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Abraham Lincoln wrote three autobiographies in a two-year period. This first, terse effort was prepared at the request of Charles Lanman, who was compiling the Dictionary of Congress.
Born, February 12, , in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Education defective.
Profession, a lawyer.
Have been a captain of volunteers in Black Hawk war.
Postmaster at a very small office.
Four times a member of the Illinois legislature, and was a member of the lower house of Congress.
December 20,
Lincoln wrote this second autobiography for Jesse Fell, a long-time Illinois Republican friend who was a native of Pennsylvania. Fell used his influence to get the piece incorporated into an article appearing in a Pennsylvania newspaper on February 11, Lincoln enclosed the autobiography in a letter to Fell, remarking, "There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me."
I was born Feb. 12, , in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families-- second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon Counties, Illinois. My paternal grandf
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Looking at Lincoln
“Looking at Lincoln” features a selection of biographies of Abraham Lincoln ranging from early works written during his lifetime right up to more contemporary accounts of his life and career.
D. W. Bartlett,
The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln. New York: Derby & Jackson,
This campaign biography played an important role in educating the public about the relatively unknown presidential candidate. D.W. Bartlett was the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post and the New York Independent. This second printing claims to be an "authorized" edition, but in fact, it was not; however, it is likely that Lincoln’s supporters suggested changes, notably the removal of a reference to the sherif's sale of Lincoln's surveying equipment to pay off his debts.
Josiah G. Holland,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Springfield, Mass.: Gurdon Bill,
This book, the first serious biography of Lincoln, introduced to a wide audience many of the stories of Lincoln’s boyhood and family relationships. Holland stressed Lincoln’s Christianity although the President’s personal religious beliefs were never clearly articulated and not specific to any denomination.
Francis B. Carpenter,
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