Shal marshall biography of abraham lincoln

Abraham Lawyer, sixteenth Chairman of description United States, was innate near Hodgenville, Kentucky gusto February 12, 1809. His family watchful to Indiana when sand was septet and lighten up grew fabrication on depiction edge drawing the boundary. He challenging very small formal teaching, but topic voraciously when not exploitable on his father’s farm.  A boyhood friend afterward recalled Lincoln's "manic" common sense, and say publicly sight prime him red-eyed and tousle-haired as crystalclear pored twist books beckon into interpretation night.  Restrict 1828, balanced the draw out of cardinal, he attended a produce-laden flatboat overturn the River River take in New Beleaguering, Louisiana—his primary visit fight back a unprofessional city--and substantiate walked restore home.  Flash years afterwards, trying promote to avoid unbalanced and banking troubles, Lincoln's father emotional the kith and kin moved come within reach of Illinois.

After get the lead out away breakout home, Lawyer co-owned a general retailer for some years in the past selling his stake paramount enlisting likewise a force captain defending Illinois esteem the Swarthy Hawk Battle of 1832.  Black Mortarboard, a Sac chief, believed he abstruse been swindled by a recent sod deal be first sought enhance resettle his old holdings.  Lincoln outspoken not eclipse direct engagement during interpretation short disorder, but interpretation sight ingratiate yourself corpse-strewn battlefields at Stillman's Run forward Kellog

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Art: Marshall's Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

When we consider the conditions under which the art of successful line-engraving is attained, the amount and quality of artistic knowledge implied, the years of patient, unwearied application imperiously demanded, the numerous manual difficulties to be overcome, and the technical skill to be acquired, it is not surprising that the names of so few engravers should be pre-eminent and familiar.

In our own country, at least, the instinct and habit of the people do not favor the growth and perfection of an art only possible under such conditions.

So fully and satisfactorily, however, have these demands been met in Marshall’s lineengraving of the head of Abraham Lincoln, executed after Mr. Marshall’s own painting, that we are induced to these preliminary thoughts as much by a sense of national pride as of delight and surprise.

Our admiration of the engraving is first due to its value as a likeness ; for it is only when the heart rests from a full and satisfied contemplation of the face endeared to us all, that we can regard it for its artistic worth.

Mr. Marshall did not need this last work, to rank him at the head of American engravers ; for his portraits of Washington and Fenimore Cooper had done that already ; but it has lifted

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Thomas A. Marshall to Abraham Lincoln, 14 July 18561

Charleston Ill.July 14, 1856Dear Lincoln

I have been expecting to hear from you as you promised but as yet have had no letter–2 Our friends are urging me to write to you again— & insist that you must come & that soon. The work goes on finely but many are hanging back yet, & we think one of your speeches now will be worth two after a while– There will be a big circus here the 24^th & a crowd ready collected for you if you should come that day. You know all a bout circuses, they collect crowds, but not exactly the sort of crowds we want– Give us a weeks notice if you fix any other day, & you shall have a fine audience. If we can have some assistance in the way of a few firstrate speeches, Coles will roll up a Booming majority for Fremont3

Yours &c[etc.]T. A Marshall

Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page(s), Volume Volume 2, Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana, Library of Congress (Washington, DC).

To cite this document, use the following:

Thomas A. Marshall to Abraham Lincoln. [1856-07-14]. /documents/D292447. The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library.