Identifier: reallincolnportr01weik (find matches)
Title: The real Lincoln : a portrait
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Weik, Jesse William, 1857-1930
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: Boston New York : Houghton Mifflin Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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y appeared in Lamons Life ofLincoln, but the name was carefully withheld. Not longsince among some other papers I found Speeds originalletter and thus learned that the name in question wasSarah. In all probability it was Sarah Rickard, butwhy Speed wanted it omitted I have never been able tolearn. It is hardly fair to assume, because he spent hisearly days in the backwoods, that Lincoln was boorishor lacked the essentials of true politeness, and yet hisconduct and bearing on some occasions were hardly calcu-lated to win a womans sincere admiration and approval.This is very clearly demonstrated by an incident narratedby Mary Owens, one of the two ladies to whom fatereserved the distinction of having declined Lincolnshand. On one occasion, she writes in a letter to Hern-don, we were going to a party at Uncle Billy Greenes.Mr. Lincoln was riding with me and we had a bad branchto cross. The other gentlemen were very officious in see-ing that their partners got safely over. We were behind.
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