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New Salem Feud Sparks on Sept Ramble of Clary's Grove
In a September day at New Salem a log house raising turns tense as Sam son Abe Lincoln and Abe Armstrong clash with men from Clary's Grove. Fires, feast, and a drunken taunt set the stage for a tense confrontation amid neighbors and a looming challenge to law and order.
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