English: Cabin which formerly stood on Race Street, North of the bridge over Valley Creek, Elizabethtown. Drawn by George L. Frankenstein from nature, in 1865, when tradition said it was the dwelling of Thomas Lincoln after his first marriage.

Identifier: abrahamlincolnba02newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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s of Indiana, asboys in our day do the Three Guardsmen.Of the books he did not own he took volu-minous notes, filling his copy-book with choiceextracts, and poring over them until theywere fixed in his memory. He could not af-ford to waste paper upon his own originalcompositions. He would sit by the fire atnight and cover the wooden shovel with essaysand arithmetical exercises, which he wouldshave off and begin again, ft is touching turned to the house from work he would goto the cupboard, snatch a piece of corn-bread,take down a book, sit down, cock his legs upas high as his head, and read.* The picturemay be lacking in grace, but its truthfulness isbeyond question. The habit remained withhim always. Some of his greatest work in lateryears was done in this grotesque Western fash-ion,— sitting on his shoulder-blades. CJtherwise his life at this time differed littlefrom that of ordinary farm-hands. His greatstrength and intelligence made him a valu-* Lamon, p. 37. LINCOLN AS PLONEER.
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CABIN WHICH FORMERLY STOOD ON RACE STREET, NORTH OK THE BRIDGE OVER VALLEY CREEK,ELIZABETHTOWN. (DRAWN BY GEORGE L. FRANKENSTEIN FROM NATURE, IN 1865, WHENTRADITION SAID IT WAS THE DWELLING OF THOMAS LINCOLN AFTER HIS FIRST MARRIAGE.) able laborer, and his unfailing good temperand flow of rude rustic wit rendered him themost agreeable of comrades. He was alwaysready with some kindly act or word for others.Once he saved the life of the town drunkard,whom he found freezing by the roadside, bycarrying him in his strong arms tothe tavern, and working over himuntil he revived. It is a curious 23 fact that this act ofcommon humanity wasregarded as somethingremarkable in theneighborhood; thegrateful sot himself al-ways said it wasmighty clever of Abeto tote me so far thatcold night. It wasalso considered an ec-centricity that he hatedand preached againstcruelty to animals.Some of his comradesremember still hisbursts of righteouswrath, when a boy,against the wantonmurder of turtles andother c

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