The February 11th Canton (Ohio) Repository had some interesting bits of Lincolnia.
** The coin engraving "In God We Trust" was introduced during Lincoln's administration. It's believed that his very religious Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, had something to do with it.
** Lincoln was the first president to receive a transcontinental telegram.
** Lincoln was related to Daniel Boone.
** Lincoln's original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
** Though he was not a regular church-goer, Lincoln read two chapters of the Bible every day.
** Before he was president, Lincoln was already known for his humor. As a lawyer, he was once fined $5 by a judge when a Lincoln joke broke up the court room. The judge dropped it when he repeated it for the judge an got the man to laugh as well.
More to Come. --Da Coot
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