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RE: Books that Lincoln read...
(03-24-2019, 05:05 AM)RJNorton Wrote:
(03-23-2019, 09:09 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: Was it just my fancy or did he also read The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon? I think I read that he did so once-but not sure.

In a letter to Herndon (May 30, 1865), William G. Greene said he loaned 'Gibbons histories' to Lincoln. This would have been during the New Salem years.

Ah ha! So my mind isn’t totally gone! Thank you Roger!
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Books that Lincoln read... - by LincolnMan - 03-20-2019, 08:55 AM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by Gene C - 03-20-2019, 09:54 AM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by RJNorton - 03-20-2019, 10:00 AM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by GustD45 - 03-20-2019, 10:17 AM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by davg2000 - 03-20-2019, 01:57 PM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by RJNorton - 03-20-2019, 03:54 PM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by AussieMick - 03-20-2019, 05:21 PM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by LincolnMan - 03-23-2019, 09:09 PM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by RJNorton - 03-24-2019, 05:05 AM
RE: Books that Lincoln read... - by LincolnMan - 03-24-2019, 07:11 AM

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