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Was Thomas Lincoln actually poor?
08-06-2012, 06:57 PM
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RE: Was Thomas Lincoln actually poor?
I really think poor is a relative term. If he had enough to eat and a warm place to sleep, I doubt he believed himself to be poor. I think the whole idea of poverty and Lincoln was more of an object lesson from early Lincoln biographers such as Herndon, etc., to show what Lincoln had to face before emerging into greatness.

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RE: Was Thomas Lincoln actually poor? - Rob Wick - 08-06-2012 06:57 PM

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