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Crossing the River “After a time, General Creswell told his story, read his affidavit, and said, I know the man has acted like a fool, but he is my friend, and a good fellow; let him out, give him to me, and I will be responsible that he won’t have anything more… Read the full… Continue reading Crossing the River

The Cabinet “They are most distressingly affected in their heels with a species of running itch.” It seems that this malady of their heels, operates on these sound-headed and honest-hearted creatures, very much like the cork-leg, in the comic song, did on… Read the full story

Office Hunters “Gentlemen, I must tell you a little story I read one day when I was minding a mudscow in one of the bayous near the Yazoo. A certain kind had a minister upon whose judgment he always depended, just as I do upon my friend… Read the full story

The Cabinet “And Lincoln said Seward reminded him of a hired man out West who came to the farmer one afternoon with news that one of a yoke of oxen had dropped dead. And after hesitating and waiting a while, the hired man said… Read the full story

The Cabinet “Harassed on two sides, Lincoln said that he was reminded of a man in Illinois terribly annoyed by a creditor who kept coming often and pressing him to pay the money he owed. Finally the poor debtor saw nothing… Read the full story

The Cabinet [In conversation, Ward Hill Lamon said:] “Some of our friends are opposed to an accommodation because the South began the trouble and was entirely responsible for the consequences, be they what they may.’ ‘This,’… Read the full story

Divorce “This situation reminds me of a Union man in Kentucky whose two sons enlisted in the Federal Army. His wife was of Confederate sympathies. His nearest neighbor was a Confederate in feeling, and his two sons were fighting under Lee. This… Read the full story

The Cabinet “In one of our large towns in Illinois a new hotel was opened and many people were invited to a banquet. One guest ate ravenously and after went to the landlord and told him he had received no invitation, neither had… Read the full story

The Cabinet “This looks to me very much like the case of two fellows I once knew; one was a gambler, the other a preacher. They met in a stage coach, and the gambler induced the preacher to play poker. And the preacher won… Read the full story

Decision “When I took to the law, I was going to court one morning, with some ten or twelve miles of bad road before me, and I had no horse. The judge overtook me in his wagon. ‘Hello, Lincoln! Are you not going to the court house? Come in and I’ll give… Read the full… Continue reading Decision