The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . th him. I want you to vote forme if you will; but if not then vote for my opponent, for heis a fine man. His extravagant and persistent praise of hisopponent appealed to the sense of humor in his rural au-dience, to whom his inability to own a carriage was byno means a disqualification. The election came off in August, and resulted in the choiceof a delegation from Sangamon Count
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . th him. I want you to vote forme if you will; but if not then vote for my opponent, for heis a fine man. His extravagant and persistent praise of hisopponent appealed to the sense of humor in his rural au-dience, to whom his inability to own a carriage was byno means a disqualification. The election came off in August, and resulted in the choiceof a delegation from Sangamon County famous in the annalsof Illinois. The nine successful candidates were Abraham^Lincoln, John Dawson, Daniel Stone, Ninian W. Edwards,William F. Elkins, R. L. Wilson, Andrew McCormick, JobFletcher, and Arthur Herndon. Each one of these men wasover six feet in height, their combined stature being, it issaid, fifty-five feet. The Long Nine was the name Sanga-mon County gave them. As soon as the election was over Lincoln occupied himselfin settling another matter, of much greater moment. He wentto Springfield to seek admission to the bar. The roll of at-torneys and counsellors at law,* on file in the office of the. r ! - > j jt t> / J* i^Cc^-ffO tfi&zt
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