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Books that Lincoln read...
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(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.
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Books that Lincoln read... - LincolnMan - 03-20-2019, 08:55 AM
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