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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... walked his hundred miles to Vandalia , in 1836 , as he did in 1834 , and when the session closed he walked home again . A gentleman in Menard County remembers meeting him and a detachment of " The Long Nine " on their way home . They ...
... walked his hundred miles to Vandalia , in 1836 , as he did in 1834 , and when the session closed he walked home again . A gentleman in Menard County remembers meeting him and a detachment of " The Long Nine " on their way home . They ...
Page 49
... walked to his house and succeeded in borrowing it . L. M. Green , a lawyer of Petersburg , in Menard County , says that every time he visited New Salem , at this period , Lincoln took him out upon a hill , and asked him to explain some ...
... walked to his house and succeeded in borrowing it . L. M. Green , a lawyer of Petersburg , in Menard County , says that every time he visited New Salem , at this period , Lincoln took him out upon a hill , and asked him to explain some ...
Page 100
... walked into the room , with a kindly salutation , and a request that the friends would take seats . The doctor expressed his regret that their visit was so ill- timed , and that his Excellency was disturbed while at din- ner . " Oh ! no ...
... walked into the room , with a kindly salutation , and a request that the friends would take seats . The doctor expressed his regret that their visit was so ill- timed , and that his Excellency was disturbed while at din- ner . " Oh ! no ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 11 |
An Incident of Lincolns Early Hardships | 18 |
The Long Nine Lincoln the Longest of All 424 | 25 |
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