The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President
CHAPTER IV.
The site of New Salem.--The village as it existed.--The first store.--Number of inhabitants.--Their houses.--Springfield.--Petersburg.--Mr. Lincoln appears a second time at New Salem.--Clerks at an election.--Pilots a boat to Beardstown.--Country store.--Abe as "first clerk."--"Clary's Grove Boys."--Character of Jack Armstrong.--He and Abe become intimate friends.--Abe's popularity.--Love of peace.--Habits of study.--Waylaying strangers for information.--Pilots the steamer "Talisman" up and down the Sangamon.......85