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Title: Abraham Lincoln; a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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SARAH BUSH LINCOLN AT THE AGli OF SEVENTY-SIX. THE (\m OF THE l!?!!VEnS!:V Gr JLL!NO!S INDIANA 33 lowed his example three years later. They were chap. ii.known as active and consistent members of thatcommunion. Lincoln was himself a good carpenter ^ ^-Jf^*®when he chose to work at his trade; a walnut table t!^v. Rob-made by him is still preserved as part of the furni- ^tor*°f wfe^ Little ture of the church to which he belonged. pigeon Such a woman as Sarah Bush could not be care- church,less of so important a matter as the education ofher children, and they made the best use of thescanty opportunities the neighborhood afforded. It was a wild region, writes Mr. Lincoln, in oneof those rare bits of autobiography which he leftbehind him, with many bears and other wild ani-mals still in the woods. There were some schoolsso-called, but no qualification was ever required ofa teacher beyond readin, writin, and cipherin tothe Rule of Three. If a straggler supposed tounderstand Latin happene

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