ILLINOIS HISTORY

A MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Volume 48 • Number 2 • February 1995 (97455—6700—2-95)

CONTENTS

25   Feature Essay Abraham Lincoln before the Presidency    James Davis    Illinois College, Jacksonville 29   A Real Education    Brian Burns    South Middle School, Arlington Heights 30   Lincoln and the McCormick-Manny Case    Sarah-Eva Carlson    Heritage School, Rockford 32   Lincoln the Storekeeper    Annie Goitein    Peoria Hebrew Day School, Peoria 33   Flatboating down the Mississippi    Christ Balich    Ogden School, Chicago 34   Abraham Lincoln, Family Man    Lauren Omohundro    Good Shepherd Lutheran School,    Collinsville 35   Lincoln: The Struggles of Fatherhood    Melissa Mendes    Ogden School, Chicago 36   The Lincoln-Douglas Debate in "Egypt"    Jackson Foote    Lincoln Junior High School, Carbondale 38   Lincoln's Poetry    Margaret Mary Moran    Brookwood Junior High School, Glenwood 39   The Legend of Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge    Carrie Deppe    Waterloo High School, Waterloo 40   Lincoln's Early Years    Marshall Threw    Chapman Junior High School, Farmington 41   Lincoln at New Salem    Curt Moeckel    Washington School, Peoria On the cover: This ambrotype of Lincoln was taken in the late 1850s, just a few years before Lincoln was elected president.

43   Lincoln's Years in the Illinois Legislature    Jonathan E. Helm    Macornb Junior/Senior High School,    Macomb 44   Mannerisms of a Lawyer    Jeremy Reppy    Carbondale Community High School,    Carbondale 46   The Blackhawk War's Influence on Abraham Lincoln    Angela Simon    Belleville Township High School West,    Belleville 47   Lincoln and the Illinois Central Railroad    Amy Yaeger    Mt. Vernon Township- High School,    Mt. Vernon 48   Lincoln's Forgotten Duel    Lori Eberhart    Civic Memorial High School, Bethalto Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Julie Cellini, Trustee, Chair Pamela A. Daniels, Trustee Samuel Lilly, Trustee Sally B. Schanbacher, Trustee Carol Stein, Trustee Warren Swanson, Trustee Susan Mogerman, Director Maynard Crossland, Division Manager, Public Affairs and Development Keith A. Sculle, Head, Education and Research Illinois History Keith A. Sculle, Editor Cynthia A. Fuener, Design Jacqueline M. Hughes, Editorial Assistant Illinois History (ISSN 0019-2058) is published three times during the school year, December, February, and April, by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Printed by authority of the State of Illinois. Second-class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. Articles may be reprinted with credit. Subscription rates: One copy is sent free on request to all schools in Illinois. Additional school-use subscriptions are $1 per volume (three issues). All other subscriptions are $3 per volume, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Illinois History, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, 62701.

All photos in this issue are from the Lincoln Collection of the Illinois State Historical Library.

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Jim Edgar, Governor