The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . his relationto Mr. Stuart, was admitted to the best society. But Lincolnwas not received there from tolerance of his position few members left of that interesting circle of Springfieldin the thirties are emphatic in their statements that he wasrecognized as a valuable social factor. If indifferent to formsand little accustomed to conventional usages, he had a nativedignit
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . his relationto Mr. Stuart, was admitted to the best society. But Lincolnwas not received there from tolerance of his position few members left of that interesting circle of Springfieldin the thirties are emphatic in their statements that he wasrecognized as a valuable social factor. If indifferent to formsand little accustomed to conventional usages, he had a nativedignity and self-respect which stamped him at once as a su-perior man. He had a good will, an easy adaptability to peo-ple, which made him take a hand in everything that went name appears in every list of banqueters and merry-makers reported in the Springfield papers. He even servedas committeeman for cotillion parties. We liked Lincoln 170 HIS MARRIAGE ENGAGEMENT 171 though he was not gay, said one cliarming and cultivatedold lady to me in Springfield. He rarely danced, he wasnever very attentive to ladies, but he was always a welcomeguest everywhere, and the centre of a circle of animated .v^xoir *4^^ >. December I6tk, 1839 M. M. niOCCLV, >. r. SPECD, J. A. MCieKNAMO. J. SHIELDS. R. ALLCN. c. 0. TAYLOR, *t. H. WASH, e. H. KCRRVNAM, r. w. roio. N. C. WHITESIDE. e. A. OOUCLASS. M. CASTHAM. w . S. rKCNTICC. ?1. H. DiLueq. N. W. EDWARDS, A. LINCOLN, rACSIMHiB OP INVITATION TO A SPRINGFIELD COTTLIilGN PARTY. From the collection of Mr. C. F. Gunther, Chicago. talkers. Indeed, I think the only thing we girls had againstLincoln was that he always attracted all the men aroundhim. Lincolns kindly interest and perfectly democratic feelingattached to him many people whom he never met save on the 172 LIFE OF LINCOLN streets. Indeed his life in the streets of Springfield is a mosttouching and delightful study. He concerned himself in theprogress of every building which was put up, o
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