, [141];
- regretted sale of papers to Lamon, [143];
- revised edition of his work, [144];
- personal habits and religion, [144-145];
- never saw Lincoln's "Burnt Book," [148];
- correspondence with Bartlett, [264-267];
- attempts "to put at rest forever" the charge that Lincoln was an atheist, [279];
- affirms Lincoln's faith in immortality, [286];
- reads reply to, [314] seq.;
- letters concerning Lincoln's religion, [336-340].
- Herrick, Robert, [263].
- Hill, Samuel, burns Lincoln manuscript, [146-155].
- Hodgenville, Kentucky, a Baptist settlement, [34].
- Hodges, A. G., Lincoln's letter to, [296].
- Holland, Josiah G., author of "Life of Lincoln," [26];
- asymmetry of Lincoln's life, [102] seq.;
- story of the Bateman incident, [115-117];
- prints the Reed lecture in Scribner's magazine, [135], [328-329], [337].
- Holmes, O. W., [167].
- Holt, Dr. E. E., on Lincoln's dream, [235].
- Howells, William D., "Life of Lincoln," [25].
- Illinois College, [67].
- Illinois, twin born with Lincoln, [30].
- Insanity, Lincoln's approach to, [252].
- Irwin, B. F., on Lincoln's religion, [136], [287], [341].
- Jacquess, Col. James F., story of Lincoln's conversion, [241], [309] seq.
- Jacquess, William B., [309].
- Johnny Kongapod, [49], [271].
- Johns, Mrs. Jane Martin, reminiscences of Lincoln, [248] seq.
- Johnson, John D., Lincoln's stepbrother, [77].
- Johnson, William J., author of "Lincoln the Christian," [48];
- on the Beecher incident, [199], [235].
- Kansas, Lincoln visits, [73].
- Keckley, Elizabeth, [203-204].
- Keys, I. W., loaned Lincoln "Vestiges of Creation," [277].
- Kirkham's Grammar, studied by Lincoln, [51], [67], [185].
- Knox College, [125].
- Krone, David, [249].
- Lamon, Ward Hill, author of "Life of Lincoln," [26], [47], [52];
- affirms Lincoln permitted himself to be misrepresented, [76];
- quotes Herndon on Lincoln's letter to his father, [78];
- answer to Holland, [117-120];
- his relations with Lincoln, [128];
- his life of Lincoln an unfinished fragment, [128];
- the controversy growing out of his book, [128-134];
- Black, the author, [129];
- his recollections, [134];
- on Lincoln's "Burnt Book," [146];
- affirms Lincoln's faith essentially that of Parker, [279];
- reads reply to, [314] seq.
- Lewis, Thomas, [158-163], [256], [325], [359].
- Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth president of the United States;
- periods of his life, [29];
- birth of, boyhood, [30] seq.;
- schools and teachers, [30-33];
- early religious privileges, [33] seq.;
- early influence Baptist, [34] seq.;
- migration to Illinois, [51];
- on flat-boat, [51];
- at New Salem, [51] seq.;
- studies grammar, [51];
- works on flat-boat, [51];
- service in Blackhawk War, [52];
- candidate for legislature, [52];
- keeper of post office, [52];
- love affairs, [52-53];
- influenced by life in New Salem, [54];
- did not drink or swear, [55];
- Herndon's statement of his religion, [61];
- known as "Honest Abe," [70];
- removal to Springfield, [71];
- his partnerships, [71];
- beginnings of his interest in slavery, [72];
- early orations, [72];
- important cases, [73];
- marriage, [73];
- election as president, [73];
- his children, [75];
- death of Eddie, [75];
- letter to dying father, [77];
- comforts a dying woman, [78];
- his stories, [80];
- religious life in Springfield, [81];
- development of political ideals, [82];
- in Armstrong trial, [83];
- ethical aspects of the slavery issue, [83], [268];
- farewell at Springfield, [84];
- inauguration as President, [86];
- outline of his administration, assassination, and death, [87];
- death of Willie, [95];
- why he freed the slaves, [96];
- domestic affairs, [106];
- read "Artemus Ward," [111];
- the charges in Lamon's biography, [130-134];
- his "Burnt Book," [146-155];
- reads "The Christian's Defence," [156] seq.;
- pronounces it unanswerable, [164];
- reads "Vestiges of Creation," [166-171];
- reads Channing and Parker, [172] seq.;
- erased words in Greek exercise book, [183];
- the Chittenden interview, [188] seq.;
- the Chiniquy interview, [188] seq.;
- alleged visit to Beecher, [198] seq.;
- the Sickles interview, [201] seq.;
- life in the White House, [203] seq.;
- sorrow at death of Willie, [204];
- alleged statement, "I do love Jesus," [208];
- religious character of his proclamations, [210-221];
- not an atheist, [225];
- not a Roman Catholic, [231];
- not a spiritualist, [232];
- not addressed as "Abe," [233];
- believed in dreams and signs, [233];
- not a Quaker, [236];
- questioned supernatural birth of Jesus, but not a Unitarian, [238];
- denied eternal punishment, but not a Universalist, [238];
- not a Methodist, [240];
- not a Freemason, [242];
- attended a revival, [244];
- why he did not join the church, [244] seq.;
- the creed he could have accepted, [245];
- lacked some of the finer feelings, [246];
- his dress, [247];
- possessed an innate courtesy, [247-249];
- helps move a piano, [250];
- morbidly cautious, [252];
- breadth of his religious nature, [253];
- not symmetrical in his development, [254];
- essentially Calvinistic, [254], [271];
- his capacity for obstinacy, [255];
- his ability to evade an issue, [257];
- his periods of mental uncertainty, [258];
- his literary style, [261];
- use of quotations, [262];
- seldom told stories in speeches, [263];
- thought and moved slowly, [264];
- his characteristic pioneer trails, [265];
- an embodiment of contrasts, [266];
- neutral and spiritual evolution, [267];
- interview with Chicago ministers, [268-269];
- his changed style of oratory, [270];
- his religious development, [270-275];
- his belief in universal salvation, [272];
- in immorality, [273], [286];
- his references to God, [273-274];
- his belief in the Bible, [274-275];
- in Jesus Christ, [275-277];
- his question of the supernatural birth, [277-278];
- in divine destiny and prayer, [280-281];
- his promise to God, [281-286];
- in future but not endless punishment, [287];
- not a theologian, [289];
- his quotation from Baxter, [289];
- materials for his creed, [291-299];
- his creed in his own words, [300].
- Lincoln, Edward Baker, son of the President,
- birth and death, [75], [258].
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, wife of Abraham;
- courtship and marriage, [52-53], [73], [103];
- relates incident of morning of inaugural, [86];
- unites with Presbyterian Church, [159], [255-256];
- broken engagement and wedding, [252].
- Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, mother of the President;
- marriage, [30], [48], [315];
- death of, [31], [40];
- at public worship, [34];
- funeral, [40] seq.
- Lincoln, Robert Todd, son of President, [39];
- birth, [75].
- Lincoln, Sally, or Sarah Bush, second wife of Thomas, [31];
- her religion, [37], [47], [50];
- supplied information to Herndon, [36];
- her love for Abraham, [50].
- Lincoln, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (sometimes incorrectly called Nancy), [34];
- united with Pigeon Creek Church, [37].
- Lincoln, Thomas, father of the President;
- marriages, [30], [31], [315];
- religion of, [34], [36-45];
- a thriftless farmer, [51];
- Abraham's letter to, [77].
- Lincoln, Thomas, "Tad," son of the President, birth and death, [75].
- Lincoln, William Wallace, son of the President;
- birth, [75];
- death, [95].
- Logan, Stephen T., Lincoln's partner, [71], [249].
- Logan, Thomas D., address on Lincoln, [75];
- learned of Dr. Smith's book in 1909, [157].
- Lyon, Benjamin, early Baptist minister, [34].
- Maryland Historical Society, [269].
- Matheny, James H., on Lincoln's religion, [133-135], [137];
- Herndon's authority for the story of Lincoln's "Burnt Book," [148], [320-321], [343].
- Maynard, Nettie Colburn, [232].
- McCrie, George M., [226].
- McNamur, John, lover of Ann Rutledge, [151].
- Medill, Joseph, [269].
- Melancholy, Lincoln's habitual, [252].
- Methodist Church, little influence in life of the Lincoln family, [48];
- Lincoln's high regard for, [240].
- Miner, Rev. Dr., [86], [333-334].
- Ministers in early Illinois politics, [59-61].
- "Miracles under law," [171], [279].
- Missouri Compromise, [268].
- Morgan, G. H., quoted, [21].
- Morse, John T., Jr., author of "Life of Lincoln," [27].
- Mostiller, Thomas, on Lincoln's religion, [138], [347-348].
- Murray, Lindley, author of English Reader, [32].
- Music, little appreciated by Lincoln, [246].
- New England, Lincoln visits, [73].
- New Light Church at Farmington, [38].
- New Salem, Illinois, [51];
- influence on Lincoln, [54];
- Lincoln's Alma Mater, [67].
- Newton, Joseph Fort, author of "Lincoln and Herndon," [26], [129].
- Nicolay, John G., author of "Life of Lincoln," [27], [31];
- letter concerning Lincoln's religion, [91], [279-280], [321].
- Nielson, William, his book on Greek Syntax owned by Lincoln, [183].
- Offutt, Denton, [51].
- Oldroyd, Osborn H., [208].
- Olmsted, Charles G., [76], [358] seq.
- Onstott, T. G., reminiscences of New Salem, [54] seq.
- Open Court, articles in, [225-227].
- Owens, Mary, courted by Lincoln, [52], [69].
- Paine, Thomas, author of "Age of Reason," read by Lincoln, [19], [61], [63], [146], [152], [343].
- Parker, Theodore, Lincoln reads, [175-178], [288].
- Patton, Rev. William W., [268].
- Paul at Malta, [260].
- Pease, Theodore C., on early Illinois, [56], [59].
- Peck, John Mason, preacher in early Illinois, [59].
- Peters, Madison, on Religion of Lincoln, [34].
- Philosophy, unknown to Lincoln, [171].
- Piano, Lincoln helps to move, [250].
- Poems loved by Lincoln, [166].
- Poetry, Lincoln's use of, [246], [263].
- Poetry and religion, [230].
- Pomeroy, Rebecca R., [205-206].
- Pope, Alexander, [263].
- Presbyterian, Thomas Lincoln was not, [37].
- Quakers, Lincoln's attitude toward, [88], [236], [237].
- Rankin, Henry B., [245].
- Ray, Dr. C. H., on Lincoln's religion, [133].
- Reed, Rev. James A., his lecture and the controversy which followed, [135] seq.; [158];
- text of lecture, [314], [337].
- Reid, William, letter on Lincoln's religion, [352-356].
- Religion in Kentucky backwoods, [34].
- Religion, more and other than theology, [22];
- part and parcel of Lincoln's life, [267].
- Remsburg, J. E., Herndon's letter to, [336].
- Reynolds, Governor, on early Illinois, [57].
- Rickard, Sarah, alleged to have been courted by Lincoln, [52].
- Riney, Zachariah, teacher of Lincoln, [30].
- Roberts, William Henry, [90].
- Roby, Katy (Mrs. Allen Gentry), [33].
- Roper, R. C., on Lincoln's religion, [227].
- Rusling, General James F., on Sickles interview, [201-202].
- Rutledge, Ann, courted by Lincoln, [52] seq.; [62], [69], [143], [352].
- Rutledge, James, father of Ann, [54].
- Science, little known by Lincoln, [171].
- Scott, Milton R., [253].
- Scott, Walter, Lincoln's use of, [263].
- Scoville, Samuel, [199].
- Scripps, John Locke, "Life of Lincoln," [24].
- Shakspeare, Lincoln's use, [263].
- Shields, James T., [72].
- Shipman, Elder, alleged Unitarian minister, [181].
- Shirley, Ralph, [268].
- Shrigley, Rev. James, [356-357].
- Sickles, General D. E., interview with Lincoln, [201-202].
- Slavery, beginnings of Lincoln's interest in, [72];
- growth of moral aspect, [83];
- "If not wrong, nothing is wrong," [296].
- Smith, Jeannette E., [158].
- Smith, Rev. James, Lincoln's pastor at Springfield, [75-76];
- relations with Lincoln, [132], [136];
- his life and ministry, [156];
- his sermon on temperance, [157];
- Lincoln becomes a member of his congregation, [159];
- Lincoln reads "The Christian's Defence," [162];
- change in Lincoln's views, [164];
- convinced Lincoln but did not wholly satisfy, [270], [323-324], [353-354];
- complete chapter analysis of the book, [358] seq.
- Smith, Winfield, [289].
- Speed, Joshua Fry, [92-93], [236], [336-337].
- Spiritualist, Lincoln not a, [232].
- Stanton, Theodore, article by, [226].
- State Fair Speech of Lincoln, [257].
- Stories, Lincoln's, [80], [263].
- Stuart, John T., Lincoln's partner, [71];
- on Lincoln's religion, [132], [249], [256], [319-320].
- Sunderland, Rev. Byron, [332-333].
- Superstition, Lincoln believed in, [233], [236].
- Swett, Leonard, [249].
- Tarbell, Ida, M., author of "Life of Lincoln," [27].
- Teillard, Dorothy Lamon, [129-130], [134].
- Thomas, Lewis, [244].
- Toleman, letter of, [238].
- Unitarian, Lincoln was not, [180], [238].
- Universalist, Lincoln was not, [238].
- Vandalia, state capital of Illinois, [52].
- "Vestiges of Creation," by Robert Chambers, [166-171], [255], [265].
- Vinton, Rev. Francis, alleged interview with Lincoln, [206].
- Volney, Constantin François, author of "Ruins," read by Lincoln, [19], [61], [63], [146], [152].
- Voodoo Fortune-teller, Lincoln visits, [236].
- "Ward, Artemus," read by Lincoln, [113], [307].
- Watson, Rev. Edward L., story of Lincoln's conversion, [24], [309].
- Weik, Jesse W., associate of Herndon in authorship of "Life of Lincoln," [26];
- opinion of Thomas Lincoln's religion, [39];
- searches for lost Herndon papers, [125].
- Welles, Gideon, [268], [281].
- Westminster Review, [167], [226].
- Whitcomb, Rev. W. W., sermon on Lincoln, [208].
- White, Charles T., [80].
- White, Horace, [26], [27], [129].
- White, William Allen, [110].
- Whitney, Henry C., on Lincoln's religion, [94-95];
- on Lincoln's lack of method, [103], [246], [247], [254], [263].
- Wigwam edition of "Life of Lincoln," [24].
- Wilberforce, Bishop Samuel, [170].
- Yates, Governor Richard, [310].