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The Berry and Lincoln store

Photographer
Date
  • 1915/1925
Description
  • The Black Hawk war over, he turned to politics. The step from the captaincy of a volunteer company to a candidacy for a seat in the legislature seemed a natural one. But his popularity, although great in New Salem, had not spread far enough over the district, and he was defeated. Then the wretched hand-to-mouth struggle began again. He “set up in store business” with a dissolute partner, who drank whiskey while Lincoln was reading books. The result was a disastrous failure and a load of debt. Thereupon he became a deputy surveyor, and was appointed postmaster of New Salem, the business of the post office being so small that he could carry the incoming and outgoing mail in his hat. All this could not lift him from poverty, and his surveying instruments and horse and saddle were sold by the sheriff for debt.
Subject
Work Type
Identifier
  • P217:04:64
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 8 - Abraham Lincoln
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/08/2016
Modified
  • 05/27/2023
Collections

APA

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MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "The Berry and Lincoln store" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715909c

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "The Berry and Lincoln store" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715909c

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 McIntosh Stereopticon Co. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014146546
2 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006779
3 lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
4 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
5 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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