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Title: Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Sovereign Grand Lodge
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
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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ht Id call and shake hands with 3OU once more, she said. Mr. Lincoln tried to remember when and where she had shakenhands with him. Oh, dont you remember? Why, youve stopped at our house toget something to eat when youve been riding the circuit. Oh yes. Xow^ I know. Well, Im right glad to see you oncemore. Dont you remember, Mr. Lincoln, that day when you called and I hadnt anything to eat ?7* 202 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 1^0,1 dont remember the time, for you always had a good dinner. But you called one day when we had finished dinner and eat upevery scrap, and I hadnt nothing but some bread-and-milk for you,and you smacked your lips and said it was good enough for the Presi-dent of the United States, and now you are going to be President. Imright glad to see you so pert.() They were not flattering words, but a sincere and honest expressionof her regard for him. While the Kepublican Convention was in session in Chicago, thetwo Democratic Conventions were reassembling in Baltimore. Mr.
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LINCOLN & HERNDONs OFFICE IN THE THIRD BUILDING FROM THE CORNER.(From a photograph taken by the author in October, 1890.) NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY. 203 Douglass friends nominated him for the Presidency, with Herschel V.Johnson, of Georgia, for Yice-president. The delegates from the cot-ton-producing Statesnominated John C.Breckinridge, ofKentucky, for Presi-dent and JosephLane, of Oregon, forVice-president. I remained in thevicinity of Spring-field several weeks.Every train broughtpeople to that cityto see Mr. Lincoln.Politicians whowanted to be Sec-retary of War, orof the Navy; whowanted to be madeMinister Plenipoten-tiary or Consul insome foreign coun-try, position in a custom-house, surveyor of lands, Governor or Secre-tary of a Territory, postmaster somewhere—all thinking to take time bythe forelock by making the acquaintance of Mr. Lincoln in advance ofhis election. So many came that the Governor of the State kindlyallowed him the use of the executive chamber in the Sta

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