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John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History

Chapter 2. Flatboat New Salem election clerk store and mill Kirkham's grammar --Sangamo Journal the Talisman Lincoln's address, March 9, 1832 Black Hawk War Lincoln elected Captain mustered out May 27, 1832 reenlisted in Independent Spy Battalion finally mustered out, June 16, 1832 defeated for the legislature blacksmith or lawyer? the Lincoln Berry store appointed Postmaster, May 7, 1833 national politics The life of Abraham Lincoln, or that part oLincoln elected Captain mustered out May 27, 1832 reenlisted in Independent Spy Battalion finally mustered out, June 16, 1832 defeated for the legislature blacksmith or lawyer? the Lincoln Berry store appointed Postmaster, May 7, 1833 national politics The life of Abraham Lincoln, or that part of it which will interest readers for all future time, properly begins in March, 1831, after the winter of the deep snow. According to frontier custom, being then twenty-one years old, he left his father's cabin to make his own fortune in the world. A man named Denton Offutt, one of a class of local traders and speculators usually found about early Western settlements, had probably heard something of young Lincoln's Indiana history, particularly that he had made a voyage on a flatboat from Ind

Chapter 2. Flatboat New Salem election clerk store and mill Kirkham's grammar --Sangamo Journal the Talisman Lincoln's address, March 9, 1832 Black Hawk War Lincoln elected Captain mustered out May 27, 1832 reenlisted in Independent Spy Battalion finally mustered out, June 16, 1832 defeated for the legislature blacksmith or lawyer? the Lincoln Berry store appointed Postmaster, May 7, 1833 national politics The life of Abraham Lincoln, or that part obeen Graham's education, he must have had other books from which, together with his friendly advice, Lincoln's intellectual hunger derived further stimulus and nourishment. In his duties at the store and his work at the mill, in his study of Kirkham's Grammar, and educational conversations with Mentor Graham, in the somewhat rude but frank and hearty companionship of the citizens of New Salem and the exuberant boys of Clary's Grove, Lincoln's life for the second half of the year 1831 appear

ought the property and restored it to the young surveyor, giving him time to repay. It was not until his return from Congress, seventeen years after the purchase of the store, that he finally relieved himself of the last instalments of his national debt. But by these seventeen years of sober industry, rigid economy, and unflinching faith to his obligations he earned the title of Honest old Abe, which proved of greater service to himself and his country than if he had gained the wealth of Croesus. Out of this ill-starred commercial speculation, however, Lincoln derived one incidental benefit, and it may be said it became the determining factor in his career. It is evident from his own language that he underwent a severe mental struggle in deciding whether he would become a blacksmith or a lawyer. In taking a middle course, and trying to become a merchant, he probably kept the latter choice strongly in view. It seems well established by local tradition that during the period w

ail how Offutt engaged him and the beginning of the venture: Abraham, together with his stepmother's son, John D. Johnston, and John Hanks, yet residing in Macon County, hired themselves to Denton Offutt to take a flatboat from Beardstown, Is trip, sufficient to enable him with confidence to undertake this task in shipbuilding. From the after history of both Johnston and Hanks, we know that neither of them was gifted with skill or industry, and it becomes clear that Lincoln was from thwn, the boat safely made the remainder of her voyage to New Orleans; and, returning by steamer to St. Louis, Lincoln and Johnston (Hanks had turned back from St. Louis) continued on foot to Illinois, Johnston remaining at the family home, which had mJohnston remaining at the family home, which had meanwhile been removed from Macon to Coles County, and Lincoln going to his employer and friends at New Salem. This was in July or August, 1831. Neither Offutt nor his goods had yet arrived, and during his waiting he had a chance to show the New Sal

to thirteen. But Sangamon County was entitled to only four representatives, and when the returns came in Lincoln was among those defeated. Nevertheless, he made a very respectable showing in the race. The list of successful and unsuccessful aspirants and their votes was as follows: E. D. Taylor1127 John T. Stuart991 Achilles Morris945 Peter Cartwright815 Under the plurality rule, these four had been elected. The unsuccessful candidates were: A. G. Herndon806 W. Carpenter774 J. Dawson717 A. Lincoln657 T. M. Neale571 R. Quinton485 Z. Peter214 E. Robinson169 — Kirkpatrick44 The returns show that the total vote of the county was about twenty-one hundred and sixty-eight. Comparing this with the vote cast for Lincoln, we see that he received nearly one third of the total county vote, notwithstanding his absence from the canvass, notwithstanding the fact that his acquaintanceship was limited to the neighborhood of New Salem, notwithtsanding the sharp competition.