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authenticity. So far as possible, every story has been traced to its source, and every document read in the official record or the original manuscript.
We are aware of the prejudice which exists against a book written by two persons, but we feel that in our case the disadvantages of collaboration are reduced to the minimum. Our experiences, our observations, our material, have been for twenty years not merely homogeneous--they have been identical. Our plans were made with thorough concert; our studies of the subject were carried on together; we were able to work simultaneously without danger of repetition or conflict. The apportionment of our separate tasks has been dictated purely by convenience; the division of topics between us has been sometimes for long periods, sometimes almost for alternate chapters. Each has written an equal portion of the work; while consultation and joint revision have been continuous, the text of each remains substantially unaltered. It is in the fullest sense, and in every part, a joint work. We each assume responsibility, not only for the whole, but for all the details, and whatever credit or blame the public may award our labors is equally due to both.
We commend the result of so many years of research and diligence to all our countrymen, North and South, in the hope that it may do something to secure a truthful history of the great struggle which displayed on both sides the highest qualities of American manhood, and may contribute in some measure to the growth and maintenance throughout all our borders of that spirit of freedom and nationality for which Abraham Lincoln lived and died.
John G. Nicolay John Hay [signatures]

ILLUSTRATIONS
VOL. I
ABRAHAM LINCOLN From a photograph taken about 1860 by Hesler, of Chicago; from the original negative owned by George B. Ayres, Philadelphia.
LAND WARRANT, ISSUED TO ABRAHAM LINKHORN (LINCOLN)
FAC-SIMILE FROM THE FIELD-BOOK OF DANIEL BOONE
SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE FOR ABRAHAM LINKHORN (LINCOLN)
HOUSE IN WHICH THOMAS LINCOLN AND NANCY HANKS WERE MARRIED
FAC-SIMILE OF THE MARRIAGE BOND OF THOMAS LINCOLN
CERTIFICATE, OR MARRIAGE LIST, CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THOMAS LINCOLN AND NANCY HANKS
SARAH BUSH LINCOLN AT THE AGE OF 76 From a photograph in possession of William H. Herndon.
CABIN ON GOOSE-NEST PRAIRIE, ILL., IN WHICH THOMAS LINCOLN LIVED AND DIED
MODEL OF LINCOLN'S INVENTION FOR BUOYING VESSELS
FAC-SIMILE OF DRAWINGS IN THE PATENT OFFICE
LEAF FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EXERCISE BOOK
SOLDIER'S DISCHARGE FROM THE BLACK HAWK WAR, SIGNED BY A. LINCOLN, CAPTAIN
BLACK HAWK. From a portrait by Charles B. King, from McKenny & Hall's "Indian Tribes of North America."
STEPHEN T. LOGAN From the portrait in possession of his daughter, Mrs. L. H. Coleman.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS, SADDLE BAG, ETC
PLAN OF ROADS SURVEYED BY A. LINCOLN AND OTHERS
FAC-SIMILE OF LINCOLN'S REPORT OF THE ROAD SURVEY
O. H. BROWNING From a photograph by Waide.
MARTIN VAN BUREN From a photograph by Brady.
COL. E. D. BAKER From a photograph by Brady, about 1861.
LINCOLN AND STUART'S LAW-OFFICE, SPRINGFIELD
LINCOLN'S BOOKCASE AND INKSTAND From the Keyes Lincoln Memorial Collection, Chicago.
GLOBE TAVERN, SPRINGFIELD Where Lincoln lived after his marriage.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON From a painting, in 1841, by Henry Inman, owned by Benjamin Harrison.
FAC-SIMILE OF MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
JOSHUA SPEED AND WIFE From a painting by Healy, about 1864.
HOUSE IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS MARRIED
GEN. JAMES SHIELDS From a photograph owned by David Delany.
HENRY CLAY After a photograph by Rockwood, from the daguerreotype owned by Alfred Hassack.
ZACHARY TAYLOR From the painting by Vanderlyn in the Corcoran Gallery.
JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS From a photograph by Brady.
DAVID DAVIS From a photograph by Brady.
JAMES K. POLK From a photograph by Brady.
FRANKLIN PIERCE From a photograph by Brady.
LYMAN TRUMBULL Prom a photograph by Brady.
OWEN LOVEJOY From a photograph.
DAVID E. ATCHISON From a daguerreotype.
ANDREW H. REEDER From a photograph by R. Knecht.
JAMES H. LANE By permission of the Strowbridge Lithographing Co. MAPS
MAP SHOWING LOCALITIES CONNECTED WITH EARLY EVENTS IN THE LINCOLN FAMILY
MAP OF NEW SALEM, ILL., AND VICINITY
MAP OF THE BOUNDARIES OF TEXAS
HISTORICAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1854

TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. I
CHAPTER I.
LINEAGE The Lincolns in America. Intimacy with the Boones. Kentucky in 1780. Death of Abraham Lincoln the Pioneer. Marriage of Thomas Lincoln. Birth and Childhood of Abraham
CHAPTER II.
INDIANA Thomas Lincoln leaves Kentucky. Settles at Gentryville. Death of Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Sarah Bush Johnston. Pioneer Life in Indiana. Sports and Superstitions of the Early Settlers. The Youth of Abraham. His Great Physical Strength. His Voyage to New Orleans. Removal to Illinois
CHAPTER III.
ILLINOIS IN 1830 The Winter of the Deep Snow. The Sudden Change. Pioneer Life. Religion and Society. French and Indians. Formation of the Political System. The Courts. Lawyers and Politicians. Early Superannuation
CHAPTER IV.
NEW SALEM Denton Offutt. Lincoln's Second Trip to New Orleans. His Care of His Family. Death of Thomas Lincoln. Offutt's Store in New Salem. Lincoln's Initiation by the "Clary's Grove Boys." The Voyage of the Talisman
CHAPTER V.
LINCOLN IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR Black Hawk.