Statistics for occurrence #1 of “A. Lincoln” in chapter 12 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:

... ask to plead to the merits, which is denied by the court on the ground that the offer comes too late, and therefore, as by nil dicet, judgment is rendered for Pl'ff. Clerk assess damages. A. Lincoln , Judge protem. The lawyer who reads this singular entry will appreciate its oddity if no one else does. After making it one of the lawyers, on recovering his astonishment, ventured to enquire...
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A. Lincoln 2,578 650 4 0 0 user votes
A. Lincoln President 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. Lincoln Seligman 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
U. S. A. Lincoln 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Emma A. Lincoln 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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