Whom did Lincoln admire?

[LincolnMan]

(03-21-2019 04:20 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(03-20-2019 07:50 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  I wonder if Lincoln also admired Daniel Boone? I don’t recall reading either such if he did.

Bill, I checked the Collected Works, and I could find only one mention of Daniel Boone. Here is a small part of a letter Lincoln wrote to Samuel Haycraft:

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Hon. Saml. Haycraft Springfield, Ills.
Dear Sir: May 28. 1860

Your recent letter, without date, is received. Also the copy of your speech on the contemplated Daniel Boone monument, which I have not yet had time to read.

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The fact that Lincoln had not yet read Haycraft's speech on the Boone monument could mean absolutely nothing. Or I suppose it could mean Lincoln had no real interest in the topic.

I also looked in other sources, such as the Fehrenbachers' book, and drew a blank on Lincoln ever expressing an admiration of Daniel Boone.

Thank you Roger for that search. My guess is he admired Boone. As we know, Lincoln’s ancestors journeyed with Boone through the Cumberland Gap heading into Kentucky.