Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Jesse B. Thomas” in chapter 9, page 197 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:

.... This canvass--1840--was Mr. Lincoln's last campaign for the Legislature. Feeling that he had had enough honor out — of the office he probably aspired for a place of more distinction. Jesse B. Thomas , one of the men who had represented the Democratic side in the great debate in the Presbyterian Church, in a speech at the court-house during this campaign, indulged in some fun at the expense of the...
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