THE

LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES

OF

HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

With a Portrait on Steel.

TO WHICH IS ADDED A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF

HON. HANNIBAL HAMLIN.

BY D. W. BARTLETT,

VASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK INDEPENDENT AND EVENING POST,

AND AUTHOR OF “LIVES OF MODERN AGITATORS," LIFE OF “LADY

JANE GRAY," " JOAN OF ARO,” ETO.

New-York:

H. DAYTON, PUBLISHER,

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1830, by

H. DAYTON,

In the Clerk's office, of tho District Court, for the Southern District of

New-York.

CONTENTS

PART FIRST.

EARLY HISTORY. .

PAGE.
Lincoln's Birth and Parentage.

15

His Father's Family remove to Indiana.

17

His Limited Opportunities of Education.

18

A Flatboatman on the Mississippi....

18

Removal to Illinois..

19

Employed in splitting Rails..

19

Enlists as a Volunteer in the Black-Hawk War, and serves through the

Campaign...

21

Buys a Stock of Goods on Credit, and opens a Store.

21

Appointed Postmaster.

22

Studies Law....

22

Practises Surveying

23

Elected to the Legislature..

24

His Position on the Slavery Question in 1837

24

Removes to Springfield, and opens a Law Office.

24

His Labors in the Field of Politics,

26

PART SECOND.

IN CONGRESS,

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Elected to Congress in 1846..

Statesmen in the Thirtieth Congress..

His Votes in Favor of Harbor and River Improvements

Slavery in the District of Columbia.

His Resolutions on the Mexican War.

Vote of Supplies for the War.

Putnam's Resolution.

The Ten-Regiment Bill

The Tariff..

Slavery in the Territories.

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