Lincoln's yarns and stories

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Lincoln's yarns and stories is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly) McClure. Catalog subjects include Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Anecdotes. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Table of contents

579 chapters

1. 01THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY CHICAGO & PHILADELPHIA12 min
2. 02PREFACE.15 min
3. 03LINCOLN’S NAME AROUSES AN AUDIENCE, BY DR. NEWMAN HALL, of London.3 min
4. 04LINCOLN AND McCLURE.2 min
5. 05LINCOLN ASKED TO BE SHOT.2 min
6. 06TIME LOST DIDN’T COUNT.2 min
7. 07NO VICES, NO VIRTUES.2 min
8. 08LINCOLN’S DUES.2 min
9. 09“DONE WITH THE BIBLE.”2 min
10. 10HIS KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE.2 min
11. 11A MISCHIEVOUS OX.2 min
12. 12THE PRESIDENTIAL “CHIN-FLY.”2 min
13. 13‘SQUIRE BAGLY’S PRECEDENT.2 min
14. 14HE’D NEED HIS GUN.2 min
15. 15KEPT UP THE ARGUMENT.2 min
16. 16EQUINE INGRATITUDE.2 min
17. 17‘TWAS “MOVING DAY.”2 min
18. 18“ABE’S” HAIR NEEDED COMBING.2 min
19. 19WOULD “TAKE TO THE WOODS.”2 min
20. 20LINCOLN CARRIED HER TRUNK.2 min
21. 21BOAT HAD TO STOP.2 min
22. 22MCCLELLAN’S “SPECIAL TALENT.”2 min
23. 23HOW “JAKE” GOT AWAY.2 min
24. 24MORE LIGHT AND LESS NOISE.2 min
25. 25ONE BULLET AND A HATFUL.2 min
26. 26LINCOLN’S STORY TO PEACE COMMISSIONERS.3 min
27. 27“ABE” GOT THE WORST OF IT.2 min
28. 28IT DEPENDED UPON HIS CONDITION.2 min
29. 29“GOT DOWN TO THE RAISINS.”2 min
30. 30“HONEST ABE” SWALLOWS HIS ENEMIES.2 min
31. 31SAVING HIS WIND.2 min
32. 32RIGHT FOR, ONCE, ANYHOW.2 min
33. 33“PITY THE POOR ORPHAN.”2 min
34. 34“BAP.” McNABB’S BOOSTER.2 min
35. 35A LOW-DOWN TRICK.2 min
36. 36END FOR END.2 min
37. 37LET SIX SKUNKS GO.2 min
38. 38HOW HE GOT BLACKSTONE.2 min
39. 39A JOB FOR THE NEW CABINETMAKER.2 min
40. 40“I CAN STAND IT IF THEY CAN.”2 min
41. 41LINCOLN MISTAKEN FOR ONCE.2 min
42. 42FORGOT EVERYTHING HE KNEW.2 min
43. 43HE LOVED A GOOD STORY.2 min
44. 44HEELS RAN AWAY WITH THEM.2 min
45. 45WANTED TO BURN HIM DOWN TO THE STUMP.2 min
46. 46HAD A “KICK” COMING.2 min
47. 47THE CASE OF BETSY ANN DOUGHERTY.2 min
48. 48HAD TO WEAR A WOODEN SWORD.2 min
49. 49“ABE” STIRRING THE “BLACK” COALS.2 min
50. 50GETTING RID OF AN ELEPHANT.2 min
51. 51GROTESQUE, YET FRIGHTFUL.2 min
52. 52“ABE” WAS NO DUDE.2 min
53. 53CHARACTERISTIC OF LINCOLN.2 min
54. 54“PLOUGH ALL ‘ROUND HIM.”2 min
55. 55“I’VE LOST MY APPLE.”2 min
56. 56LOST HIS CERTIFICATE OF CHARACTER.3 min
57. 57NOTE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT.2 min
58. 58DOG WAS A “LEETLE BIT AHEAD.”2 min
59. 59“ABE’S” FIGHT WITH NEGROES.2 min
60. 60NOISE LIKE A TURNIP.2 min
61. 61WARDING OFF GOD’S VENGEANCE.2 min
62. 62JEFF DAVIS AND CHARLES THE FIRST.2 min
63. 63LOVED SOLDIERS’ HUMOR.2 min
64. 64BAD TIME FOR A BARBECUE.2 min
65. 65HE’D SEE IT AGAIN.2 min
66. 66CALL ANOTHER WITNESS.2 min
67. 67A CONTEST WITH LITTLE “TAD.”2 min
68. 68REMINDED HIM OF “A LITTLE STORY.”2 min
69. 69“FETCHED SEVERAL SHORT ONES.”2 min
70. 70LINCOLN LUGS THE OLD MAN.2 min
71. 71McCLELLAN WAS “INTRENCHING.”2 min
72. 72MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT, ANYWAY.2 min
73. 73VICIOUS OXEN HAVE SHORT HORNS.2 min
74. 74LINCOLN’S NAME FOR “WEEPING WATER.”2 min
75. 75PETER CARTWRIGHT’S DESCRIPTION OF LINCOLN.2 min
76. 76NO DEATHS IN HIS HOUSE.2 min
77. 77PAINTED HIS PRINCIPLES.2 min
78. 78DIGNIFYING THE STATUTE.2 min
79. 79LINCOLN CAMPAIGN MOTTOES.2 min
80. 80GIVING AWAY THE CASE.2 min
81. 81POSING WITH A BROOMSTICK.2 min
82. 82“BOTH LENGTH AND BREADTH.”2 min
83. 83“ABE” RECITES A SONG.2 min
84. 84“MANAGE TO KEEP HOUSE.”2 min
85. 85GRANT “TUMBLED” RIGHT AWAY.2 min
86. 86“DON’T KILL HIM WITH YOUR FIST.”2 min
87. 87COULD BE ARBITRARY.2 min
88. 88A GENERAL BUSTIFICATION.2 min
89. 89MAKING QUARTERMASTERS.2 min
90. 90NO POSTMASTERS IN HIS POCKET.2 min
91. 91HE “SKEWED” THE LINE.2 min
92. 92“WHEREAS,” HE STOLE NOTHING.2 min
93. 93NOT LIKE THE POPE’S BULL.2 min
94. 94COULD HE TELL?2 min
95. 95DARNED UNCOMFORTABLE SITTING.2 min
96. 96“WHAT’S-HIS-NAME” GOT THERE.2 min
97. 97A REALLY GREAT GENERAL.2 min
98. 98“SHRUNK UP NORTH.”2 min
99. 99LINCOLN ADOPTED THE SUGGESTION.2 min
100. 100SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.2 min
101. 101TOO MANY PIGS FOR THE TEATS.2 min
102. 102GREELEY CARRIES LINCOLN TO THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.2 min
103. 103THE LAST TIME HE SAW DOUGLAS.2 min
104. 104HURT HIS LEGS LESS.2 min
105. 105A LITTLE SHY OR GRAMMAR.2 min
106. 106HIS FIRST SATIRICAL WRITING.4 min
107. 107LIKELY TO DO IT.2 min
108. 108“THE ENEMY ARE ‘OURN’”2 min
109. 109“AND—HERE I AM!”2 min
110. 110SAFE AS LONG AS THEY WERE GOOD.2 min
111. 111“SMELT NO ROYALTY IN OUR CARRIAGE.”2 min
112. 112HELL A MILE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.2 min
113. 113HIS “GLASS HACK”2 min
114. 114LEAVE HIM KICKING.2 min
115. 115“WHO COMMENCED THIS FUSS?”2 min
116. 116“ABE’S” LITTLE JOKE.2 min
117. 117WHAT SUMMER THOUGHT.2 min
118. 118A USELESS DOG.2 min
119. 119ORIGIN OF THE “INFLUENCE” STORY.2 min
120. 120FELT SORRY FOR BOTH.2 min
121. 121WHERE DID IT COME FROM?2 min
122. 122“LONG ABE” FOUR YEARS LONGER.2 min
123. 123“ALL SICKER’N YOUR MAN.”2 min
124. 124EASIER TO EMPTY THE POTOMAC.2 min
125. 125HE WANTED A STEADY HAND.2 min
126. 126LINCOLN SAW STANTON ABOUT IT.2 min
127. 127MRS. LINCOLN’S SURPRISE.2 min
128. 128MENACE TO THE GOVERNMENT.2 min
129. 129TROOPS COULDN’T FLY OVER IT.2 min
130. 130PAT WAS “FORNINST THE GOVERNMENT.”2 min
131. 131“CAN’T SPARE THIS MAN.”2 min
132. 132HIS TEETH CHATTERED.2 min
133. 133“AARON GOT HIS COMMISSION.”2 min
134. 134LINCOLN AND THE MINISTERS.5 min
135. 135HARDTACK BETTER THAN GENERALS.2 min
136. 136GOT THE PREACHER.2 min
137. 137BIG JOKE ON HALLECK.2 min
138. 138STORIES BETTER THAN DOCTORS.2 min
139. 139SHORT, BUT EXCITING.2 min
140. 140MR. BULL DIDN’T GET HIS COTTON.2 min
141. 141STICK TO AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.2 min
142. 142USED “RUDE TACT.”2 min
143. 143“ABE” ON A WOODPILE.2 min
144. 144TAKING DOWN A DANDY.2 min
145. 145WHEN OLD ABE GOT MAD.2 min
146. 146WANTED TO “BORROW” THE ARMY.2 min
147. 147YOUNG “SUCKER” VISITORS.2 min
148. 148“AND YOU DON’T WEAR HOOPSKIRTS.”2 min
149. 149LIEUTENANT TAD LINCOLN’S SENTINELS.2 min
150. 150DOUGLAS HELD LINCOLN’S HAT.2 min
151. 151THE DEAD MAN SPOKE.2 min
152. 152MILITARY SNAILS NOT SPEEDY.2 min
153. 153OUTRAN THE JACK-RABBIT.2 min
154. 154“FOOLING” THE PEOPLE.2 min
155. 155“ABE, YOU CAN’T PLAY THAT ON ME.”2 min
156. 156HIS “BROAD” STORIES.2 min
157. 157SORRY FOR THE HORSES.2 min
158. 158MILD REBUKE TO A DOCTOR.2 min
159. 159COLD MOLASSES WAS SWIFTER.2 min
160. 160LINCOLN CALLS MEDILL A COWARD.2 min
161. 161THEY DIDN’T BUILD IT.2 min
162. 162STANTON’S ABUSE OF LINCOLN.3 min
163. 163THE NEGRO AND THE CROCODILE.2 min
164. 164LINCOLN WAS READY TO FIGHT.2 min
165. 165IT WAS UP-HILL WORK.2 min
166. 166LEE’S SLIM ANIMAL.2 min
167. 167“MRS. NORTH AND HER ATTORNEY.”2 min
168. 168SATISFACTION TO THE SOUL.2 min
169. 169WITHDREW THE COLT.2 min
170. 170“TAD” GOT HIS DOLLAR.2 min
171. 171TELLS AN EDITOR ABOUT NASBY.2 min
172. 172LONG AND SHORT OF IT.2 min
173. 173MORE PEGS THAN HOLES.2 min
174. 174“WEBSTER COULDN’T HAVE DONE MORE.”2 min
175. 175LINCOLN MET CLAY.2 min
176. 176REMINDED “ABE” OF A LITTLE JOKE.2 min
177. 177HIS DIGNITY SAVED HIM.2 min
178. 178THE MAN HE WAS LOOKING FOR2 min
179. 179HIS CABINET CHANCES POOR.2 min
180. 180THE GENERAL WAS “HEADED IN”2 min
181. 181SUGAR-COATED.2 min
182. 182COULD MAKE “RABBIT-TRACKS.”2 min
183. 183LINCOLN PROTECTED CURRENCY ISSUES.2 min
184. 184LINCOLN’S APOLOGY TO GRANT.2 min
185. 185LINCOLN SAID “BY JING.”2 min
186. 186IT TICKLED THE LITTLE WOMAN.2 min
187. 187“SHALL ALL FALL TOGETHER.”2 min
188. 188DEAD DOG NO CURE.2 min
189. 189“THOROUGH” IS A GOOD WORD.2 min
190. 190THE CABINET WAS A-SETTIN’.2 min
191. 191A BULLET THROUGH HIS HAT.2 min
192. 192NO KIND TO GET TO HEAVEN ON.2 min
193. 193THE ONLY REAL PEACEMAKER.2 min
194. 194THE APPLE WOMAN’S PASS.2 min
195. 195SPLIT RAILS BY THE YARD.2 min
196. 196THE QUESTION OF LEGS.2 min
197. 197TOO MANY WIDOWS ALREADY.2 min
198. 198GOD NEEDED THAT CHURCH.2 min
199. 199THE MAN DOWN SOUTH.2 min
200. 200COULDN’T LET GO THE HOG.2 min
201. 201THE CABINET LINCOLN WANTED.2 min
202. 202READY FOR “BUTCHER-DAY.”2 min
203. 203“THE BAD BIRD AND THE MUDSILL.”2 min
204. 204GAVE THE SOLDIER HIS FISH.2 min
205. 205A PECULIAR LAWYER.2 min
206. 206IF THEY’D ONLY “SKIP.”3 min
207. 207FATHER OF THE “GREENBACK.”2 min
208. 208MAJOR ANDERSON’S BAD MEMORY.2 min
209. 209NO VANDERBILT.2 min
210. 210SQUASHED A BRUTAL LIE.4 min
211. 211“ONE WAR AT A TIME.”2 min
212. 212PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS.2 min
213. 213NO OTHERS LIKE THEM.2 min
214. 214CASH WAS AT HAND.2 min
215. 215WELCOMED THE LITTLE GIRLS.2 min
216. 216“DON’T SWAP HORSES”2 min
217. 217MOST VALUABLE POLITICAL ATTRIBUTE.2 min
218. 218“ABE” RESENTED THE INSULT.2 min
219. 219ONE MAN ISN’T MISSED.2 min
220. 220“STRETCHED THE FACTS.”3 min
221. 221IT LENGTHENED THE WAR.2 min
222. 222HIS THEORY OF THE REBELLION.2 min
223. 223RAN AWAY WHEN VICTORIOUS.2 min
224. 224WANTED STANTON SPANKED.2 min
225. 225STANTON WAS OUT OF TOWN.2 min
226. 226IDENTIFIED THE COLORED MAN.2 min
227. 227OFFICE SEEKERS WORSE THAN WAR.2 min
228. 228HE “SET ‘EM UP.”2 min
229. 229WASN’T STANTON’S SAY.2 min
230. 230“JEFFY” THREW UP THE SPONGE.2 min
231. 231DIDN’T KNOW GRANT’S PREFERENCE.2 min
232. 232JUSTICE vs. NUMBERS.2 min
233. 233NO FALSE PRIDE IN LINCOLN.2 min
234. 234EXTRA MEMBER OF THE CABINET.2 min
235. 235HOW LINCOLN WAS ABUSED.2 min
236. 236HOW “FIGHTING JOE” WAS APPOINTED.2 min
237. 237KEPT HIS COURAGE UP.2 min
238. 238A FORTUNE-TELLER’S PREDICTION.2 min
239. 239TOO MUCH POWDER.2 min
240. 240SLEEP STANDING UP.2 min
241. 241SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT ANOTHER BATTLE.2 min
242. 242LINCOLN UPBRAIDED LAMON.2 min
243. 243MARKED OUT A FEW WORDS.2 min
244. 244LINCOLN SILENCES SEWARD.2 min
245. 245BROUGHT THE HUSBAND UP.2 min
246. 246NO WAR WITHOUT BLOOD-LETTING.2 min
247. 247LINCOLN’S TWO DIFFICULTIES.2 min
248. 248WHITE ELEPHANT ON HIS HANDS.2 min
249. 249WHEN LINCOLN AND GRANT CLASHED.2 min
250. 250WON JAMES GORDON BENNETT’S SUPPORT.2 min
251. 251STOOD BY THE “SILENT MAN.”2 min
252. 252A VERY BRAINY NUBBIN.2 min
253. 253SENT TO HIS “FRIENDS.”2 min
254. 254GO DOWN WITH COLORS FLYING.2 min
255. 255ALL WERE TRAGEDIES.2 min
256. 256“HE’S THE BEST OF US.”2 min
257. 257HOW LINCOLN “COMPOSED.”2 min
258. 258HAMLIN MIGHT DO IT.2 min
259. 259THE GUN SHOT BETTER.2 min
260. 260LENIENT WITH McCLELLAN.2 min
261. 261DIDN’T WANT A MILITARY REPUTATION.2 min
262. 262“SURRENDER NO SLAVE.”2 min
263. 263CONSCRIPTING DEAD MEN.2 min
264. 264LINCOLN’S REJECTED MANUSCRIPT.2 min
265. 265LINCOLN AS A STORY WRITER.2 min
266. 266LINCOLN’S IDEAS ON CROSSING A RIVER WHEN HE GOT TO IT.2 min
267. 267PRESIDENT NOMINATED FIRST.2 min
268. 268“THEM GILLITEENS.”2 min
269. 269“CONSIDER THE SYMPATHY OF LINCOLN.”5 min
270. 270SAVED A LIFE.2 min
271. 271LINCOLN PLAYED BALL.2 min
272. 272HIS PASSES TO RICHMOND NOT HONORED.2 min
273. 273“PUBLIC HANGMAN” FOR THE UNITED STATES.2 min
274. 274FEW, BUT BOISTEROUS.2 min
275. 275KEEP PEGGING AWAY.2 min
276. 276BEWARE OF THE TAIL.2 min
277. 277“LINCOLN’S DREAM.”2 min
278. 278THERE WAS NO NEED OF A STORY.2 min
279. 279LINCOLN A MAN OF SIMPLE HABITS.2 min
280. 280HIS LAST SPEECH.2 min
281. 281FORGOT EVERYTHING HE KNEW BEFORE.2 min
282. 282LINCOLN BELIEVED IN EDUCATION.2 min
283. 283LINCOLN ON THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.2 min
284. 284LINCOLN MADE MANY NOTABLE SPEECHES.2 min
285. 285WHAT AILED THE BOYS.2 min
286. 286TAD’S CONFEDERATE FLAG.2 min
287. 287CALLED BLESSINGS ON THE AMERICAN WOMEN.2 min
288. 288LINCOLN’S “ORDER NO. 252.”2 min
289. 289TALKED TO THE NEGROES OF RICHMOND.2 min
290. 290“ABE” ADDED A SAVING CLAUSE.2 min
291. 291HOW “JACK” WAS “DONE UP.”2 min
292. 292ANGELS COULDN’T SWEAR IT RIGHT.2 min
293. 293“MUST GO, AND GO TO STAY.”2 min
294. 294LINCOLN WASN’T BUYING NOMINATIONS.2 min
295. 295HE ENVIED THE SOLDIER AT THE FRONT.2 min
296. 296DON’T TRUST TOO FAR2 min
297. 297HE’D “RISK THE DICTATORSHIP.”2 min
298. 298“MAJOR GENERAL, I RECKON.”2 min
299. 299WOULD SEE THE TRACKS.2 min
300. 300“ABE” GAVE HER A “SURE TIP.”2 min
301. 301THE PRESIDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.2 min
302. 302ONLY HALF A MAN.2 min
303. 303GRANT CONGRATULATED LINCOLN.2 min
304. 304“BRUTUS AND CAESAR.”2 min
305. 305HOW STANTON GOT INTO THE CABINET.2 min
306. 306“ABE” LIKE HIS FATHER.2 min
307. 307“NO MOON AT ALL.”2 min
308. 308“ABE” A SUPERB MIMIC.2 min
309. 309WHY HE WAS CALLED “HONEST ABE.”2 min
310. 310“ABE’S” NAME REMAINED ON THE SIGN.2 min
311. 311VERY HOMELY AT FIRST SIGHT.2 min
312. 312THE MAN TO TRUST.2 min
313. 313“WUZ GOIN’ TER BE ‘HITCHED.”’2 min
314. 314HE PROPOSED TO SAVE THE UNION.2 min
315. 315THE SAME OLD RUM.2 min
316. 316SAVED LINCOLN’S LIFE2 min
317. 317WOULD NOT RECALL A SINGLE WORD.2 min
318. 318OLD BROOM BEST AFTER ALL.2 min
319. 319GOD WITH A LITTLE “g.”2 min
320. 320“ABE’S” LOG.2 min
321. 321IT WAS A FINE FIZZLE.2 min
322. 322A TEETOTALER.2 min
323. 323NOT TO “OPEN SHOP” THERE.2 min
324. 324WE HAVE LIBERTY OF ALL KINDS.5 min
325. 325TOM CORWINS’S LATEST STORY.2 min
326. 326“CATCH ‘EM AND CHEAT ‘EM.”2 min
327. 327A JURYMAN’S SCORN.2 min
328. 328HE “BROKE” TO WIN.2 min
329. 329WANTED HER CHILDREN BACK.2 min
330. 330SIX FEET FOUR AT SEVENTEEN.2 min
331. 331HAD RESPECT FOR THE EGGS.2 min
332. 332HOW WAS THE MILK UPSET?2 min
333. 333“PULLED FODDER” FOR A BOOK.2 min
334. 334PRAISES HIS RIVAL FOR OFFICE.2 min
335. 335ONE THING “ABE” DIDN’T LOVE.2 min
336. 336THE MODESTY OF GENIUS.2 min
337. 337WHY SHE MARRIED HIM.2 min
338. 338NIAGARA FALLS.2 min
339. 339MADE IT HOT FOR LINCOLN.2 min
340. 340WOULDN’T HOLD TITLE AGAINST HIM.2 min
341. 341ONLY ONE LIFE TO LIVE.2 min
342. 342COULDN’T LOCATE HIS BIRTHPLACE.2 min
343. 343“SAMBO” WAS “AFEARED.”2 min
344. 344WHEN MONEY MIGHT BE USED.2 min
345. 345“ABE” WAS NO BEAUTY.2 min
346. 346“HE’S JUST BEAUTIFUL.”2 min
347. 347BIG ENOUGH HOG FOR HIM.2 min
348. 348“ABE” OFFERS A SPEECH FOR SOMETHING TO EAT.2 min
349. 349THEY UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER.2 min
350. 350FEW FENCE RAILS LEFT.2 min
351. 351THE “GREAT SNOW” OF 1830-31.2 min
352. 352CREDITOR PAID DEBTORS DEBT.2 min
353. 353HELPED OUT THE SOLDIERS.2 min
354. 354EVERY FELLOW FOR HIMSELF.2 min
355. 355“BUTCHER-KNIFE BOYS” AT THE POLLS.2 min
356. 356NO “SECOND COMING” FOR SPRINGFIELD.2 min
357. 357HOW HE WON A FRIEND.2 min
358. 358NEVER SUED A CLIENT.2 min
359. 359THE LINCOLN HOUSEHOLD GOODS.2 min
360. 360RUNNING THE MACHINE.2 min
361. 361WAS “BOSS” WHEN NECESSARY.2 min
362. 362“RATHER STARVE THAN SWINDLE.”2 min
363. 363DON’T AIM TOO HIGH.2 min
364. 364NOT MUCH AT RAIL-SPLITTING.2 min
365. 365GAVE THE SOLDIER THE PREFERENCE.2 min
366. 366THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT SCARED.2 min
367. 367JEFF. DAVIS’ REPLY TO LINCOLN.2 min
368. 368LINCOLN WAS a GENTLEMAN.2 min
369. 369HIS POOR RELATIONS.2 min
370. 370DESERTER’S SINS WASHED OUT IN BLOOD.2 min
371. 371SURE CURE FOR BOILS.2 min
372. 372PAY FOR EVERYTHING.2 min
373. 373BASHFUL WITH LADIES.2 min
374. 374SAW HUMOR IN EVERYTHING.2 min
375. 375SPECIFIC FOR FOREIGN “RASH.”2 min
376. 376FAVORED THE OTHER SIDE.2 min
377. 377LINCOLN AND THE “SHOW”2 min
378. 378“MIXING” AND “MINGLING.”2 min
379. 379TOOK PART OF THE BLAME.2 min
380. 380THOUGHT OF LEARNING A TRADE.2 min
381. 381LINCOLN DEFENDS FIFTEEN MRS. NATIONS.2 min
382. 382AVOIDED EVEN APPEARANCE OF EVIL2 min
383. 383WAR DIDN’T ADMIT OF HOLIDAYS.2 min
384. 384“NEUTRALITY.”2 min
385. 385DAYS OF GLADNESS PAST.2 min
386. 386WOULDN’T TAKE THE MONEY.2 min
387. 387GRANT HELD ON ALL THE TIME.2 min
388. 388CHEWED THE CUD IN SOLITUDE.2 min
389. 389“ABE’S” YANKEE INGENUITY.2 min
390. 390LINCOLN PAID HOMAGE TO WASHINGTON.2 min
391. 391STIRRED EVEN THE REPORTERS.2 min
392. 392WHEN “ABE” CAME IN.2 min
393. 393ETERNAL FIDELITY TO THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY.2 min
394. 394“ABE’S” “DEFALCATIONS.”2 min
395. 395HE WASN’T GUILELESS.2 min
396. 396SWEET, BUT MILD REVENGE.2 min
397. 397DIDN’T TRUST THE COURT.2 min
398. 398HANDSOMEST MAN ON EARTH.2 min
399. 399THAT COON CAME DOWN.2 min
400. 400WROTE “PIECES” WHEN VERY YOUNG.2 min
401. 401“TRY TO STEER HER THROUGH.”2 min
402. 402GRAND, GLOOMY AND PECULIAR.2 min
403. 403ON THE WAY TO GETTYSBURG.2 min
404. 404STOOD UP THE LONGEST.2 min
405. 405A MORTIFYING EXPERIENCE.2 min
406. 406NO HALFWAY BUSINESS.2 min
407. 407DISCOURAGED LITIGATION.2 min
408. 408GOING HOME TO GET READY.2 min
409. 409“THE ‘RAIL-SPUTTER’ REPAIRING THE UNION.”2 min
410. 410“FIND OUT FOR YOURSELVES.”2 min
411. 411ROUGH ON THE NEGRO.2 min
412. 412CHALLENGED ALL COMERS.2 min
413. 413“GOVERNMENT RESTS IN PUBLIC OPINION.”2 min
414. 414HURRY MIGHT MAKE TROUBLE.2 min
415. 415SAW HIMSELF DEAD.10 min
416. 416EVERY LITTLE HELPED.2 min
417. 417ABOUT TO LAY DOWN THE BURDEN.2 min
418. 418LINCOLN WOULD HAVE PREFERRED DEATH.2 min
419. 419“PUNCH” AND HIS LITTLE PICTURE.2 min
420. 420FASCINATED By THE WONDERFUL2 min
421. 421“WHY DON’T THEY COME!”2 min
422. 422GRANT’S BRAND OF WHISKEY.2 min
423. 423HIS FINANCIAL STANDING.2 min
424. 424THE DANDY AND THE BOYS.2 min
425. 425“SOME UGLY OLD LAWYER.”2 min
426. 426GOOD MEMORY OF NAMES.2 min
427. 427SETTLED OUT OF COURT.2 min
428. 428THE FIVE POINTS SUNDAY SCHOOL.2 min
429. 429SENTINEL OBEYED ORDERS.2 min
430. 430WHY LINCOLN GROWED WHISKERS.2 min
431. 431LINCOLN AS A DANCER.2 min
432. 432SIMPLY PRACTICAL HUMANITY.2 min
433. 433HAPPY FIGURES OF SPEECH.2 min
434. 434A FEW “RHYTHMIC SHOTS.”2 min
435. 435OLD MAN GLENN’S RELIGION.2 min
436. 436LAST ACTS OF MERCY.2 min
437. 437JUST LIKE SEWARD.2 min
438. 438A CHEERFUL PROSPECT.2 min
439. 439THOUGHT GOD WOULD HAVE TOLD HIM.2 min
440. 440LINCOLN AND A BIBLE HERO.2 min
441. 441BOY WAS CARED FOR.2 min
442. 442THE JURY ACQUITTED HIM2 min
443. 443TOOK NOTHING BUT MONEY.2 min
444. 444NAUGHTY BOY HAD TO TAKE HIS MEDICINE.2 min
445. 445WOULD BLOW THEM TO H—-.2 min
446. 446“YANKEE” GOODNESS OF HEART.2 min
447. 447WALKED AS HE TALKED.2 min
448. 448THE SONG DID THE BUSINESS.3 min
449. 449A “FREE FOR ALL.”2 min
450. 450THREE INFERNAL BORES.2 min
451. 451LINCOLN’S MEN WERE “HUSTLERS.”2 min
452. 452A SLOW HORSE.2 min
453. 453DODGING “BROWSING PRESIDENTS.”2 min
454. 454A GREENBACK LEGEND.2 min
455. 455GOD’S BEST GIFT TO MAN.2 min
456. 456SCALPING IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR.2 min
457. 457MATRIMONIAL ADVICE.2 min
458. 458OWED LOTS OF MONEY.2 min
459. 459“ON THE LORD’S SIDE.”2 min
460. 460WANTED TO BE NEAR “ABE.”2 min
461. 461GOT HIS FOOT IN IT.2 min
462. 462SAVED BY A LETTER.3 min
463. 463HIS FAVORITE POEM.2 min
464. 464FIVE-LEGGED CALF.2 min
465. 465A STAGE-COACH STORY.2 min
466. 466THE “400” GATHERED THERE.2 min
467. 467ONLY LEVEL-HEADED MEN WANTED.2 min
468. 468HIS FAITH IN THE MONITOR.4 min
469. 469HER ONLY IMPERFECTION.2 min
470. 470THE OLD LADY’S PROPHECY.2 min
471. 471HOW THE TOWN OF LINCOLN, ILL., WAS NAMED.2 min
472. 472“OLD JEFF’S” BIG NIGHTMARE.2 min
473. 473LINCOLN’S LAST OFFICIAL ACT.2 min
474. 474THE LAD NEEDED THE SLEEP.2 min
475. 475“MASSA LINKUM LIKE DE LORD!”2 min
476. 476HOW LINCOLN TOOK THE NEWS.2 min
477. 477PROFANITY AS A SAFETY-VALVE.2 min
478. 478WHY WE WON AT GETTYSBURG.2 min
479. 479HAD TO WAIT FOR HIM.2 min
480. 480PRESIDENT AND CABINET JOINED IN PRAYER.2 min
481. 481BELIEVED HE WAS A CHRISTIAN.2 min
482. 482WITH THE HELP OF GOD.2 min
483. 483TURNED TEARS TO SMILES.2 min
484. 484LINCOLN’S LAST WRITTEN WORDS.2 min
485. 485WOMEN PLEAD FOR PARDONS.2 min
486. 486LINCOLN WISHED TO SEE RICHMOND.2 min
487. 487SPOKEN LIKE A CHRISTIAN.3 min
488. 488“LINCOLN GOES IN WHEN THE QUAKERS ARE OUT”2 min
489. 489HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIM—“BUT—.”2 min
490. 490HOW HOMINY WAS ORIGINATED.2 min
491. 491HIS IDEA’S OLD, AFTER ALL.2 min
492. 492LINCOLN’S FIRST SPEECH.2 min
493. 493“ABE WANTED NO SNEAKIN’ ‘ROUND.”4 min
494. 494DIDN’T EVEN NEED STILTS.2 min
495. 495“HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF THIS PLACE?”2 min
496. 496“TAD” INTRODUCES “OUR FRIENDS.”2 min
497. 497MIXED UP WORSE THAN BEFORE.2 min
498. 498“LONG ABE’S” FEET “PROTRUDED OVER.”2 min
499. 499COULD LICK ANY MAN IN THE CROWD.2 min
500. 500HIS WAY TO A CHILD’S HEART.2 min
501. 501“LEFT IT THE WOMEN TO HOWL ABOUT ME.”2 min
502. 502HE’D RUIN ALL THE OTHER CONVICTS.2 min
503. 503IN A HOPELESS MINORITY.2 min
504. 504“DID YE ASK MORRISSEY YET?”2 min
505. 505GOT THE LAUGH ON DOUGLAS.2 min
506. 506“FIXED UP” A BIT FOR THE “CITY FOLKS.”2 min
507. 507EVEN REBELS OUGHT TO BE SAVED.2 min
508. 508TRIED TO DO WHAT SEEMED BEST.2 min
509. 509“HOLDING A CANDLE TO THE CZAR.”2 min
510. 510NASHVILLE WAS NOT SURRENDERED.2 min
511. 511HE COULDN’T WAIT FOR THE COLONEL.2 min
512. 512LINCOLN PRONOUNCED THIS STORY FUNNY.2 min
513. 513JOKE WAS ON LINCOLN.2 min
514. 514THE OTHER ONE WAS WORSE.2 min
515. 515“I’D A BEEN MISSED BY MYSE’F.”2 min
516. 516IT ALL “DEPENDED” UPON THE EFFECT.2 min
517. 517TOO SWIFT TO STAY IN THE ARMY.2 min
518. 518ADMIRED THE STRONG MAN.2 min
519. 519WISHED THE ARMY CHARGED LIKE THAT.2 min
520. 520“UNCLE ABRAHAM” HAD EVERYTHING READY.2 min
521. 521NOT AS SMOOTH AS HE LOOKED.2 min
522. 522A SMALL CROP.2 min
523. 523“NEVER REGRET WHAT YOU DON’T WRITE.”2 min
524. 524A VAIN GENERAL.2 min
525. 525DEATH BED REPENTANCE.2 min
526. 526NO CAUSE FOR PRIDE.2 min
527. 527THE STORY OF LINCOLN’S LIFE2 min
528. 528A YOUTHFUL POET.2 min
529. 529MADE SPEECHES WHEN A BOY.2 min
530. 530ASSISTANT PILOT ON A STEAMBOAT.2 min
531. 531“CAPTAIN LINCOLN” PLEASED HIM.2 min
532. 532FAILURE AS A BUSINESS MAN.2 min
533. 533GAINS FAME AS A STORY TELLER.2 min
534. 534SURVEYOR WITH NO STRINGS ON HIM.2 min
535. 535A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.2 min
536. 536THE FAMOUS “LONG NINE.”2 min
537. 537BEGINS TO OPPOSE SLAVERY.2 min
538. 538BEGINS TO PRACTICE LAW.2 min
539. 539HIS FIRST JOINT DEBATE.2 min
540. 540MARRIES A SPRINGFIELD BELLE.2 min
541. 541STORY OF ANNE RUTLEDGE.2 min
542. 542HIS DUEL WITH SHIELDS.2 min
543. 543FORMS NEW PARTNERSHIP.2 min
544. 544DEFEATS PETER CARTWRIGHT FOR CONGRESS.2 min
545. 545MAKES SPEECHES FOR “OLD ZACH.”2 min
546. 546DECLINES A HIGH OFFICE.2 min
547. 547LINCOLN AS A LAWYER.2 min
548. 548TELLING STORIES ON THE CIRCUIT.2 min
549. 549THE LION IS AROUSED TO ACTION.2 min
550. 550SEEKS A SEAT IN THE SENATE.2 min
551. 551HELPS TO ORGANIZE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.2 min
552. 552THE RAIL-SPLITTER vs. THE LITTLE GIANT.2 min
553. 553WERE LIKE CROWDS AT A CIRCUS.2 min
554. 554HIS BUCKEYE CAMPAIGN.2 min
555. 555FIRST VISIT TO NEW YORK.2 min
556. 556FIRST NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.2 min
557. 557FORMATION OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.2 min
558. 558GOOD-BYE TO THE OLD FOLK.2 min
559. 559THE “SECRET PASSAGE” TO WASHINGTON.2 min
560. 560HIS ELOQUENT INAUGURAL ADDRESS.2 min
561. 561FOLLOWS PRECEDENT OF WASHINGTON.2 min
562. 562GREATER DIPLOMAT THAN SEWARD.2 min
563. 563LINCOLN A GREAT GENERAL.2 min
564. 564ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE IN GRANT.2 min
565. 565REASONS FOR FREEING THE SLAVES.2 min
566. 566HARD TO REFUSE PARDONS.2 min
567. 567A FUN-LOVING AND HUMOR-LOVING MAN.3 min
568. 568WARNINGS OF HIS TRAGIC DEATH.2 min
569. 569LINCOLN AT THE THEATRE.2 min
570. 570LAMON’S REMARKABLE REQUEST.2 min
571. 571HOW LINCOLN WAS MURDERED.2 min
572. 572BOOTH BRANDISHES HIS DAGGER AND ESCAPES.2 min
573. 573WALT WHITMAN’S DESCRIPTION.9 min
574. 574BOOTH FOUND IN A BARN.2 min
575. 575BOOTH SHOT BY “BOSTON” CORBETT.2 min
576. 576FATE OF THE CONSPIRATORS.2 min
577. 577HENRY WARD BEECHER’S EULOGY.2 min
578. 578ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S FAMILY.4 min
579. 579LINCOLN MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD.2 min