. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . egraph instrumentsclicked the glad news to allportions of the country. When the convention set-tled down again, other stateschanged their votes in favorof Mr. Lincoln, and it wasannounced as the result ofthe third ballot that Abra-ham Lincoln, of Illinois, hadreceived 354 votes out of465, and that he was nom-inated by the Republicanparty for the office of pres-ident of the United nomination was then,on t
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . egraph instrumentsclicked the glad news to allportions of the country. When the convention set-tled down again, other stateschanged their votes in favorof Mr. Lincoln, and it wasannounced as the result ofthe third ballot that Abra-ham Lincoln, of Illinois, hadreceived 354 votes out of465, and that he was nom-inated by the Republicanparty for the office of pres-ident of the United nomination was then,on the motion of William , of New York, madeunanimous, and the conven-tion took a recess until the afternoon, when it completed its work by nominating IIannil)al Hamlin, ofMaine, for the vice-presidency. Mr. Lincoln was at his proper place—at home—at this time. LetRaymonds significant paragraph describing what occurred at Springfield: He [Mr. Lincoln] had been in the telegraph-office during the casting of thefirst and second ballots, but then left and went over to the office of the StateJournal, where he was sitting conversing with friends while the third l)allot was. HANNIBAL HAMLII Mr 136 iHRAHAM LINCOLN. being taken. In a few moments came across the wires the announcement of theresult. The superintendent of the telegraph company, who was present, wroteon a scrap of paper, Mr. Lincoln, you are nominated on the third ballot, anda boy ran with the message to Mr. Lincoln. He looked at it in silence amid theshouts of those around him; then rising and putting it in his pocket, he saidquietly, Theres a little woman down at our house would like to hear this; Illgo down and tell her. Mr. Raymond relates that, Tall Judge Kelly, of Pennsylvania, who was oneof the committee to advise Mr. Lincoln of his nomination, and who is himself arreat miiny feet high, had meanwhile been eying Mr. Lincolns hifty form with
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