There is a story, about a younger Abraham Lincoln, which shows why the name honest Abe stuck to him. He took a job as Postmaster, it is said, when he was in his twenties, in New Salem, Illinois. At times when the people who had mail,did not come, to pick up their mail, he would deliver it himself, carrying the mail in his hat. When he left the job, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, he took the funds paid to him, by customers for postage and such, with him. When the official came to pick up the money from him, one of his friends thought, that he might not have the money, because Abe had been under a financial strain. After opening his door for the official, who had come for the money, Mr. Lincoln went off to find an old trunk, and after rummaging through the trunk, he found an old sock, and in that sock was the money, in the exact same coinage, as he had initially received it. He was indeed honest Abe, as he has been portrayed, for so long.
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2008-07-18 @ 20:43