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maxims Ü tales and ‚gures. He would almost always point his lesson or idea by some story that was plain and near as that we might instantly see the force & bearing of what he said Ü
Never heard in the family or out of it that the Lincolns were quakers coming from Pennsylvania Ü. The History is that they came from Virginia10
LC: HW2320¬28; HL: LN2408, 1:85¬93
77. S. T. Johnson (WHH interview)1
Indiana Ü Septr 14th 1865
S. T. Johnson Ü say Ü I am aged 34 years Ü resided in this County 25 ys Ü from the year 1821. to 1830.2 the County seat of Warrick Co was Boonville about 15 m from Gentryville N.W Ü Lincoln used to attend Court in that place. He became acquainted with a Jno. Brackenridge there Ü heard in which Brackenridge was Counsel. He was a ‚ne lawyer. Lincoln attended a murder Case Ü trial & proceedings Ü was young Ü aged about 18. or 19 years. B. noticed the calm in‚telligent attention that L. paid to the trial. B moved to Texas in 1852 Ü Lincoln had not seen B from 1828 to 1862. B went to Washington. L. saw B. L. instantly recognized B. Ü L told Brackenridge that he at that time, the trial, formed a ‚xed determination to study the law and make that his profession. Lincoln referred to the trial Ü said to Brackenridge that he had listened to his, Bs, Speech at the trial and said Brackenridge Ü ¿It was the best speech that I, up to that time, Ever heard. If I could, as I then thought make as good a speech as that, that my Soul would be satis‚edî
Summers3 used to attend court there and frequently saw Mr Lincoln there Ü Knew he always attended Court and paid strict attention to what was said and done. The murder Case took place in 1828. L complimented Brackenridge at that trial, saying it was a clear, logical and powerful Effort. &c Ü Brackenridge looked at the Shabby boy Ü4
LC: HW2329; HL: LN2408, 1:124¬25
10. The last paragraph is actually a marginal note.
1. Marginal note: (First written in pencil and then Copied word for word Ü Herndon).
2.
These dates apparently refer to the tenure of the county seat rather than Johnson's residence in Spen‚cer County.
3.
Possibly Thomas Summer, a neighbor and contemporary of AL. See Francis Marion Van Natter, Lin-coln's Boyhood: A Chronicle of His Indiana Years (Washington, D.C., 1963), 62.
4. Marginal note: From Gentryville to Elizabeth 4 m. N.E a little Population of Each 300.
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