. 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 Lincoln . 11 Jt^^ ^^_^^^.^^ f \.111 i. LINCOLNS FIRST ILLINOIS 44 ABRAHAM LIKCOLiq. singular character known as Denton Offutt, of Springfield. Offutt was enter-prising and aggressive, full of spirits in more senses than one, and kept thingsmoving along the line of the Sangamon. This man, who was at that time buy-ing produce for the New Orleans market, employed Lincoln, John Hanks andJohn Johnston to make a trip t
. 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 Lincoln . 11 Jt^^ ^^_^^^.^^ f \.111 i. LINCOLNS FIRST ILLINOIS 44 ABRAHAM LIKCOLiq. singular character known as Denton Offutt, of Springfield. Offutt was enter-prising and aggressive, full of spirits in more senses than one, and kept thingsmoving along the line of the Sangamon. This man, who was at that time buy-ing produce for the New Orleans market, employed Lincoln, John Hanks andJohn Johnston to make a trip to New Orleans. They went down the Sangamonto Jamestown, and walked to Springfield. It was but two years since Lincoln hadmade the trip for Mr. Gentry, of Gentryville, Indiana, with Gentrys son Allen, andtherefore he knew something of the river, and of the great city near its mouth. Offutt agreed to pay the three young men fifty cents a day each, and sixtydollars for the trip, besides boarding them. He agreed to have the boat ready for
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