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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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eaches me will best ad-145 The Story of Young vanee their interests. Whether electedor not, I go for distributing the pro-ceeds of public lands to the severalStates to enable our State, in commonwith others, to dig canals and constructrailroads without borrowing and pay-ing interest on it. *^If alive on the first Monday in No-vember, I shall vote for Hugh L.White for President. <<Very respectfully, *^A. Lincoln. The earliest railroads in the United Stateshad been built during the five years just preced-ing this announcement, the first one of all, onlythirteen miles long, near Baltimore, in 1831. Itis interesting to observe the enthusiasm withwhich the young frontier politician caught theprogressive idea, and how quickly the minds ofthe people turned from impossible river *im-provements to the grand possibilities of rail-way transportation. Many are the stories of the remarkable San-gamon campaign in 1836. Rowan Herndon,Abes fellow pilot and storekeeper, told the fol-lowing : 146
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HE TOOK THE CRADLE AND LED ALL THE WAY ROUND. Abraham Lincoln WINNING VOTES, WIELDING THE *WHEAT FIELD ** Abraham came to my house, near IslandGrove, during harvest. There were some thirtymen in the field. He got his dinner and went outinto the field, where the men were at work. Igave him an introduction, and the boys said thatthey could not vote for a man unless he couldtake a hand. * *Well, boys, said he, 4f that is all, I am sureof your votes He took the * cradle and led allthe way round with perfect ease. The boys weresatisfied, and I dont think he lost a vote in thecrowd. *The next day there was speaking at Berlin.He went from my house with Dr. Barnett, whohad asked me who this man Lincoln was. I toldhim that he was a candidate for the Legislature.He laughed and said: ** Cant the party raise any better materialthan that r *I said, *Go to-morrow and hear him beforeyou pronounce judgment. **When he came back I said, * Doctor, what doyou say now? << *Why, sir, said he, * he is

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