. 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 . ht six feet four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, onehundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair and grayeyes—no other marks or brands recollected. WOrLD NOT BUY THE XOMINATION FOR THE PRESTDEXTY. To a party who wished to be empowered to negotiate reward for promises ofinfluence in the Chicago convention, 1860, Mr. Lincoln replied: No, gentlemen; I have not asked the no
. 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 . ht six feet four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, onehundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair and grayeyes—no other marks or brands recollected. WOrLD NOT BUY THE XOMINATION FOR THE PRESTDEXTY. To a party who wished to be empowered to negotiate reward for promises ofinfluence in the Chicago convention, 1860, Mr. Lincoln replied: No, gentlemen; I have not asked the nomination, and I will not now buy itwith pledges. If I am nominated and elected, I shall not go into the presidencyas the tool of this man or that man, or as the property of any factor or clique. THE rLEI)(;E WITH ) WATER.(Remarks to the committee that notified hitn, ;it liis li>]ice, May, 18(j0, of his Gentlemen, we must pledge our mutual licalth in this most healthy beveragewhich God has given man. It is the only beverage I have ever used or allowedin my family, and I cannot conscientiously depart from it on the present is pure Adams ale frnm the ^1^ ^ u m^H ./ * 1 ^ 1 ^■ ^^tH H ^^^ ^Bm^^y^n^g^^^ M^S.:^ W .^^ .„ - H wHr te§f^ r-i^ 1-^--,. «^ —■ T__ Tlusliois,. w^siuia. LINCOLNS HORSE. liven 1)V Jlr. Lincoln for seven veai-s. Just lioforo he left for 1 ■>. ]yr-~r :ir,,1111,1, :iinl \\:is lhi:ill,v jmrcliased THOUGHJ> AMI sAii.\l.^5 ot AliKAHAM LINCUL-N. .J I DEFENDS THE SECRETARY OF WAR. (Remarks at a war meeting, Washiiigtou, August 0,1862.) General McClellau has sometimes asked for things that the secretary of wardill not give him. General McClellan is not to blame for asking what he wantedami needed, and the secretary of war is not to blame for not giving when he hadnone to give. And I say here, as far as I know, the secretary of war has with-held no one thin^ at any time in my power to give him. I have no acc
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