. 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 Lincoln . six feet four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, onehundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair and grayeyes—no other marks or brands recollected. WOULD NOT BUY THE NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY. To a party who wished to be empowered to negotiate reward for promises ofinfluence in the Chicago convention, 1860, Mr. Lincoln replied: No, gentlemen; I have not asked the nomin
. 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 Lincoln . six feet four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, onehundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair and grayeyes—no other marks or brands recollected. WOULD NOT BUY THE NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY. To a party who wished to be empowered to negotiate reward for promises ofinfluence in the Chicago convention, 1860, Mr. Lincoln replied: No, gentlemen; I have not asked the nomination, and I will not now buy itwith pledges. If I am nominated and elected, I shall not go into the presidencyas the tool of this man or that man, or as the property of any factor or clique. THE PLEDGE WITH Ct>LD WATER.(Remarks to the committee that notified him, at his home, May, 1860, of his nomination.) Gentlemen, we must pledge our mutual health in this most healthy beveragewhich God has given man. It is the only beverage I have ever used or allowedin my family, and I cannot conscientiously depart from it on the present is pure Adams ale from the The above is a picture of the tools and the men who broke into the Lincoln monument, onthe night of November 7, 1876. They succeeded in getting the lead casket containing Lincolnsbody out of the sarcophagus, and while waiting for a wagon to come and haul the body away,they were fi-ightened away by the officers, who had notice that an attempt would be made tosteal the body that night.
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