Lincoln's Verses About His Old Home

[RJNorton]

Laurie, I have thought about this, and at this point I cannot think of anything that was really that much out of the ordinary until 1835 when he was 26. I think the late summer of 1835 was when he first exhibited the signs of an unusual depression. Many authors point to Ann Rutledge's passing as the trigger. Maybe someone else can think of something.