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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... Rails for a Pair of Pants .. 28 Lincoln's Story of a Girl in New Salem .... 29 Little Lincoln Firing at Big Game Through the Cracks of his Cabin Home .... 17 Mrs. Brown's Story of Young Abe ...... 30 Remarkable Story- " Honest Abe " as ...
... Rails for a Pair of Pants .. 28 Lincoln's Story of a Girl in New Salem .... 29 Little Lincoln Firing at Big Game Through the Cracks of his Cabin Home .... 17 Mrs. Brown's Story of Young Abe ...... 30 Remarkable Story- " Honest Abe " as ...
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... rails a passage to the bottom of the hole . Descending on these rails , he seized the pig and dragged him out , but not without serious damage to the clothes he wore . Washing his hands in the nearest brook , and wiping them on the ...
... rails a passage to the bottom of the hole . Descending on these rails , he seized the pig and dragged him out , but not without serious damage to the clothes he wore . Washing his hands in the nearest brook , and wiping them on the ...
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... rails with Abraham , and reveals some very interesting facts concerning wages . Money was a commodity never reckoned upon . Lincoln split rails to get clothing , and he made a bargain with Mrs. Nancy Miller to split four hundred rails ...
... rails with Abraham , and reveals some very interesting facts concerning wages . Money was a commodity never reckoned upon . Lincoln split rails to get clothing , and he made a bargain with Mrs. Nancy Miller to split four hundred rails ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 11 |
An Incident of Lincolns Early Hardships | 18 |
The Long Nine Lincoln the Longest of All 424 | 25 |
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