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Lincoln Lore Lincoln Lore Bulletin of the Louis A. Warren Uncoln Library and Mu~um. Mark F.. Neely. Jr.. Editor. December, 1980 Mary Jane Hubler, EditoriaJ .Maista.nt.. Published each month by Lhe Number 1714 Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana 116801. LINCOLN LORE INDEX by Mary Jane Hubler January 1980 through December 1980 Numbers 1703- 1714 Titles of Bulletins ............... ..... .........••.•....... l Index to Subjects ........•• ........••• .....••••••.... ... II Index w Persons ...................... ......... .. .... 1ll I II No. 1703-January- Lincoln And Slavery: An Overview A An Important Announcement A Correction, 1711 No. 1704-February- A Guide to Starting a Lincoln Library, 1707 The Last Book Lincoln Read A. Lincoln: The Crucible o{ Congress, 1705 Lincoln's Political Education A Progressiue Admiration: Theodore Roosevelt and Abra· No.1705-March- ham Lincoln, 1707 "That Love Affair": Did William Makepeace Thayer Near· A IVeek of Waiting, 1705 ly Uncover the Mary Owens Romance? Abolition, 1703, 1708 Some New Light on the Matson Slave Case Abolitionists, 1706, 1707 Cumulative Bibliography 1979 Abraham Lincoln Association, 1711 Abraham Lincoln Symposium, 1711 No. 1706-April- Browning's Peculiar Tum To The Right Amnesty, 1703 An Affectionate Farewell, 1705 The Berchem Connection An lmportont Announcement. 1703 No. 1707-May- An Important. Announcement, 1712 A Progressive Admiration: Theodore Roosevelt and Abra· Apotheosis, 17ll ham Lincoln Appointments, 1704, 1706 Cumulative Bibliography 1979·1980 Appointments, Administrative, 1704 No. 1708-June- Appointments, Supreme Court, 1706 Blair Arrival in Galesburg, 1707 No. 1709-July­ Assassination: R.ecent Acquisitions Assassination Att.empt, 1713 No. 1710-August,.... Assessins, 1713 By The People, For The People: Lincoln in Graphic Art. Conspirators, 1713 1860·1865 Lincoln's Last Day. 1704 No. 1711-September- Motive, 1713 By The People. For The People: Lincoln in Graphic Art, Plot w Assassinate Johnson, 1713 1860·1865; The Sentimental Counterattack Plot to Assassinate Lincoln, 1713 Call For Papers Plot w Assassinate Seward, 1713 Call For Lincoln Papers Presidential Assassinations, 1713 A Correction Psychiatrist Perspectives, 1713 No. 17 12-0ctober- Assassination IV amings, 1713 My Lifelong Pursuit Of Lincoln Assassinations, Presidential, 1713 An Important Announcement Assassins, 1713 No. 1713-November- Association Books, 1704, 1705 John Hinckley, Jr., And John Wilkes Booth Authors, 1704, 1705, 1707, 1709, 1712, 1713 In Memoriam: Everette Beach Long (1919·1981) Autograph, Lincoln's, 1709 No. 1714-December- Autographed Documents, Lincoln, 1705, 1709, 1712 lndex for 1980 Axioms and Quotations, about Slavery, 1703 2 LINCOLN LORE B Centennials, 1707 Characteristics: Baltimore, Maryland, 1706 Attitude Towards Others, 1703, 1705 Barrett Cottection, 1709 Developmental Influences, 1703, 1705 Berchem, Jules. 1706 Humor, 1704, 1710 Bibliography (see Books) Marfan's Syndrome, 1706 Bibliography Committee, 1713 Personal Traits, 1703, 1704, 1705. 1706, 1710 Bibliography, Oakleaf, 1712 Physical Appearance. 1706, 1710 Biographies of Lincoln, 1705, 1707, 1711 Smile, 1710 Biography of Francis Preston Blair, 1708 Childhood, 1705 Birth, Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1712 Chiriqui Improvement Company, 1708 Birthday Programs, 1707 Christian, Daniel, 1712 Birthplace Cabin, 1709 Circuit Rider, 1704 Blair, 1708 Civi.l Liberties, 1110 Blair Family, 1708 CivH War: Blair, Francis Preston, 1708 Baltimore, 1706 Blair, Montgomery, 1708 Blair, Francis Preston, 1708 Bland, Harry MacNeitt, 1709 Border States, 1703, 1708 Civil War and Lincoln, 1703, 1707, 1708,1711 Books: Confederate Prisoners of War, 1713 A. Lincoln: Prairie Lawyer~ 1705 Confederate Soldiers, 1713 Bibliography, Oakleaf, 1712 Confederate Spies, 1713 Biography, 1705, 1707 Confiscation Acts, First and Second, 1706 Book Reviews: Finances, 1707 Francis Presum Blair, 1708 Fort Sumter, 1708 Books Lincoln Read, 1704 Generals, 1703, 1706, 1707 Collateral Books, 1705, 1708, 1713 Generals (Benjamin F. Butler), 1710 Collections, 1709 Manpower. 1713 Cumulative Bibliography. 1705. 1707 Military, 1713 Diarists, 1706 Military Law, 1706 Following Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865. 1709 Negro Suffrage, 1703 Humorous, 1704 President's War Powers, 1706, 1707 Juvenile Books, 1705, 1709 War Democracy, 1703, 1706. 1707 Lincoln Photographs, 1707 Civil War and Lincoln, 1703, 1707. 1711 Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum, 1709 Civil War Politics and Lincoln, 1703, 1706, 1707 Memoirs, R. Gerald McMurtry, 1712 Clarke, Asia Booth, 1713 Coles County, Illinois, 1705 My Lifelong Pursuit of Lincoln, 1712 Collections (Lincolniana), 1709,1712 Rare.1709 Collector, Bland, Harry MacNeill, 1709 The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861-1865, 1713 Collector, Hart, Charles Henry, 1709 The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Collectors, 1709 Politics, a11705 Collectors, Photograph, 1709 The Face of Lincoln, 1709 Collectors, Rare Books, 1709 The Odyssey of the Etcher of Books, 1709 Colonization, Negroes, 1708 The Saints and the Union: Utah Territory during the Civil Comparisons With Others, 1707, 1711 War, 1713 Confederacy, 1703, 1707, 1708, 1710, 1713 Wall, Bernhardt, 1709 Confederate Soldiers, 1713 Booth. John Wilkes. 1713 Confiscation Acts, 1706 Border States, 1708 Congress, 1704 Browning, Orville Hickman, 1706 Congressman Lincoln (1847·1849), 1704 Browning's Peculiar Turn To The Right, 1706 Conspirators (see Assassination) Constitution, 1707 Bruce, Robert V .• 1712 Constitution, Slavery Interpretation, 1703 Buchanan, James (Pres.). 1704 Contemporaries of Abraham Lincoln. By All These Hands, 1705 (Arnold, Isaac N.) 1707 By the Light of the Moon, 1707 (Blair, Francis Preston) 1708 By The Peopk, For The People: Lincoln in Graphic Art, (Browning, Orville Hickman) 1705 1860·1865. 1710 (Browning, Orville Hickman, Mrs.) 1705 By The People, For The People: Lincoln in Graphic Art, (Herndon, William H.) 1705, 1707 1860·1865; The Sentimental Counterattack, 1711 (Lamon, Ward Hill) 1707 (Owens, Mary) 1705 (Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr.) 1707 c (Scripps, John Locke) 1705 Cabi.net Members, 1706, 1707, 1708 (Sumner, Charles) 1708 Cabinet Members (1860 Selection), 1706 (Thayer, William Makepeace) 1705 California, 1704 Copperheads, 1710 Call For Lincoln Papers, 1711 Correspondence: Call For Papers, 1711 April Fools' Day Letter, 1838, 1705 Cannon Office Building Exhibit. 1710. 1711 Browning Letter, 0. H. (Mrs.), 1838, 1705 Carl, George Truman, 1709 Executive, 1705. 1707 Cartoonists, 1710 Robert Todd Lincoln, 1707 Cartoons (contemporary), 1710 Criticism of Lincoln, 1703, 1706, 1707, 1713 Cartoons, Copperhead, 1710 Culture, 1710, 1711 Cartoons, Political, 1710 Cartoons, Poster, 1710 Caught In The Middle: Lincoln And The Smith Brothers D Case, 1707 Davis, Jefferson, 1703, 1708 LINCOLN LORE 3 Debates, 1703, 1704 Democracy, 1703, 1707 I Democratic Party, 1703, 1704, 1708, 1710 Illinois, 1704, 1705 Demytlwlogi•ing Lincoln: The Illinoisan Nobody Knows, Illinois, Coles County, 1705 1707 nlinois Constitution, 1705 Diaries. Orville Hiokman Browning, 1706 Illinois Legislation, 1705 Diarists, 1706 nlinois, Resolutions, 1703 Diligence Bree4s Success, 1705 nlinois State Historical Society, 1711 Documents. 1705, 1709 Illinois Supreme Court, 1705 Documents, John Wilkes Booth, 1713 Image, Lincoln's, 1710, I 711 Documents, Lincoln, 1705, 1707, 1709,1712 Imagery, 1710, 1711 Documents, Robert Todd Lincoln, 1707 In Memoriam: Euerette Beach Long (1919-1981), 1713 Douglas, Stephen A.. 1704, 1706 Inaugural Addresses (see Presidential Addresses) Duff, John J., 1705 Index (S<le Lincoln Lore) Indiana, 1703, 1705 E Early Environment, 1705 J Education, 1705 Jackson, Andrew, 1708 Educators, 1705 Jarvis, Charles Wesley,1709 Emancipation, 1703,1704,1705, 1706,1708 Jefferson, Thomas (Pres.), 1707 Emancipation Proclamation, 1703, 1704, 1706, 1709, 1710, John Hinckley, Jr., And John Wilkes Booth, 1713 1713 Jokes, 1704 Emancipation Proclamation Lithograph, 1709 Engravings (see Pictures) Exhibits. "By The People, For the People: Lincoln in Graphic K Art, 1860-1865", 1710, 1711 Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1703 Kentucky, 1703,1705 Kentucky, Hodgenville, I 707 F Kidnap Plot, 1713 Family: Kinfolk (see Fa mily) Family Portraits, 1711 Know Nothings, 1704 Katherine Helm, 1704 Kinfolk (neat), 1703 Mary Todd Lincoln, 1704, 1705, 1711 L Nancy Hanks Lincoln, 1703 Robert Todd Lincoln, 1705, 1707 Labor, 1707 Sara Bush Johnston Lincoln, 1705, 1711 Last Day (see Assassination) Thomas Lincoln, 1703 Latin America, 1708 Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, 1711 Law Partners, 1704, 1705 Family Pets, I 705 Lawsuits, I 704, 1705 Federalists. 1707 Lawyer (see Legal Profession) Fehrenbacher, Don E., 1705 Lawyer, 1704 r'inance•. 1707 Lectures. Lincoln, 1703, 1712 F'ish Collection, 1709 Legal Profession: Following Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, I 709 Circuit Rider, 1704 Foreign Affairs, 1706, 1708 Herndon, William H., 1705 Foundry, Berchem, 1706 Lawyer, 1704 Matson Slave Case, 1705 Sangamon County Circuit Court, 1704 Lincoln And S~uery: An Oueruiew, 1703 G Lincoln: Democracy's Touchstone, 1705 Gettysburg Address (see Presidential Addresses) Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1703, 1704 Giue No Offense, 1705 Lincoln in Portraiture, 1709 Governors, 1704 Lincoln Lore: Graphic Art, 1710, 1711 Indexes, (1979) 1702; (1980) 1714 Greeley, Horace, 1710 Numbers Grouped By Years: (1980) 1703-1714 Lincoln Memorial University, 1712 Lincoln National Life Fou.ndation (see also the Louis A. Warren Lincol.n Library And Museum) H Lincoln National Life Foundation: Habeas Corpus,
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