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1841?

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A floating driftwood who ended up at new salem … Like the heavy flatboat that lodged there…offut saw licoln unlodge it and wanted to make lincoln a manager there

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1831 1841 jobs

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Trued everything as he did not want to be a farmer like his dad. Seemed fit for lawyer and politician

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New salem

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1831 commercial village founded by camron and rutledge. 100 or so …large community for abe. Store run by hill and mcneil. Lincoln had lots of anecdotes and stories

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Define scatalogical.

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Who supposedly told the story about washington picture innthe toilet

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Col ethan allen…nothing makes an englishman shit…hung in outhopuse.

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Lincolns countenance lit up as he told stories. What is countenance

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Who is jack armstrong?

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Clarys grove boy who would come to new store, he was the wrestling champion there. Ae lost to him but earned respect. The clarys grove were frontier like…the villages inhabitants were more sedentary

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How was the village

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Surprisingly had some educated and cultured. Even had a public debating club, abe showed interest in town meetings.

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Define corpulent

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Follwing a book of forms

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Abe could make deeds, receipts etc

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They wanted abe torun for

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Statelegislature

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The village was on

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The sagamon river at new salem and if the river was fixed it could be more navigable if nit the new railroad might dry them out. They needed a rep esp a riverboat man in the illinois state legislature

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Wat qualification did state leg need

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None.., could cattle be fence or free roam, no patrons needed politics were in flux. This is a time of President Jackson and Henry Clay and fighting over cental bank and formation of democratic and whig parties 1832.

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Was he a likely candidate.

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Friendless uneducated penniless boy working on an flatboat a 23 year old with one year of forma education. Had lots of local friends but going against while county….appealed to public in sagamon journal (maybe help of oneil storekeeper)

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What did he challenge

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Railroad vs improvement of river
He had extensive experience there
Short if credit … There was usury…too high interest rates…stop practice
Improve education (but no plan or program)
No high falutent language… Simple language…hold in esteem
Born in humble walks of life (standard appeal)
Referred ton himself as “humble abraham lincoln”

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Boat traveled to show navagability of sagamon river….beardstown

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Talisman arrived there…lincoln took charge….went up river. But news that the river level was dropping quickly sent them back down quickly.

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Political career jeaporized by

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Collapse of offuts business ventures. Build pen for 1000 hogs. Also overextended buying tons of seed. Lincoln had no job and then had an Indian difficulty.

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Sauk and fox tribes

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Outbreak of black hawk war…repudiated their treaty with US…abe nominated by clarys grove boys

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Indian with papers came in

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Lincoln did not let others kill him

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Orville hickman browning

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Quincy lawyer and influential friend met thru war

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John todd stuart

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Lawyer opposite of lincoln same e battalion and friend

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Speeches

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Anti jackson man
Clay man
Most concerned about river
 Was 8th of 13 
When 4 placed
Only time he lost when it was vote of people
But new salem supported him 277/300
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Now what.

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Blacksmith … But hated manual labor
Maybe study law?
Realized he needed education
Herndon sell general store to berry (licolns corproal) and lincoln
Competitor beat out by grove boys
Green bought it out and immediately sold to lincoln
Tea coffee sugar salt muslin hats shoes
Slllow business plenty of time to read in new salem

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What one nonfiction did he try to read

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Ivanhoe 
and poetry and some shakespeare
Liked sentimental verse
Holmes the last leaf
Poem mortality  of knox a scotsman
More focused on nonfiction
Liked structure and use of language and needed to learn grammar
Walked six miles into the country to get a book
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Autobiographical sketch

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1860

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Who conducted revival meeting

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Cartwright

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Religious wars attracted lincolns attention but he

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Refused a creed
Liked natural law
Not deity
He like thomas paynes age of reason
Morality is the only essential part
His scoffing hurt him in his race for congress 1846 ...had to clarify
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His religious views

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Early…doctrine of necessity

Tried to maintain in argument with some

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How was the store

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Lincoln interested in talking and reading
By 1833 ceased to grow new salem because river not adequate
No railroad
Whiskey showed some profit by jug
Asked for license to sell by glass
Lincoln name may have been forged
Tavern license still couldnt save store
Back to day labor
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Friends wated him to stay

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Someone tried to get him postmaster
Modest appointment of jackson administration even though he was a clay supporter
He was very pleased…he could see all newspapers
Carried on horseback mail came 2x a day
Recipient paid and postmaster collected fee
1834-1835 full year of tenure made 55

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Piblic servants top duty

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Help people
Liberal interpretation of rules
Left door unlocked
But scrupulous in keeping financial records
New salem discontinued moved to Springfield

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Still needed livlihood

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Calhoun assistant? Democratic
Bought a book on surveying, bought compass chain and trig book
Studied hard
Went that route
Through swamps bushes etc
Accepted buckskin from one client and fortified his oants
Charges actually set by state
Surveyed for a road
But notes for the failed store came due … Election took new urgency

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First successful election

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Jackson vs clay
Licoln liked clay but published no speeches
Instead had handshaking campaign while surveying
Took to farms to convince farmers
Democratic leaders came with a deal
Feared john todd stuart
Dropped two other candidates to support lincoln
Lincoln got elected with Stuart

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What was his new exposure to cour

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Witness
Juror
Watching untrained lawyers
Borrowed stuarts law books
Was quiet at first
Bought blackstones commentary at n auction
Asked to borrow 200 from smoot and bought a suit until legislature check came

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Dec 1834 feb 1835

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Silent member of legislature
80 other legislatures most stayed at boarding cabins
Next to youngest bit no less experienced
Grew more at home
Ability to draw law grew
Legible handwriting
Started to debate
Returned to new salem to pay his overdue notes and get his hire and compass back...which didnt happen
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Spring summer 1834 1835

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Delivered mail

Read law books

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Earned inn at new salem

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A rutledge

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What happened when his stuff went fir auction

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A friend bought it back so he could survey for more money

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Ann rutlege

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Tavern dauter
From village founders
Pretty 
Short
53 150  heavyset
He liked plump
Kind
Goodhearted
Macnamore/hill was after her
Since she was betrother he got over his shyness
1835 understanding ...conditional or unconditional engagement
Lincoln had no mney 
Ann wanted to see macnamore in person
Also had legislative break
Symbolized appraiching death of new salem
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Summer 1835

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Lincoln thru country surveying
Slogging the law books
Ann had typhoid and was put to bed
Aug 25 she died
Reminded of brother, sister etc
Too much work
Too much study
Melancholy deep
Went to bowling green for rest
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Winter 1835

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Called to legislatur
Shaped his future
National politics came to local
Democrats concerned bout jackson picking vanburen as successor
Called for convention
Whigs infuriated they liked the democrat infighting
Whigs had to learn the system of party conventiaons

Also important reapportionment
Sagamon got 7 vs 4 representatives

Gov duncan enacted legislatio. For canal for illinois river…ocmparable to erie canal loan of500000 for i
Bonds for illinois and michigan canal. Shift in lincoln for internal improvement…canal road railroad…thought private capital now saw need for govt

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Election to 1836 legislature

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Needed to rerun
Talked suffrage
Ballot 6 month white resident male
Irish immigrants canal workers no vote....
Also joked about women
No mention african americans
Travleled by hirseback to villages
Local a d national issues now
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Define probosis.

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Lightning rod

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Opponent forquer

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Long nine

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1837 tall illinois legislature

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Stephen a douglas

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Democrat leader
5 4
Age 23
Legislative politics
Economic development f state
North south railroad
Coonecg with e w
Underwritten by state
Complete canal
Whigs welcomed nonpartisan issue
Rival mass and penn for trans
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Panic of 1837

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Killed trNsportation
Illinoos bondsvfailed
Interest charges too high 
Stephen douglas? Long nine? Fault?
No oatter. Of logrolling.
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What is logrolling.

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Capital moved from vendalia to

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Springfield not alton or peoria etc. bringing land value increase etc

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Usher linder

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Self important rep from coles county opposed mosiving to springfield

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Jan 11 1837

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Lincoln first speech. Vs linder. Resorted to demagogy not bank talk.

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Define demagogy.

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Third thing legislature talked about abolitionists

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Legoature condemned abolitionist society and said slavery was guaranteed by constitution.sponsored by linder. Stone and lincoln voted against saying it was injustice and bad policy.

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Lincoln said new capital needed to

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Offer money and land and had someone else introduce it.

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The fourth ballot for capitol

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Springfield won.

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March 1 1837

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Licensed to practice law. In april opened an office on hoffman’s row

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