The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . iged to shift for himself. Forseveral years he supported himself by rough farm work ofall kinds, learning, in the meantime, the trade of carpenterand cabinet-maker. According to one of his acquaintances, Tom had the best set of tools in what was then and nowWashington County, and was a good carpenter for thosedays, when a cabin was built mainly with the axe, and not anail or bolt
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . iged to shift for himself. Forseveral years he supported himself by rough farm work ofall kinds, learning, in the meantime, the trade of carpenterand cabinet-maker. According to one of his acquaintances, Tom had the best set of tools in what was then and nowWashington County, and was a good carpenter for thosedays, when a cabin was built mainly with the axe, and not anail or bolt-hinge in it; only leathers and pins to the door,and no glass. Although a skilled craftsman for his day,he never became a thrifty or ambitious man. He wouldwork energetically enough when a job was brought to him,but he would never seek a job. But if Thomas Lincolnplied his trade spasmodically, he shared the pioneers love forland, for when but twenty-five years old, and still withoutthe responsibility of a family, he bought a farm in Hardin i V ? •* ?>. ^tt i K$ \; N : < K - : .£N • 5 ^ i ^ <s | ^ 1 l * ^ j * 1 ..^. Xi x ^ 3 ? r {£:?-% ?^ . x.
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