Lee, General, in the Civil War, 260.

Legislature (note), 257.

Lexington, battle of, 134.

Leyden (Li’den), Holland, 62.

Leyden jar, 118, 119.

Liberty, religious, in Maryland, 78-80.
  religious, in Rhode Island, 85.
  religious, none formerly in England, 62, 76, 97.

Liberty, Sons of, in the Revolution, 60.

Liberty, statue of, 60.

Lincoln, Abraham, birth and boyhood of, 244.
  how he lived, 244, 245.
  death of his mother, 246.
  what he said of her, 246.
  what his step-mother said of him, 246.
  at school, 247.
  teaches himself at home, 247.
  what he read, 247.
  how he used the fire-shovel, 247.
  description of, at seventeen, 248.
  his strength, 248.
  goes to New Orleans, 249.
  moves to Illinois, 250.
  splits rails, 250.
  hunting frolics, 250.
  tends store at New Salem, 251.
  is attacked by Jack Armstrong, 251.
  his faithfulness in little things, 252.
  called “Honest Abe,” 243, 252.
  in the Black Hawk War, 253.
  becomes postmaster and surveyor, 254.
  studies law, 254.
  begins to practise law, 254.
  respected by all men, 254.
  in Armstrong murder trial, 255.
  how he saved the pig, 256.
  goes to the Legislature, 257.
  goes to Congress, 243, 257.
  chosen candidate for President, 258.
  elected President, 258.
  his election brings on the Civil War, 259.
  emancipates the slaves, 260.
  murdered by Booth, 261.
  grief of the nation at his death, 261.
  summary of, 262.

Louisiana, purchase of, 188.
  original extent of, 188.

Major (note), 128.

Manhattan Island, 54, 59, 60.

Marietta, Ohio, settled, 170.
  name of, 171.
  what Washington said of, 171.
  and the Indians, 172.
  summary of, 174.

Marshall finds gold in California, 237.
  his poverty, 239.

Maryland, name of, 77.
  granted to Lord Baltimore, 77.
  rent of, 77.
  settlement of, 78.
  first Catholic church in America in, 78.
  home of religious liberty, 79.
  trouble with Virginia, 80. 
  Catholics of, badly treated, 80. 
  Baltimore city founded, 80.
  in the Revolution, 80.
  summary of, 81.

Massachusetts, name of, 73.
  settlement of, 73.
  in the Revolution, 74.

Massasoit (Mas-sa-soit’), makes treaty with the Pilgrims, 69.
  kindness of, to Roger Williams, 84. 
  King Philip, his son, 87.

Mayflower, voyage of the, 64, 66, 73. 
  Ohio boat so named, 170.

Messages (note), 220.

Mexico, war with, 239.
  territory obtained from, 239.

Miami (Mi-am’i), Ohio, 172.

Mississippi, De Soto discovers the, 29.
  belonged to France, 187.
  we get possession of the, 188.
  first steamboat on the, 198, 199.