A Legacy of Fun

By Abraham Lincoln

"A Legacy of Fun" by Abraham Lincoln is a collection of short snippets from the life of one of the United States of America's most famous presidents. Abe Lincoln was known for being a soft-spoken man, but he lived an exciting life, even before his time as president. This collection of excerpts shows that beneath the hard and serious exterior he is portrayed as having, Lincoln was a witty and humorous individual.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Jun 13, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547061151

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was a store owner, postmaster, county surveyor, and lawyer, before sitting in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He was our 16th President, being elected twice, and serving until his assassination in 1865. He is best known for leading the United States through the Civil War, and his anti-slavery stance.

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Abraham Lincoln

A Legacy of Fun

EAN 8596547061151

DigiCat, 2022

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MEMOIR.

ABE LINCOLN, THE GREAT AMERICAN JESTER.

Lincoln and Meagher.

Hooker’s Appointment.

Cut Cavendish.

Commodore Wilks.

A proper Cognomen.

A Princely Pun.

A Severe Retort.

Conundrum.

A Grumbler Answered.

Loquacity.

A Slashing Inuendo.

Scriptural Criticism.

A Poultry (paltry) War.

Lincoln on Physic.

False Accusation.

How to make Foes.

Tough Job.

The only alternative.

Abe’s Difficulties.

Misnomers.

Deficiency of Fuel.

A Queer Compliment.

A slight addition.

Preaching out West.

Tom Thumb.

How a Black’s Made.

Abe’s First Joke.

A Wonderful Child.

How to stop thieves.

Hopping the twig.

The best saddles.

An offer rejected.

A decided smasher.

Artillery Practice.

A curious addition.

The Cost of War.

In memory of.

A Crocodile’s age.

No Thanks.

Merry-Making.

A Husband’s Wit.

The cause discovered.

Byronic.

A satisfactory conclusion.

A mother’s alarm.

Punning again.

Idol.

A Word for the Irish.

Skill of a Young Officer.

A foot in it.

Lincoln to Ewell ,

Shakspearian Query.

Running Comment.

An Impossibility.

Jack’s Opinion.

The House of Congress.

Abe Lincoln’s opinion of a man’s strength.

The Fall of Pride.

The Captain’s Reply.

A Strange Similarity.

Economy.

Where Punch got his Cartoon from.

Pun upon Pun.

Lincoln at the Play.

A Ludicrous Mistake.

A Southern Estimate.

Strong Habits.

How to Fight.

A Majority Wanted.

A Story concerning a Second Term.

Estimate of Official Honours.

Truly Awful.

Presidential Puns.

A Liberal Giver.

Coffee versus Tea.

Lincoln on Skedaddle.

Miraculous.

Liquor, Boys.

Seasonable.

Too Deep.

How to Conquer the South.

Gratuitous Kindness.

Blowing Hot and Cold.

Negro Pluck.

Hirsute Philosophy.

Slander.

Change of Climate.

Cruel News.

Lincoln’s opinion of Mr. Curtain.

A new Motive Power.

Southern Hills versus Northern Banks.

The President and the Pleader.

Waterproof.

Concerning Congress Men.

Inquisitiveness Nonplussed.

The Judge and his Coachman.

Concerning the President Personally.

The President’s Vanity.

Tremendous answer.

Two instances where the President was not reminded of a story.

Public Opinion.

The President’s Secret.

About the Negro Question.

An extraordinary reply by Old Abe.

A Rebuke to people asking trivial questions.

A Liar.

Strong Pills.

A Sharp Rejoinder.

Wisdom at a Discount.

Pickles!

A Conundrum.

Over Early v. over late.

The Poet and the President.

Matrimony.

Abe and the Picture Dealer.

A Pun.

Sojourner Truth.

The National Debt.

Falsely Telegraphed.

The Sword and the Law.

Pepper v. Laurels.

Abe at the Play.

Abe and the Officer.

Anecdote.

The Scotch Editor.

The Senator.

Common Sense.

The Epitaph.

A Metaphor.

WORKS PUBLISHED BY FARRAH,

MEMOIR.

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Abe Lincoln, the late President of the United States of America, was born on the 12th of February, 1809, in Hardin County, in the State of Kentucky. His grandfather, who emigrated from Virginia to the above State, was slain by the Indians in 1784. Thomas Lincoln, father of the President, and Nancy Hawks, his mother, were natives of Virginia. The opportunities for education enjoyed by Abraham