. 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 . LINCOLNS JIHST ILLINOKS llOMK. 44 lBRAHAM lixcoln. singular character known as Denton Offutt, of Springfield. Offutt was enter-prising and aggressive, full of spirits in more senses than one, and kept thingsmoving along the line of the Sangamon. This man, who was at that time buy-ing produce for the New Orleans market, employed Lincoln, John Hanks andJohn Johnston to make a trip to New Orleans. They went down the S
. 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 . LINCOLNS JIHST ILLINOKS llOMK. 44 lBRAHAM lixcoln. singular character known as Denton Offutt, of Springfield. Offutt was enter-prising and aggressive, full of spirits in more senses than one, and kept thingsmoving along the line of the Sangamon. This man, who was at that time buy-ing produce for the New Orleans market, employed Lincoln, John Hanks andJohn Johnston to make a trip to New Orleans. They went down the Sangamon,to Jamestown, and walked to Springfield. It was but two years since Lincoln hadmade the trip for Mr. Gentry, of Gentryville, Indiana, with Gentrys son Allen, andtherefore he knew something of the river, and of the great city near its mouth. Offutt agreed to pay the three young men fifty cents a day each, and sixtydollars for the trip, besides boarding them. He agreed to have the boat ready for. THE THOMAS LINCOLN 0 COLj:S COUNTY, ILLfNOIS. them at Judys Ferry, five miles from Springfield, but after they had rowed downthe Sangamon to Springfield, they found Offutt exercising his social qualitieswith the guests of the Buckhorn tavern, and increasing at a lively rate theprofits of the bar. But there was no boat. A boat was the first requisite forthe trip, and Offutt finally employed the boys to build one. Abraham was tohave charge of its construction, and he was well qnalified for the task. Treeson the government reservation, for which they had to pay nothing, were cutdown, and the ax, the saw, the chisel and the auger were used in the , the boss, did the cooking. Two giants of the forest were hewed into timbers for the sides of the boat, towhich the planks for the bottom, which had been sawed out at Kirkpatricks AHHAHAM LINCOLN. 45 sawmill, near by, were stoutly pinned, and the seams were calked and thenpitched. It was a strong boat. Lincoln had had experience
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