Was Abraham Lincoln a “Self-Made Man”?
As early as 1841, people began applying this stalwart phrase to Lincoln. On New Year’s Day of that year, the Quincy, Illinois Whig described the 31-year-old from Springfield as “a self-made man, and...
View ArticleAbraham Lincoln’s First and Final Love? William Herndon’s Ann Rutledge (part...
Part two of a two-part essay. Part one appeared on November 10th. Herndon’s 1866 lecture on Ann Rutledge drew the scorn of many who read the newspaper excerpts. Critics ripped him for going public...
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