Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath SchoolWestern Tract and Book Society, 1869 - 200 pages |
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... named Davis . The husband was absent from home one day , and his wife , with the sharp scrutiny , which exposure to danger had given , observed an Indian peering from behind the door of the stable , about ten rods distant from the cabin ...
... named Davis . The husband was absent from home one day , and his wife , with the sharp scrutiny , which exposure to danger had given , observed an Indian peering from behind the door of the stable , about ten rods distant from the cabin ...
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... . At the age of seven Abraham was sent to school for about two months . The school was kept in a vacant cabin by a catholic school- master named Zachariah Riney . A school- teacher he could scarcely be called . " Zack "
... . At the age of seven Abraham was sent to school for about two months . The school was kept in a vacant cabin by a catholic school- master named Zachariah Riney . A school- teacher he could scarcely be called . " Zack "
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... named Caleb Hazel . At the end of Hazel's " quarter " little Abe could both read and write pretty well . For several years after- ward his penmanship was cultivated by writing with coals upon the smooth end of chopped logs , and his ...
... named Caleb Hazel . At the end of Hazel's " quarter " little Abe could both read and write pretty well . For several years after- ward his penmanship was cultivated by writing with coals upon the smooth end of chopped logs , and his ...
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... named Andrew Crawford , a neighboring farmer , opened a winter school on his own place . This school Abraham attended for about three months , and there learned the rudiments of arithmetic . Grammar was a mysterious science to most of ...
... named Andrew Crawford , a neighboring farmer , opened a winter school on his own place . This school Abraham attended for about three months , and there learned the rudiments of arithmetic . Grammar was a mysterious science to most of ...
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... named Aaron Grigsby , and about a year afterward died . His two step - sisters also mar- ried . The hard labor of clearing away the heavy timber to convert the land into produc- tive fields was discouraging to the young people ; and in ...
... named Aaron Grigsby , and about a year afterward died . His two step - sisters also mar- ried . The hard labor of clearing away the heavy timber to convert the land into produc- tive fields was discouraging to the young people ; and in ...
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