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The Weet frontier tale meets Abe Lincoln at New Salem
A readerable pane from a larger work follows Samson and Sarah Traylor family traveling from Vergennes Vermont to the Sangamon country near New Salem Illinois. They meet John McNeill and Abe Lincoln while discussing liberty and anti slavery sentiment as a young immigrant named Ira arrives with a surprise.
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Samson
Sarah Traylor
Jonah
Betsey
Vergennes
Plenty
Sangamon
Hingis
Niagara Falls
John McNeill
Sarah
Harry Needles
Taylors
New Salem
Illinois
Abe
Lincoln
Stephen Nuckles
God
Mammon
Kentucky
Kelso
New England
Theodore Parker
Webster
Plymouth
Haynes
Bowlin
Green
Grase
Ophir
Hetso
Avery
Midlands
West
Doctor Allen