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Title: The story of young Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Whipple, Wayne, 1856-1942
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents Presidents Presidents
Publisher: Philadelphia : Henry Altemus 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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out of ready reach of the old people. One special reason Thomas Lincoln had forleaving Indiana was to get away from *themilksicf But the fall of 1830 was a very badseason in Illinois for chills and fever. Thefather and, in fact, nearly the whole family leftat home suffered so much from malaria that theywere thoroughly discouraged. The interior oftheir little cabin was a sorry sight—Thomas andhis wife were both afflicted at once, and one mar-ried daughter was almost as ill. They were all sosick that Thomas Lincoln registered a shaky butvehement resolve that as soon as they couldtravel they would *git out o thar! He hadbeen so determined to move to Illinois that nopersuasion could induce him to give up the pro-ject, therefore his disappointment was the morekeen and bitter. The first winter the Lincolns spent in Illinoiswas memorable for its severity. It is stillspoken of in that region as *the winter of thebig snow. Cattle and sheep froze to death ordied of exposure and starvation.96
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THE FIRSr WORK Ai;i; did IX 111\1 NUK.IIIUJKIIUOD. Abraham Lincoln BUILDING THE FLATBOAT Early in the spring after *the big snow,John Hanks, Lincoln and John Johnston metDenton Offutt, a man who was to wield an influ-ence on the life of young Lincoln. 0:ffiutt en-gaged the three to take a load of produce andother merchandise to New Orleans to sell. JohnHanks, the most reliable member of the Hanksfamily, gave the following account of the wayhe managed to bring Abe and his stepbrotherinto the transaction: **He wanted me to go badlybut I waited before answering. I hunted upAbe, and I introduced him and John Johnston,his stepbrother, to Offutt. After some talk weat last made an engagement with Offutt at fiftycents a day and sixty dollars to make the trip toNew Orleans. Abe and I came down the Sanga-mon River in a canoe in March, 1831, and landedat what is now called Jamestown, five miles eastof Springfield.* Denton Offutt spent so much time drinkingin a tavern at the village of Springfiel

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