speech at Republican banquet in Chicago, 106, 107;
  speech on Dred Scott case, 110-112;
  nominated for senator, 118, 119;
  “House divided against itself” speech, 119, 120, 127, 128;
  Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, 121-125;
  defeated for United States Senate, 125;
  analysis of causes which led to his defeat, 126, 127;
  letters to H. Asbury and A.G.  Henry, 127;
  letter to A.L.  Pierce and others, 130, 131;
  speech in Chicago, 131, 132;
  letter to M.W.  Delahay, 132;
  letter to Colfax, 132, 133;
  letter to S. Galloway, 133;
  Ohio speeches, 133, 134;
  criticism of John Brown raid, 134, 135;
  speeches in Kansas, 136, 137;
  Cooper Institute speech, 137-140;
  speeches in New England, 140;
  letter to T.J.  Pickett, 145;
  candidate for presidential nomination, 1860, 145;
  letters to N.B.  Judd, 145, 146;
  nominated for President, 1860, 149-151;
  speech at Decatur convention, 153, 154;
  daily routine during campaign, 158, 159;
  letters during campaign, 159;
  elected President, 160;
  his cabinet program, 161-163;
  letter to Seward offering cabinet appointment, 163;
  offers Bates and Cameron cabinet appointments, 163;
  summons Chase to Springfield, 163;
  withdraws offer to Cameron, 163;
  editorial in Springfield “Journal,” 164;
  offers cabinet appointments to Gilmer, Hunt, and Scott, 164;
  letters to W.S.  Speer and G.D.  Prentiss, 164, 165;
  correspondence with Alexander H. Stephens, 165, 166;
  letter to Gilmer, 166;
  letter to Washburne, 166, 167;
  writes his inaugural, 167, 168;
  journey to Washington, 168-174;
  farewell address at Springfield, 169;
  speeches on journey to Washington, 169-171;
  consultation with Judd, 173;
  night journey to Washington, 173, 174;
  visits of ceremony, 179, 180;
  first inauguration of, 180-182;
  inaugural address, 180-182;
  calls council to consider question of Sumter, 182, 183;
  signs order for relief of Sumter, 184;
  answer to Seward’s memorandum of April 1, 1861, 187;
  instructions to Seward, 1865, 187;
  notice to Governor Pickens, 188;
  issues call for 75,000 volunteers, 192;
  assumes responsibility for war measures, 195;
  opinion against dispersing Maryland legislature, 198, 199;
  authorizes Scott to suspend writ of habeas corpus, 199;
  action in Merryman case, 200;
  institutes blockade, 205;
  calls for three years’ volunteers, 206;
  appoints Charles Francis Adams minister to England, 211;
  modifies Seward’s despatch of May 21, 212;
  his immense duties, 212, 213;
  calls council of war, 215;
  message to Congress, July 4, 1861, 218-220;
  postpones decision about slaves, 222, 223;
  receives news of defeat at Bull Run, 229;
  letter to Hunter, 235;
  letter to Fremont, 237, 238;
  letter to Browning, 238-240;