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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: Rare Pamphlets, Books, Autograph Letters, Portraits and Prints, Fine Association Items From the Hart, Burton and Lambert Collections IN 1860 John Locke Scripps wrote his famous Campaign biography Of Abraham Lincoln that was published simultaneously in Chicago and New York. Lincoln heartily approved of this biography, and it was read by thousands of voters. The home Of the Scripps family was Rush ville, Illinois, and they knew Lincoln as a fellow-citizen who occasionally came to Rushville. It is particularly pleasant to reflect, therefore, that John Scripps Little, a nephew of this John L. Scripps, friend of Lincoln, should continue the family tradition and gather one of the finest Lincoln collections that has ever been made. It is a fitting honor to Mr. Little that his treasures are now made available to admirers of Abraham Lincoln. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.