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438, 452, 464, 486, 537, 538, 552, 593,
622, 735, 745, 754, 762
Downing, Maj. Jack: letters read by AL, 427
Downs, William, 97
Drake, [?], 647, 648
Drake, Charles D., 431
Drake, Daniel: AL's correspondence with, 431,
500
Dresser, Charles: performed AL's wedding cer
‚emony, 665; mentioned, 671n, 745
Dresser, Thomas: biographical sketch of, 745¬
46; letter from, 671; MTL's peculiarities,
671
Dubois, Jesse K.: biographical sketch of, 746;
interviews with, 441¬42, 692, 718¬19; let
‚ter from, 620; ¿House Dividedî speech,
441¬42; AL neglected his friends, 618,
620; recommended Delahay, 620; quest for
of‚ce, 626, 644; agent for AL's estate, 692;
witnessed altercation with MTL, 692; men
‚tioned, 764
Dummer, Henry E.: biographical sketch of, 746; interview with, 442¬43; Stuart's law partner, 451n
Duncan, Jason: biographical sketch of, 746;
letter from, 539¬42; New Salem physician,
365; William Greene on, 367¬68, 390;
Gaines Greene on, 370; Greene's probable
rival, 421n; assisted AL in study of gram
‚mar, 529; ‚rst acquaintance with AL, 539;
AL's disposition and demeanor, 539; AL's
speech before polemic society, 539; AL
studied law, 540; recommended AL for
New Salem post of‚ce, 540; AL's ‚rst race
for state legislature, 540; AL respected by
political opponents, 540; AL's regard for
truth, 541; AL and women, 541; men
‚tioned, 337, 343, 370, 377, 380, 393, 401,
528, 538
Duncan, John: biographical sketch of, 746;
letter from, 557¬58; AL's childhood friend,
234¬35, 557, 676
Duncan, Joseph, 46, 466
Dunn, George R.: express company agent,
283¬84, 288, 290¬91, 322
Dunnaway, John, 733
Dupuy, Starke: Hymns and Spiritual Songs,
105n, 112, 121, 146¬48, 169
Dyer, Charles V., 150
Early, Jacob M.: confrontation with Edwards,
203; in Black Hawk War, 327¬28, 372,
481, 520, 753; Democratic speaker, 388
Eastman, Zebina: biographical sketch of, 746;
letter from, 149¬50; queried WHH about
AL, 149¬50; AL's antislavery views, 150
Eddy, Frank Marshall: biographical sketch of,
746; letter from, 652¬53; on case won by
AL, 652
Eddy, Henry, 652, 746
Editor (steamboat), 4
Edson, William P., 659
Edwards, Benjamin S.: candidate for judge
‚
ship, 349; reaction to Lovejoy's speech on
slavery, 717
Edwards, Cyrus, 133, 467, 479, 749
Edwards, Elizabeth Todd: biographical sketch
of, 747; interviews with, 443¬45, 592,
622¬23; on MTL's character, 443; AL's in
‚sanity, 443¬44; advised AL and MTL not
to marry, 444; AL's failure to appear at his
own wedding, 592; morti‚cation of MTL,
592; no notice of AL-MTL wedding, 624;
servant and serenade story, 668; family of,
693¬94; sister Frances, 775; mentioned,
694, 759¬60
Edwards, Matilda: courted by Speed and
Douglas, 133; AL's love for, 133, 251, 443,
475, 623; and Speed, 443; denied AL's
courtship, 444, 623; married for wealth,
444; AL's rivalry with Speed over, 771;
mentioned, 617
Edwards, Ninian, 747
Edwards, Ninian W.: biographical sketch of,
747; interviews with, 133, 446¬47, 592,
622¬23; confrontation with Early, 203;
corruption allegations, 358¬59; befriended
AL, 446, 623; AL's character, 446; drew pis
‚tol on Achilles Morris, 451; more candid in
private than in public, 583; on 1836 charge
of Col. Robert Allen, 594; at White House,
618; appointment by AL, 619; offered to
buy law books for AL, 623; knew nothing
of AL-MTL wedding, 624; servant and ser
‚enade story, 668; mentioned, 8, 202, 443,
693, 694n, 717n, 747
Edwards, Tom, 479
Edwards family, 438
Ef‚e Afton, 452n
Eisenmeyer, George E.: biographical sketch of,
747; letter from, 494; AL on slavery, 494
¿Elegy Written in a Country Churchyardî
(Gray), 57
Elkin, David: eulogy of AL's mother, 38, 40,
97, 154
Elkin, William F.: one of ¿Long Nine,î 8, 202
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