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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... night , and , closing and locking the store , he started out on foot , a distance of two or three miles , for the house of his defrauded customer , and , delivering over to her the sum whose possession had so much troubled him , went ...
... night , and , closing and locking the store , he started out on foot , a distance of two or three miles , for the house of his defrauded customer , and , delivering over to her the sum whose possession had so much troubled him , went ...
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... night , a woman entered , and asked for a half pound of tea . The tea was weighed out and paid for , and the store was left for the night . The next morning , Lincoln entered to begin the duties of the day , when he discovered a four ...
... night , a woman entered , and asked for a half pound of tea . The tea was weighed out and paid for , and the store was left for the night . The next morning , Lincoln entered to begin the duties of the day , when he discovered a four ...
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... night . Outside , too , in the atmosphere of shock and craze , crowds of people , filled with frenzy , ready to seize any outlet for it , came near committing murder several times on inno- cent individuals . One such case was especially ...
... night . Outside , too , in the atmosphere of shock and craze , crowds of people , filled with frenzy , ready to seize any outlet for it , came near committing murder several times on inno- cent individuals . One such case was especially ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 11 |
An Incident of Lincolns Early Hardships | 18 |
The Long Nine Lincoln the Longest of All 424 | 25 |
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