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02-25-2016, 07:18 PM (This post was last modified: 02-25-2016 07:46 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: The Handwriting Style of Abraham Lincoln
(02-25-2016 04:22 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  As far as is known this is probably the earliest example of Lincoln's handwriting. His stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, preserved it and gave it to William Herndon. I am not sure of the date, but I think c.1823-1826 would probably be the proper timeframe.
[Image: earliesthandwriting.jpg]
In M. Burlingame's "A Life", the poem is dated [1824-1826].
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