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SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
1 The Origin of the Lincoln Family- The Lincolns in Kentucky - Birth of Abraham Lincoln  Ciufi PL OK
2 The Lincolns Leave Kentucky for Southern Indiana - Conditions of Life in Their New Home  Ciufi PL OK
3 Abraham Lincoln's Early Opportunities - The Books He Read - Trips to New Orleans - Impression He Made on His Friends  Ciufi PL OK
4 The Lincolns Leave Indiana - The Journey to Illinois - Abraham Lincoln Strikes Out for Himself  Ciufi PL OK
5 Lincoln Secures a Position - He Studies Grammar - First Appearance in Politics  Ciufi PL OK
6 The Black Hawk War - Lincoln Chosen Captain of a Company - Reenlists as an Independent Ranger - End of the War  Ciufi PL OK
7 Lincoln Runs for State Assembly and is Defeated - Storekeeper - Student - Postmaster - Surveyor  Ciufi PL OK
8 Electioneering in Illinois in 1834 - Lincoln Reads Law - First Term as an Assemblyman - Lincoln's First Great Sorrow  Ciufi PL OK
9 Lincoln is Re-Elected to the Illinois Assembly - His First Published Address - Protests Against Pro-Slavery Resolutions of the Assembly  Ciufi PL OK
10 Lincoln Begins to Study Law - Mary Owens - A Newspaper Contest - Growth of Political Influence  Ciufi PL OK
11 Lincoln's Engagement to Mary Todd - Breaking of the Engagement - Lincoln-Shields Duel  Ciufi PL OK
12 Lincoln Becomes a Candidate for Congress and is Defeated - On the Stump in 1844 - Nominated and Elected to the 30th Congress  Ciufi PL OK
13 Lincoln in Washington in 1847 - He Opposes the Mexican War - Campaigning in New England  Ciufi PL OK
14 Lincoln at Niagara- Secures a Patent for an Invention - Abandons Politics and Decides to Devote Himself to the Law  Ciufi PL OK
15 Lincoln on the Circuit - His Humor and Persuasiveness - His Manner of Preparing Cases, Examining Witnesses, and Addressing Juries  Ciufi PL OK
16 Lincoln's Important Law Cases - Defence of a Slave Girl - The McCormick Case - The Armstrong Murder Case - The Rock Island Bridge Case  Ciufi PL OK
17 Lincoln Re-Enters Politics  Ciufi PL OK
18 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Part 1  Ciufi PL OK
19 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Part 2  Ciufi PL OK
20 Lincoln's Nomination in 1860, Part 1  Ciufi PL OK
21 Lincoln's Nomination in 1860, Part 2  Ciufi PL OK
22 The Campaign of 1860, Part 1  Ciufi PL OK
23 The Campaign of 1860, Part 2  Ciufi PL OK
24 Mr. Lincoln as President-Elect, Part 1  Ciufi PL OK
25 Mr. Lincoln as President-Elect, Part 2  Ciufi PL OK