The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete, Volume 3

by Abraham Lincoln

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Contents

  1. Lincoln Asked to Be Shot
  2. Time Lost Didn’t Count
  3. No Vices, No Virtues
  4. Lincoln’s Dues
  5. “Done with the Bible.”
  6. His Knowledge of Human Nature
  7. A Mischievous Ox
  8. The Presidential “Chin-Fly.”
  9. ‘Squire Bagly’s Precedent
  10. He’d Need His Gun
  11. Kept Up the Argument
  12. Equine Ingratitude
  13. ‘Twas “Moving Day.”
  14. “Abe’s” Hair Needed Combing
  15. Would “Take to the Woods.”
  16. Lincoln Carried Her Trunk
  17. Boat Had to Stop
  18. Mcclellan’s “Special Talent.”
  19. How “Jake” Got Away
  20. More Light and Less Noise
  21. One Bullet and a Hatful
  22. Lincoln’s Story to Peace Commissioners
  23. “Abe” Got the Worst of It
  24. It Depended Upon His Condition
  25. “Got Down to the Raisins.”
  26. “Honest Abe” Swallows His Enemies
  27. Saving His Wind
  28. Right for, Once, Anyhow
  29. “Pity the Poor Orphan.”
  30. “Bap.” McNABB’S Booster
  31. A Low-Down Trick
  32. End for End
  33. Let Six Skunks Go
  34. How He Got Blackstone
  35. A Job for the New Cabinetmaker
  36. “I Can Stand It If They Can.”
  37. Lincoln Mistaken for Once
  38. Forgot Everything He Knew
  39. He Loved a Good Story
  40. Heels Ran Away with Them
  41. Wanted to Burn Him Down to the Stump
  42. Had a “Kick” Coming
  43. The Case of Betsy Ann Dougherty
  44. Had to Wear a Wooden Sword
  45. “Abe” Stirring the “Black” Coals
  46. Getting Rid of an Elephant
  47. Grotesque, Yet Frightful
  48. “Abe” Was No Dude
  49. Characteristic of Lincoln
  50. “Plough All ‘Round Him.”
  51. “I’ve Lost My Apple.”
  52. Lost His Certificate of Character
  53. Note Presented for Payment
  54. Dog Was a “Leetle Bit Ahead.”
  55. “Abe’s” Fight with Negroes
  56. Noise Like a Turnip
  57. Warding Off God’s Vengeance
  58. Jeff Davis and Charles the First
  59. Loved Soldiers’ Humor
  60. Bad Time for a Barbecue
  61. He’d See It Again
  62. Call Another Witness
  63. A Contest with Little “Tad.”
  64. Reminded Him of “a Little Story.”
  65. “Fetched Several Short Ones.”
  66. Lincoln Lugs the Old Man
  67. McCLELLAN Was “Intrenching.”
  68. Make Something Out of It, Anyway
  69. Vicious Oxen Have Short Horns
  70. Lincoln’s Name for “Weeping Water.”
  71. Peter Cartwright’s Description of Lincoln
  72. No Deaths in His House
  73. Painted His Principles
  74. Dignifying the Statute
  75. Lincoln Campaign Mottoes
  76. Giving Away the Case
  77. Posing with a Broomstick
  78. “Both Length and Breadth.”
  79. “Abe” Recites a Song
  80. “Manage to Keep House.”
  81. Grant “Tumbled” Right Away
  82. “Don’t Kill Him with Your Fist.”
  83. Could Be Arbitrary
  84. A General Bustification
  85. Making Quartermasters
  86. No Postmasters in His Pocket
  87. He “Skewed” the Line
  88. “Whereas,” He Stole Nothing
  89. Not Like the Pope’s Bull
  90. Could He Tell?
  91. Darned Uncomfortable Sitting
  92. “What’s-His-Name” Got There
  93. A Really Great General
  94. “Shrunk Up North.”
  95. Lincoln Adopted the Suggestion
  96. Something for Everyone
  97. Too Many Pigs for the Teats
  98. Greeley Carries Lincoln to the Lunatic Asylum
  99. The Last Time He Saw Douglas
  100. Hurt His Legs Less
  101. A Little Shy or Grammar
  102. His First Satirical Writing
  103. Likely to Do It
  104. “The Enemy Are ‘Ourn’”
  105. “And—Here I Am!”
  106. Safe as Long as They Were Good
  107. “Smelt No Royalty in Our Carriage.”
  108. Hell a Mile from the White House
  109. His “Glass Hack”
  110. Leave Him Kicking
  111. “Who Commenced This Fuss?”
  112. “Abe’s” Little Joke
  113. What Summer Thought
  114. A Useless Dog
  115. Origin of the “Influence” Story
  116. Felt Sorry for Both
  117. Where Did It Come from?
  118. “Long Abe” Four Years Longer
  119. “All Sicker’n Your Man.”
  120. Easier to Empty the Potomac
  121. He Wanted a Steady Hand
  122. Lincoln Saw Stanton About It
  123. Mrs. Lincoln’s Surprise
  124. Menace to the Government
  125. Troops Couldn’t Fly Over It
  126. Pat Was “Forninst the Government.”
  127. “Can’t Spare This Man.”
  128. His Teeth Chattered
  129. “Aaron Got His Commission.”
  130. Lincoln and the Ministers
  131. Hardtack Better Than Generals
  132. Got the Preacher
  133. Big Joke on Halleck
  134. Stories Better Than Doctors
  135. Short, but Exciting
  136. Mr. Bull Didn’t Get His Cotton
  137. Stick to American Principles
  138. Used “Rude Tact.”
  139. “Abe” on a Woodpile
  140. Taking Down a Dandy
  141. When Old Abe Got Mad
  142. Wanted to “Borrow” the Army
  143. Young “Sucker” Visitors
  144. “And You Don’t Wear Hoopskirts.”
  145. Lieutenant Tad Lincoln’s Sentinels
  146. Douglas Held Lincoln’s Hat
  147. The Dead Man Spoke
  148. Military Snails Not Speedy
  149. Outran the Jack-Rabbit
  150. “Fooling” the People
  151. “Abe, You Can’t Play That on Me.”
  152. His “Broad” Stories
  153. Sorry for the Horses
  154. Mild Rebuke to a Doctor
  155. Cold Molasses Was Swifter
  156. Lincoln Calls Medill a Coward
  157. They Didn’t Build It
  158. Stanton’s Abuse of Lincoln
  159. The Negro and the Crocodile
  160. Lincoln Was Ready to Fight
  161. It Was Up-Hill Work
  162. Lee’s Slim Animal
  163. “Mrs. North and Her Attorney.”
  164. Satisfaction to the Soul
  165. Withdrew the Colt
  166. “Tad” Got His Dollar
  167. Tells an Editor About Nasby
  168. Long and Short of It

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