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yourself Üwhat do you Expect will become of you ¿Be Presdt of the U.S,îpromptly responded Abe. Abe wrote a good Composition Üwrote prose and poetry. He wrote 3 or 4 Satires Üone was Called the Book of Chronicles. He said that he would be Presdt of the US told my husband so often ÜSaid it jokingly Üyet with a Smack of deep Earnestness in his Eye & tone: he Evidently had an idea Üa feeling in 1828 that he was bound to be a great man ÜNo doubt that in his boyish days he dreamed it would be so. Abe was ambitious Üsought to outstrip and override others. This I Confess.
One of Abes pieces Ü the Book of Chronicles Ü ran about thus Ü
¿I will tell you a joke about [Josiah?] & Mary
Tis neither a joke nor a story
For Reuben & Charles have married 2 Girls
But Billy has married a boy
He tried ÜÜÜ (Mrs Crawford blushed)
The girls on Every Side
He had well tried
None could he get to agree
All was in vain
He went home again
And since that he's married to Natty
I don't pretend to give the Exact words Ünor its rhyme Ünor metre now Üwill think it over Ürecall it and write to you in Ills. The Poem is Smutty and I can't tell it to you Üwill tell it to my daughter in law: she will tell her husband and he shall send it to you.
I left Mrs Crawford about 3 o'cl. P.M. Before leaving She gave me the American Preceptor and a cane made from one of Abes rails Üfor both of which I thanked her: I really felt proud of the gift and felt a gratitude for them ÜMrs Crawford is a Lady of the Ky Stamp Ü
LC: HW2338, HW2340¬41, HW2343, HW2342, HW2346; HL: LN2408, 1:134¬39
83. Nathaniel Grigsby (WHH interview)
Gentryville Ind Septr 16th 1865 Ü
After taking the rounds in Spencer Co Indiana I went with my old guide and Companion Nat Grigsby down to Wm Thompson who lived where Col Jones1 had resided Ü1Ö2 M west of Gentryville. Col Jones was Lincoln guide & teacher in Politics ÜCol J was Killed at Atlanta ÜGrigsby showed me where Lincoln Spoke in 1844 ÜWhen Lincoln was Speaking Grigsby went into the House where the Speech was being made ÜLincoln Saw G Enter ÜHe stopt Short Üsaid there
1. William Jones.
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