Ignorance of the law is no defense. How did Abraham Lincoln learn this fact?

[David Lockmiller]

Roger, I found an even earlier 1865 publication of Lincoln’s “First Dollar” story in the book Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services, by Phebe Ann Hanaford, at pages 156-158. And, the New York Times, in its Saturday, August 5, 1865 edition, announced the publication of this book as follows: “Messrs. Derby & Miller, of No. 5 Spruce Street, will publish, next week, The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln" (a slight difference with the actual book title). The book text on page 156 prefaces the actual “First Dollar” story with this anonymous attribution commentary: Here is a story which has been “going the rounds” of the press titled “Lincoln’s First Dollar.”