Excerpt from The Private and Public Life of Abraham Lincoln: Comprising a Full Account of His Early Years, and a Succinct Record of His Career as Statesman and President Enteredaccording to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by beadle and company, In the Clerk's omoe of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.