. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . e Town of Petersburg was laid out was in busi-ness at Old Salem, a village that existed many years agotwo miles south of the present site of Petersburg. AbeLincoln was then postmaster of the place,
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . e Town of Petersburg was laid out was in busi-ness at Old Salem, a village that existed many years agotwo miles south of the present site of Petersburg. AbeLincoln was then postmaster of the place, and soldwhisky to its inhabitants. There are old-timers yet liv-ing in Menard who bought many a jug of corn-juice fromOld Abe, when he lived at Salem. It was here thatAnnie Rutlege dwelt, and in whose grave Lincoln wrotethat his heart was hurried. As the story runs, the fairand gentle Annie was originally John McNamers sweet-heart, but Abe took a shine to the young lady, andsucceeded in heading off McNamer, and won her affec-tions. But Annie Rutlege died, and Lincoln went toSpringfield, where he some time afterwards married. It is related that during the war a lady belonging to aprominent Kentucky family visited Washington to beg forher sons pardon, who was then in prison under sentenceof death for belonging to a band of guerrillas who hadcommitted many murders and outrages. With the mother. 26 Lincolns stories and speeches. was her daughter, a beautiful young lady, who was anaccomplished musician. Mr. Lincoln received the visi-tors in his usual kind manner, and the mother madeknown the object of her visit, accompanying her pleawith tears and sobs and all the customary dramatic inci-dents. There were probably extenuating circumstances in favorof the young rebel prisoner, and while the Presidentseemed to be deeply pondering, the young lady moved toa piano near by, and taking a seat commenced to singGentle Annie, a very sweet and pathetic ballad, which,before the war, was a fami
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