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Mississippi River
river traffic,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
See also
New Orleans
Missouri.
See
St. Louis
Mock-Mock Turtle Soup,
9.1
molasses,
2.1
,
7.1
Mushroom Sauce,
10.1
Mutton Harico,
8.1
Native Americans
Black Hawk War,
5.1
,
5.2
,
13.1
grandfather killed by,
5.1
,
5.2
Lincoln family interactions with,
5.1
,
5.2
New Orleans Chicken Curry,
4.1
New Orleans Curry Powder,
4.1
New Salem, IL,
4.1
,
4.2
,
5.1
,
5.2
New Salem Saleratus Biscuits,
4.1
Nicolay, John,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
Nutmeg Doughnuts,
8.1
Offutt, Denton,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
4.5
oysters,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
Oyster Stew,
11.1
pawpaw,
3.1
,
3.2
,
9.1
Peach-and-Honey,
7.1
pearl ash, used in baking,
2.1
,
6.1
Peas à la Française,
12.1
piccalilli,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
pickles and preserves
canning jars,
9.1
,
9.2
sauerkraut,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
pineapple,
3.1
,
4.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
11.1
,
11.2
Pineapple Preserves,
9.1
Pint Cake,
5.1
pioneer life
church,
3.1
,
3.2
clearing the land,
2.1
,
3.1
cooking techniques,
2.1
,
10.1
foraging for food,
3.1
,
3.2
kitchens,
1.1
,
2.1
log cabins,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
meat resources (
See
hunting and fishing
;
livestock
)
self-sufficiency,
3.1
,
3.2
See also
farm life
poetry
by Lincoln,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
recited by Lincoln,
4.1
,
13.1
political career of Lincoln
debates with Douglas,
2.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
Emancipation Proclamation,
13.1
,
13.2
Illinois State Legislature,
4.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
Illinois State Legislature campaign,
4.1
,
5.1
,
11.1
leadership characteristics,
5.1
,
5.2
Sangamon Long Nine,
4.1
,
11.1
speeches

“A house divided…,”

“Communication to the People of Sangamo County,”

Cooper Union,
7.1
,
11.1
,
12.1

at end of the Civil War

first inaugural

Fourth of July

U.S. House of Representatives,
5.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.1
U.S. President

first term,
8.1
,
8.2
,
10.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
13.1

second term

U.S. presidential campaigns

first,
7.1
,
8.1
,
11.1

second

U.S. Senate campaign,
2.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
pork.
See under
meat
Portuguese immigrants,
4.1
,
4.2
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
potatoes,
3.1
,
3.2
President Lincoln's Cottage (Washington, DC),
12.1
,
13.1
puddings.
See under
desserts
pumpkin,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
Pumpkin Butter,
3.1
Pumpkin Pie with Honey,
3.1
railroads
campaign travel on,
11.1
,
12.1
Great Western,
11.1
,
11.2
lines in Springfield, IL,
4.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
Reynolds, Gov. John,
5.1
,
5.2
rhubarb,
9.1
,
9.2
Rhubarb Spring Tonic,
9.1
Richmond, VA,
itr.1
,
12.1
Roast Turkey,
10.1
Roll, John,
8.1
,
10.1
Rutledge, James,
4.1
,
4.2
St. Louis, MO,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
6.1
,
11.1
salads,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
,
10.1
saleratus,
2.1
,
4.1
,
6.1
,
8.1
.
See also
baking soda
salt,
4.1
,
8.1
,
11.1
Sangamon Long Nine,
4.1
,
11.1
sauces,
2.1
,
114–15
,
181
,
182
sauerkraut,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
Schurz, Carl,
8.1
,
12.1
seasonings
curry and East Indian,
4.1
,
9.1
ginger,
2.1
,
2.2
of Lincoln's youth,
3.1
,
4.1
mace,
2.1
,
11.1
nutmeg,
2.1
,
4.1
,
8.1
Seward, William,
8.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
Short Biscuits,
7.1
“short” dough,
51
,
5.1
,
7.1
slavery
legislation

Emancipation Proclamation,
13.1
,
13.2

Kansas-Nebraska Act,
11.1
,
11.2

Missouri Compromise

Ordinance of 1787,
11.1
,
11.2

Lincoln-Douglas debates,
2.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
slaves
Slow-Cooked Barbecue,
7.1
Smith, Ann Todd (sister-in-law),
10.1
,
10.2
.
See also
Todd, Ann
Smith, C. M. (brother-in-law),
8.1
,
8.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
soldiers
camps in Washington, DC,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
food for,
5.1
,
5.2
,
7.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
Lincoln's interactions with,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
presidential guards,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
retired, Soldiers' Home for,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
Soldier's Bread,
13.1
sorghum,
2.1
,
2.2
“soused,”
10.1
,
10.2
Soused or Barbecued Pigs “Feet,”
10.1
Sparrow, Elizabeth and Thomas,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
Speed, Joshua,
7.1
,
8.1
spices.
See
seasonings
Springfield, IL
day-to-day life,
8.1
,
8.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
description,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
entertaining,
6.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
First Presbyterian Church,
8.1
,
11.1
food in,
4.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
11.1
,
11.2
gardening culture,
9.1
,
9.2
Lincoln home and kitchen,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
as new state capital,
4.1
,
6.1
,
11.1
Stanton, Edwin,
11.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
stoves
cast-iron,
6.1
,
10.1
Strawberry Ice Cream,
8.1
Stuart & Lincoln law practice,
6.1
,
8.1
sweeteners, non-sugar
honey,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
molasses,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
sorghum,
2.1
,
2.2
Swett, Leonard,
8.1
,
8.2
syrups,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
,
8.1
Taft, Bud and Holly,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
13.1
Taft, Julia,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
13.1
Tarbell, Ida,
itr.1
,
3.1
,
5.1
,
8.1

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