Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Stories, War Stories, Miscellaneous StoriesRhodes & McClure, 1887 - 246 pages |
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... Judge B- Swapped Horses . When Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in Illinois , he and a certain Judge once got to bantering one another about trading horses ; and it was agreed that the next morning at 9 o'clock they should make a trade ...
... Judge B- Swapped Horses . When Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in Illinois , he and a certain Judge once got to bantering one another about trading horses ; and it was agreed that the next morning at 9 o'clock they should make a trade ...
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... Judge and the Drunken Coachman . Attorney - General Bates was once remonstrating with the President against the appointment to a judicial position of considerable importance of a western man , who , though on the bench , " was of ...
... Judge and the Drunken Coachman . Attorney - General Bates was once remonstrating with the President against the appointment to a judicial position of considerable importance of a western man , who , though on the bench , " was of ...
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... Judge Baldwin . " Judge Baldwin , of California , being in Washington , called one day on General Halleck , and , presuming upon a familiar acquaintance in California a few years before , solicited a pass outside of our lines to see a ...
... Judge Baldwin . " Judge Baldwin , of California , being in Washington , called one day on General Halleck , and , presuming upon a familiar acquaintance in California a few years before , solicited a pass outside of our lines to see a ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 11 |
An Incident of Lincolns Early Hardships | 18 |
The Long Nine Lincoln the Longest of All 424 | 25 |
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