Lincoln
Chapter 83 : 108 piece of firewood: Hidden Lincoln, p. 141. For other, similar anecdotes, see Herndo

108 piece of firewood: Hidden Lincoln, p. 141. For other, similar anecdotes, see Herndon's Lincoln, 3:425431.

108 "arms are long": Herndon's Lincoln, 2:296.

109 out on the circuit: Gibson W. Harris to AL, Nov. 7, 1860, Lincoln MSS, LC; Frederick T. Hill, Lincoln the Lawyer (New York: Century Co., 1906), p. 164n. See also John S. Goff, Robert Todd Lincoln: A Man in His Own Right (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969), and Ruth P. Randall, Lincoln's Sons (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1955).

109 "to its parents": Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 101.

109 "than ever after": CW, 1:391.

109 "a few days": Mary Lincoln to My Dear Friend, July 23; 1853, photostat, ISHL.

109 "crmble to dust": For Todd's political career, see William H. Townsend, Lincoln and the Bluegra.s.s (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1955); for Thomas Lincoln's political views, see Mark E. Neely, Jr., The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1982), p. 188.

109 "of a statesman": CW, 3:29.

109 "whig in politics": CW, 3:512.

110 "it was so": CW, 1:313, 334.

110 "any good government": CW, 1:407416 (quotations from pp. 408, 412, 415). For a more positive view of these ruminations on the tariff, together with a fine account of what Lincoln read on the subject, see Boritt, Lincoln and the American Dream, chap. 9.

110 "condition to all": CW, 3:478479, 468. The quoted words are from an 1859 speech, but Lincoln's views did not change.

110 "self made man": Irvin G. Wyllie, The Self Made Man in America (New York: Free Press, 1954), pp. 910.

111 "go very much": CW, 1:306307.

111 "I always was": WHH, interview with James H. Matheny, May 3, 1866, HWC.

111 "fighting a duel": CW, 1:320.

112 "own dear 'gal'".: CW, 1:319.

112 would succeed Baker: The following pages depend heavily on Donald W. Riddle, Lincoln Runs for Congress (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1948).

112 "the common enemy": CW, 1:315.

112 "present Whig tariff": CW, 1:333; Anson G. Henry to John J. Hardin, Mar. 25, 1844, Hardin MSS, Chicago Historical Society.

113 "as a speaker": David Davis to Will P. Walker, May 4, 1844, photostat, Davis MSS, Chicago Historical Society.

113 "something is lost": WHH to John J. Hardin, Feb. 12, 1844, Hardin MSS, Chicago Historical Society.

113 "one for Governor": CW, 1:351.

113 "is fair play": CW, 1:350, 353.

113 "is fair play": P. U. Thompson to John J. Hardin, Jan. 17, 1846, Hardin MSS, Chicago Historical Society.