Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . REPRESENTATIVE EL1HU B. WASHBURNE, an Illinois congressman, took Lincoln to see(he grimmer side of New York: The notoriousFive Points section, a poverty-stricken tenementdistrict between Broadway and the Bowerywhere five streets met and one of the foulestslums in the world. Lincoln and Washburnevisited the Five Points Mission and the super-intendent asked thorn to address the childrenin a Sunday school class. Lincoln spoke to theragged slum children of his own poverty-strick-en boyhood, told them to do their best and thatthey would get along . . a
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . REPRESENTATIVE EL1HU B. WASHBURNE, an Illinois congressman, took Lincoln to see(he grimmer side of New York: The notoriousFive Points section, a poverty-stricken tenementdistrict between Broadway and the Bowerywhere five streets met and one of the foulestslums in the world. Lincoln and Washburnevisited the Five Points Mission and the super-intendent asked thorn to address the childrenin a Sunday school class. Lincoln spoke to theragged slum children of his own poverty-strick-en boyhood, told them to do their best and thatthey would get along . . and then had to stopbecause tears filled his eyes and a lump stifledhis throat, THIS NATERCOLOR by A. Meyer shows theAstor House where Lincoln stayed and Church at Broadway and Park Place. ijft v v * •~v*. r--*. T 1 » KftrJsrX
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