The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . of ?9-. yfcTgj^* 4^0 fACSIHILB OF A MAP MADE BY LINCOLN OF ROAD IN MENARD COUNTY, ILL, 104 LIFE OF LINCOLN dollars for it. Lincoln was a little slow in making the pay-ments, and after he had paid all but ten dollars, my father,who was a high-strung man, became impatient, and sued himfor the balance. Lincoln, of course, did not deny the debt,but raised the money and paid it. I do
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . of ?9-. yfcTgj^* 4^0 fACSIHILB OF A MAP MADE BY LINCOLN OF ROAD IN MENARD COUNTY, ILL, 104 LIFE OF LINCOLN dollars for it. Lincoln was a little slow in making the pay-ments, and after he had paid all but ten dollars, my father,who was a high-strung man, became impatient, and sued himfor the balance. Lincoln, of course, did not deny the debt,but raised the money and paid it. I do not often tell this, adds, because I have always thought there neverwas such a man as Lincoln, and I have always been sorryfather sued him. Between his duties as deputy surveyor and postmaster,Lincoln had little leisure for the store, and its managementpassed into the hands of Berry. The stock of groceries wason the wane. The numerous obligations of the firm were ma-turing, with no money to meet them. Both members of thefirm, in the face of such obstacles, lost courage; and when,early in 1834, Alexander and William Trent asked if thestore was for sale, an affirmative answer was eagerly price was agr
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