The early life of Abraham Lincoln: containing many unpublished documents and unpublished reminiscences of Lincoln's early friends

CHAPTER XVI.

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Business Reverses.—The Kindness shown Lincoln in New Salem.—His Helpfulness to all about him.—Growing Esteem and Influence in Sangamon County.—Becomes a Second Time a Candidate for Member of 187 the Illinois Assembly.—Lincoln on the Stump.—Lincoln’s Election.—The Vote