. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . i PLEDGES IjAM AND MILL, NKW , ILLINOIS. Copyright l»y J. G. Nicolay and John Hay, 18S6. All rights reserved. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 25* also piloted a boat down the Sangamon forone Dr. Nelson, who had had enough of NewSalem and wanted to go to Texas. This wasprobably a task not requiring much pilot-craft,as the river was much swollen, and navigatorshad in most places two or three miles of chan-nel to count upon. But Offutt and his goods He said that Abe knew more than any manin the United States; and he was certainlynot warranted in making
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . i PLEDGES IjAM AND MILL, NKW , ILLINOIS. Copyright l»y J. G. Nicolay and John Hay, 18S6. All rights reserved. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 25* also piloted a boat down the Sangamon forone Dr. Nelson, who had had enough of NewSalem and wanted to go to Texas. This wasprobably a task not requiring much pilot-craft,as the river was much swollen, and navigatorshad in most places two or three miles of chan-nel to count upon. But Offutt and his goods He said that Abe knew more than any manin the United States; and he was certainlynot warranted in making such an assertion,as his own knowledge of the actual state ofscience in America could not have been ex-haustive. He also said that Abe could beatany man in the county running, jumping, or. CABIN ON GOOSE-NEST PRAIRIE, NEAR FARMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WHERE THOMAS LINCOLN LIVED AND DIED. arrived at last, and Lincoln and he got themimmediately into position, and opened theirdoors to what commerce could be found inNew Salem. There was clearly not enoughto satisfy the volatile mind of Mr. Offutt, forhe soon bought Camerons mill at the historicdam, and made Abraham superintendent alsoof that branch of the business. It is to be surmised that Offutt never in-spired his neighbors and customers with anydeep regard for his solidity of character. Oneof them says of him, with injurious pleonasm,that he talked too much with his natural consequence of his excessive fluencywas soon to be made disagreeably evident tohis clerk. He admired Abraham beyondmeasure, and praised him beyond prudence. wrastling. This proposition, being less ab-stract in its nature, was more readily graspedby the local mind, and was not likely to passunchallenged. Public opinion at New Salem was formedby a cro
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