Books in Lincoln's Unruly Library
Fragments list borrowed works and authors such as Spelt, Kirkham's Grammar, Aesop's Fables, Piers Brag, Weems Washington and RAM Tiley, Mackay's Poems, Cowper's Poems, and Illinois State Statutes, with pieces of scattered titles. The OCR reads like a catalog of miscellaneous literature and reference texts.
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Iworth
Kirkham
Olne ‘Aine
Illinois
Aesop
Piers
Wasington
Ram“Tiley
Shermare
Hanes Mackay
Cowper
Lincoln stories from Billy Brown reveal Lincoln on pardons
Ida Tarbell presents a Springfield druggist Billy Brown recounting Lincoln’s views on mercy and discipline. The tale includes Lincoln’s defense of pardons over rigid rules, care for soldiers, and a famous exchange with a wounded boy sharing the harsh realities of Civil War service.
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Ida M. Tarbell
Lincoln
Billy Brown
Springfield
Brown
Stanton
Billy
Holt
Bull Run
Grant
Sofferin
Leonard Swett
Army of the Potomac
Abe Lincoln
Virginia
Darkey
Solilera
Godkin on Lincoln in England and the Emancipation
The article discusses Godkin's view of Abraham Lincoln as printed in the London Daily News, noting English scrutiny of Lincoln's appearance, education, and war leadership. It highlights Lincoln's growth from public doubt to recognized courage, his emancipation decree, and praised restraint in language amid hostile criticism from English and American press.
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Edwin Lawrencs Godkin
Rollo Ogdane
England
Beresford Hope
Saturday Review
Lincoln
Apollo
Count D'Orosy
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Jefferson Davin
Les
Mont
Lincoln as Leader Despite Critics in Wartime England
In London it was said Lincoln could not raise revenue by taxation nor sustain effort, yet he mobilized vast forces and nearly $100 million inland revenue, rebuilding a navy and army. He remained calm, confident, and resolute, embodying the nation's will amid four years of war and widespread doubt.
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North
Lincoln
England
America
New York
Tallow-Chandler
Davin
Europe
Conbat
London
Whip Em Again and Southern Reconstruction Valor
Thomas Nelson Page notes veterans repopulated plantations and homesteads after the war, showing self-reliance courage and race pride during reconstruction. Despite defeats their spirit remained unconquerable as a Confederate veteran vows to whip them again if pressed.
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South
Thomas Nelson Page
Old Dominion
Ghetto-like conditions in Copenhagen amid fugitive Jews
A fragmentary Philadelphia press summary describes an influx of Jewish fugitives into Copenhagen, overcrowding the old city and creating ghettos with squalid sanitary conditions. It notes a sharp rise in poor Jewish residents and references a dental salesman’s remarks on denture wear and metal fillings. It also mentions Professor Kirsopp Lake completing photos of codex amiaticus at Harvard. the rest is garbled.
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Copenhagen
Riusal
Haat
Dental Cuney House
Philadelphia
Depen Industry Expands Bicycle Output and Imports
Depen manufactures 40 000 to 50 000 bicycles yearly and imports 40 000 plus separate parts to assemble 60 000 more. The country currently has 860 000 bicycles in use, mainly for business. Daily tire demand reaches about 200 pairs, with two thirds imported. The text ends mentioning the primo nobiles a shellfish in the Mediterranean.
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Depen
Last Civil War Survivor Prophesied at Old Glory Pont Meet
Chicago Tribune reports George F. Bassett at Old Glory Pont, Masonry temple, predicted the fate of Civil War veterans. Bassett, former commander of Wayman Fest, 621, described a vision based on insurance actuaries forecasting dwindling northern army survivors with numbers like 7, 60, and 1 in a future year.
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George F. Bassett
Old Glory Pont
Chicago Tribune
Bassett
Wayman Fest
apersios + poarance actuaries
Mig
Punch’s Reparations on the Death of Lincoln
A 1605 verse tribute rages at the killer of Lincoln, praising the martyr and condemning the crime. The poem recalls Lincoln’s humble origins, steadfast purpose, and final assassination, framing his death as a righteous martyrdom and national lament.
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Punch
Lincoln
Lincoln birthplace becomes a national Lincoln farm shrine
Hodgenville Kentucky sits near the state's center as the Lincoln birthplace site is poised to become a national shrine. The Lincoln Farm Association formed to preserve the cabin and grounds has raised about 20 000 subscriptions and bought the birth cabin while planning a memorial and park development.
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Lincoln’s Farm
Hodgenville
Kentucky
United States
America
Lincoln
Mount Vernon
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain
Thomas Lincoln
Nancy Hanks
Abe
Old Pike
Robert J. Collier
New York City
Rich Lloyd Jones
Elizabethtown
Jones
Little Hotel
Court House
Handley
Rock Spring Farm
Collier
Peanuts Key Crop in Northern China Export Trade
Peanuts or ground nuts form a major crop in northern Chinese provinces and are a staple native export. They enter heavily into both the China coast and inland trade, driving regional commerce and shaping export flows.
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China
Singular wills and ironic legacies in 19th century cases
The excerpt highlights eccentric wills including a British sailor who asked executors to give his wife a shilling for baseballs, and another will where a widow must wait after death to receive funds. It also notes a 1830 probate favoring a woman with a posthumous burial clause and references to a fortune given for past refusals to marry. It closes with Hooker T. Washington denouncing saloons and urging temperance enforcement in the South.
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Ash Merchant
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James Whitcomb Rile
Godkin
London Daily News
Italy
Kirsopp Lake
Universy
Crash
Tiachendorf
Mediterranean
Jon Punch
Lincoln's
Phi Amart
Eachitep
Reckleas
Bape
Corea
Buble
Liberty
Bigor
Prain
Aga
Aesaseth
Cain
Hodgenville Place
Lincolns
Indiana
Lols
Creal
W. Bingham
Nashville
College Point
Long Island
Hooker T. Washington
Montgomery
Ala
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