. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT, first Admiral of the United States Navy, thegrade being created for him, possessed President Lincohis complete confidence. Hisgenius for fighting commanded the Presidents admiration. The latter, above all things,liked men who knew their business, and went at the enemy wherever they found knew his business, as his work showed. He was born in in 1801,and fought in the War of 1812 on the
. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT, first Admiral of the United States Navy, thegrade being created for him, possessed President Lincohis complete confidence. Hisgenius for fighting commanded the Presidents admiration. The latter, above all things,liked men who knew their business, and went at the enemy wherever they found knew his business, as his work showed. He was born in in 1801,and fought in the War of 1812 on the Essex, a vessel commanded by his father. TheAdmiral died in 1870. after having been in the service more than sixty years. (334). IIORACK GRFELEY. for more than thirty years editor of the New York Tribune,the most influential Republican newspaper in the country during Lincolns time, was notfriendly to the President a good deal of the time from 1861 to 1865. Mr. Greeley desiredto dictate to Lincoln, which was something to which the latter would not submit. In1872 Greeley headed the Independent Republican revolt, and was endorsed for thePresidencj by the Democrats. His humiliating defeat by President Grant caused his deathshortly after the election. He was born in New Hampshire in 1811. (35i)
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