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The Jansen News

Location

Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1921

Page

6

Fireside Tales and Lincoln's First Glimpse in Camp

In Abe's fireside gathering Kelso praises New England strength while Samson recalls Yankee wit and a Plymouth sermon. Abe reveals his growing moral ambition as the group debates liberty and honesty, ending with Kelso’s daughter Biro bartering in the rustic scene.

Samson Hogarth Abe Ispahan Traylor Stephen Nuckies God Isles Esquimaux Hottentota Mammon Kentucky Kelso New England Theodore Parker Webster Him Plymouth

Making a New Home in the Log Cabin Era

Dawn finds two parties cutting timber for newcomers home as Samson easily lifts a seven to eight hundred pound log, Abe and Joe assist with boards and a whip saw. A haunting chorus of Sweet Nineteen gale halts work and Abe recalls a clever cousin of the bobolink as village gossip swirls among Mrs. Martin Waddell and Ann Rutledge.

Harry Needles Samson Joe Abe Thuber Nolay Lincoln Martin Waddell Sarah Ann Rutledge Ann New Salem John McNeil

Honest Abe and Traylors Reach New Salem in 1831

In the summer of 1831 the Samson and Tate party travels from Nes Vt to Sangamon country. They meet immigrants including John McKeil and John Mckeil enters Sangamon. Sarah aids a fever victim Harry Needles as the Traylors reach New Salem, where they are welcomed by a young Abe Lincoln. The Traylors decide to settle there.

Kelso Samson Lincoln Ophir Abe Webster Plymouth Midlands Doctor Allen Syno Tate Josiah Betsey Nes Lawn of Plenty Ohn Mckeil Sangamon Sarah Harry Needles Traylors New Salem Illinois Abé” Lincoln

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Irving Bacheller Eli Jan Wit Jack Kelso David Barney Sean Ib Husband Ornia Ae Prar B.C A, LI
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