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315 index Page numbers in bold refer to photographs. Adams v. Logan County, et al, 272n34 alcohol, 203–4. See also Eighth Judicial Circuit, alcohol in; Lincoln, Abraham , on alcohol; temperance Alexander, Milton K., 113, 118, 276n3 Allin, James, 81, 83; as founder of Bloomington , 79; as founder of Clinton, 92 Allin v. Douglas, 268n31 “Almanac Trial,” 192 Alschuler, Samuel, 44, 241, 242 Alton and Sangamon Railroad, 125, 152 Alton (IL), 96, 126, 141 Anti-Nebraska Party. See Republican Party Armington, Hezekiah, 56, 157 Armstrong Moonlight trial. See “Almanac Trial” Athens (IL), 15, 133–34 Atlanta (IL), 86, 153, 156; founding of, 157; Lincoln in, 157, 182, 184, 241 Baber, A. J., 200 Baddeley, John W., 23, 205 Bailey v. Cromwell and McNaughton, 52 Baker, Edward D., 24, 25, 26, 110, 134, 142–43, 146, 236, 244, 263n31; as Civil War casualty, 254–55; in Congress, 34–35, 143, 145, 236, 254; friendship with Lincoln, 18, 29, 255; Lincoln representing , 67; at Lincoln’s inauguration , 244 Barnwell, Edward A., 226, 227 Barrett v. Alton & Sangamon Railroad, 166–67, 282n47 Bates, Edward, 216, 221, 222, 229; as attorney general, 248; as Republican presidential candidate (1860), 228, 232–33 Bath (IL), 15, 135, 196; Lincoln in, 134, 196; as Mason County seat, 134 Beardstown (IL), 14, 21; Lincoln in, 189, 190, 191, 196 Beckwith, Dan, 110 Beckwith, Hiram, 192; on Lincoln, 61, 62; as Lincoln supporter, 204 Benedict, Kirby, 58, 93, 96, 100, 118, 120, 128–29, 249 Benjamin, Reuben, 83 Benson v. Mayo, 53 Berry, William, 15, 133 Bishop v. ICCR, 167, 282n48 Bissell, William H., 46, 75, 104, 163, 188 Black Hawk War, 16, 83, 84, 110, 118, 125 Black Laws, 51, 52 Bledsoe, Albert T., 67, 141, 143; in Confederate Army, 253; and convention system, 142–43; as Lincoln critic, 253 Bloomington (IL), 30, 31, 54, 81, 82, 146, 159; Blooming Grove, 79, 85; courthouse in, 70, 79; effect of railroads on, 152, 153, 155, 157–58, 159; Evergreen Cemetery in, 32; fire in downtown, 60; Lincoln in, 77, 83, 84, 85, 106, 159, 169, 170, 176, 183, 185, 187, 189, 193, 198, 209, 210, 212, 222, 223, 241; Lincoln’s “headquarters” in, 56; mourning Lincoln’s death, 257, 258; as seat of McLean County, 78, 79; as site of 316 index Republican State Convention (1856), 6, 175, 176, 177, 180, 237; on slavery, 157 Bloomington Observer, 81, 158 Booth, John Wilkes, 255 Boston Courier, on Lincoln, 43, 47 Boyden, Ezekiel, 205–6, 248 Bradner, Judith Ann Allin, 83 Brayman, Mason, 165; Lincoln representing , 67 Breese, Sidney, 142, 152 Brokaw, Abraham, 83, 159 Bromwell, Henry P. H., 179–80, 253–54 Browne, Thomas C., 141–42 Browning, Eliza Caldwell, 45 Browning, Orville, 56, 163, 233, 251 Browning v. Springfield, Illinois, 58–59 Bryant, Jane, 50–51. See also In Re Bryant Buchanan, James, 183, 184, 189, 211, 240, 244 Bunn, Jacob, 68 Bunn, John W., 90; friendship with Lincoln, 45; on Lincoln, 46–47; as Lincoln political supporter, 222 Butler, William, 34–35, 68, 141, 146, 163, 251, 263n29; friendship with Lincoln, 18; as Lincoln political supporter, 222, 229, 230, 239; patronage dispute with Lincoln, 147 Butterfield, Justin, 147 Byers, Abraham, 190, 191 Calhoun, John, 15, 68, 170 Cameron, Simon, 221, 222, 228, 231, 232, 234, 250; as secretary of war, 247 Campbell, David B., 30, 43, 51, 53–54, 76, 84, 85, 96, 98, 131; alcoholism of, 53; and tribute to Lincoln, 40 Capps, Elizabeth Lushbaugh, 91 Capps, Jabez, 87, 89, 156, 199 Carlock, Abraham, 78 Cartwright, Peter, 77, 144, 214, 279n19 central Illinois: “Deep Snow” (1830–31) in, 13–14; description of, 10, 11; effect of railroads on, 151–67, 173; politics of, 11; population of, 10, 151; prairie of, 10, 11, 69–70, 78; as U.S. Senate battleground (1858), 193 Central Illinois Gazette (Champaign), 107, 161, 205, 213, 216, 217, 258 Champaign (IL), 105, 110, 161; Lincoln in, 179 Champaign County (IL); on Eighth Circuit , 100–108; settlement of, 101 Charleston (IL), 122; as Coles County seat, 122; Lincoln in, 51, 122, 200, 201–202 Chase, Salmon P., 215, 221, 227, 228, 232, 240 Chicago (IL): effect of railroads on, 161, 164; federal court in, 55, 63, 164, 185 Chicago Convention. See Republican Party, national convention (1860) Chicago and Alton Railroad, 152, 157, 159 Chicago Journal, 64 Chicago Press and Tribune, 174, 192; on Lincoln, 191, 196, 197, 200, 208, 222, 233 “chicken bone case,” 59, 182, 186. See also Fleming v. Crothers Chiniquy, Charles...

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