. McClure's magazine. /.. ... - . ■■•■ - ,&.,- ■* - ..... w «^-^JA >jL ■^ZCi^-t. i/fa#J A FACSIMILE OF AN ELECTION RETURN WRITTEN BY LINCOLN AS CLERK IN 1832. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. From the original now on file in the County Clerks office, Springfield, Illinois. The first civil officeLincoln ever held was that of election clerk, and the return made by him, of which a facsimile is herepresented, was his first official document. The New Salem election of September 20, 1832, has the addedinterest of having been held at the house of John McNeil, the young merchant who was then alreadyin love
. McClure's magazine. /.. ... - . ■■•■ - ,&.,- ■* - ..... w «^-^JA >jL ■^ZCi^-t. i/fa#J A FACSIMILE OF AN ELECTION RETURN WRITTEN BY LINCOLN AS CLERK IN 1832. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. From the original now on file in the County Clerks office, Springfield, Illinois. The first civil officeLincoln ever held was that of election clerk, and the return made by him, of which a facsimile is herepresented, was his first official document. The New Salem election of September 20, 1832, has the addedinterest of having been held at the house of John McNeil, the young merchant who was then alreadyin love with Ann Rutledge, the young girl to whom Lincoln afterwards became engaged. All the menwhose names appear on this election return are now dead except William McNeely, now residing at Peters-burg. John Clary lived at Clarys Grove; John R. Herndon was Row Herndon, whose store Berryand Lincoln purchased, and at whose house Lincoln for a time boarded ; Baxter Berry was a relative ofLincolns partner in the grocery business, and Edmund Greer was a school-teacher, and afterwards ajustice
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