Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Speed” in chapter 10 of William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik:

... came into our store and called for his warm friend Speed. Together they walked back to the fire place, where Lincoln, drawing from his pocket a letter, asked Speed to read it. The letter, relates Speed , was addressed to Mary Todd, and in it he made a plain statement of his feelings, telling her that he had thought the matter over calmly and with great deliberation, and now felt that he did not love...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Joshua F. Speed 60 48 0 0 0 user votes
Speed 56 0 48 0 0 user votes
James Speed 27 0 5 0 0 user votes
John M. Speed 27 0 1 0 0 user votes
J. F. Speed 20 10 0 0 0 user votes
John Speed 11 0 7 0 0 user votes
Thomas Speed 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. J. Speed 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
J. M. Speed 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jonathan M. Speed 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rufus K. Speed 4 0 2 0 0 user votes
George K. Speed 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
A. H. Speed 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
Frederic Speed 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. S. Speed 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Janes Speed 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John J. Speed 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John N. Speed 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. B. Speed 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
William A. Speed 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Frederick Speed 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
George Speed 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
J. T. Speed 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Thomas H. Speed 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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