What did Mr. Lincoln enjoy doing?

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I can't answer the fishing pole question, but in googling to see what I could find about Lincoln and Uncle Tom's Cabin (I would not think that Lincoln ENJOYED reading about slavery!), I found this excellent speech given eleven years ago by our very respected Maryland State Archivist. Thought y'all might enjoy it:

http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/speeche...21502.html