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pants, 449, 525, 624; husband's joke about
AL having son by, 482; AL visited Arm
‚strongs, 525; AL cleared her son, 525, 738;
AL sociable and accommodating, 526; ac
‚count of murder trial of son Duff, 526; on
discharge of son by AL, 526, 738; attended
AL's lecture, 526; never met MTL, 527;
mentioned, 22¬23, 72n, 758, 770
Armstrong, Hugh, 254
Armstrong, Jack: wrestled with AL, 73, 80,
369, 370, 386, 402, 526, 528, 703; live pig
story, 74, 141; man in hogshead story, 74,
366, 371; AL as arbitrator in ‚ght, 366;
¿plaguedî AL, 482; mentioned, 173¬74,
703, 738, 770
Armstrong, John: biographical sketch of, 738;
interview with, 574¬75; account of AL's re‚hearsal of ¿House Dividedî speech with ad
‚visors, 574¬75; WHH's encouragement of
AL on ¿House Dividedî speech, 575; reac
‚tion to ¿House Dividedî speech, 575
Armstrong, Royal, 174
Armstrong, William (¿Duff î): murder trial of,
22¬23, 316¬17, 325¬26, 332¬34, 386,
526, 703¬4, 738, 753, 770; AL's courtroom
oratory described, 333, 341; Hannah Arm
‚strong on murder trial, 526; Judge Harriott
on trial, 703¬4; almanac in murder trial,
703, 704; change of venue for, 704; Walker
counsel for, 774; mentioned, 525
Arnold, Isaac N.: biographical sketch of, 738;
letters from, 588, 592; AL's religion, 588;
AL's faith in mankind, 592; AL not ac
‚quainted with urban vice, 592; History of
Abraham Lincoln and the Overthrow of Slav
‚ery, 738; The Life of Abraham Lincoln, 738;
mentioned, 436n, 523, 587n
Arthur, Chester A., 760
Artus, Joseph: steamboat captain, 6, 34, 92,
Ashcraft family, 676
Ashley, James M.: biographical sketch of, 738;
letter from, 413¬14; note to, by AL, 414
Ashmun, George, 688, 697
Athens, Ill.: ¿Long Nineî feted at, 205¬6
Atherton's Ferry, 241
Atkinson, Henry: commander in Black Hawk
War, 33, 328, 362, 371, 520
Atlantic Monthly, The, 685
Atlas, 690
Atzerodt, George, 581
¿Auld Lang Syneî: political lyrics set to, 215n
¿Babes in the Woods,î 665
Bad Axe: Black Hawk War battle, 328, 352,
458, 465
Baker, David J., 738
Baker, Edward D.: supporters accused AL of
aristocratic connections, 211, 251; John J.
Crittenden on, 212; land of‚ce speech,
389; debated Democrats, 468; rivalry with
Hardin and AL, 468, 472; move to Galena,
468; elected to Congress, 468, 471; under
‚standing with AL and Hardin, 468, 471;
resigned congressional seat to enter Mexi
‚can War, 471, 473, 509; AL on EDB's right
to speak, 569; mentioned, 194, 342, 368,
451, 453, 603n
Baker, Edward L.: biographical sketch of, 738;
interview with, 435; editor of Illinois State
Journal, 251n, 738; AL awaiting nomina
‚tion, 435, 490; read telegram announcing
AL's nomination, 491; mentioned, 438,
476
Baker, George E.: biographical sketch of, 738¬ 39; letters from, 160¬61, 255; AL's execu‚tive ability, 160¬61
Baker, Henry S.: in 1855 senatorial contest,
344, 467, 537
Baker, John P.: publisher of Illinois State Jour
‚
nal, 251n
Baker, Julia Edwards, 251n, 360n
Baker, L. C., 670
Baker, Luther B.: biographical sketch of, 739;
statement of, 670¬71; on disposal of
Booth's body, 670
Baker, Mary Wallace, 251n
Baker's Prairie, 440, 441, 528
Balch, George: biographical sketch of, 739;
statement of, 593¬94, 595¬96; on early AL
law cases in Coles County, 593¬95; Thom
‚as Lincoln as ¿excellent specimen of poor
white trash,î 597
Baldwin, John: AL's Indiana friend, 100, 235
Baldwin, John B.: AL's alleged assurances to,
about Ft. Sumter, 400
Bale, Esther Summers: biographical sketch of,
739; interview with, 527; on Mary Owens,
527; on Ann Rutledge, 527
Bale, Fanny, 605, 606
Bale, Hardin: biographical sketch of, 739; in
‚terview with, 12¬13, 528; on stores in New
Salem, 528; on friendship of AL and Kelso,
528; AL's invention, 528; mentioned, 378,
527
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