Extra Credit Questions

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Yes, Rob. Good memory!

Lincoln wrote this in his first autobiography. It was very brief and written for the Dictionary of Congress in 1858.

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Born, February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Education defective.
Profession, a lawyer.
Have been a captain of volunteers in Black Hawk war.
Postmaster at a very small office.
Four times a member of the Illinois legislature, and was a member of the lower house of Congress.